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Europe’s first 3D-printed home unveiled in Eindhoven

The shape of the 94-square-meter house was inspired by a boulder, and while this single-story home may look compact, it has a spacious living room and two bedrooms. Instead of your old-fashioned key, the 3D-printed home can be accessed via an app, opening the front door at the press of a button.

“It’s beautiful,” said Lutz and Dekkers, “It has the feel of a bunker – it feels safe.” The couple may have the keys, but they won’t technically be allowed to move in until August and will only live in the property for six months – developers would like to give as many people as possible the opportunity to experience the potential home of the future.

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Need The Netherlands a Minister for Housing?

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Builders, investors, and developers, as well as local government, are putting pressure on the parties currently negotiating to form a new government to bring back the concept of a minister for housing, a position which was phased out several years ago.
They argue that the shortage of housing is so acute – some one million new homes will be needed in the Netherlands in the coming years – that it will take someone with national government powers to boost the supply of homes and flats.
‘At the moment everyone is focusing on their own particular area and we are not looking at the bigger picture,’ says Henk. ‘There are initiatives like the tiny house movement, but I would be interested to see what we can do with all the excess offices and the new ones which are being built.
‘We should think more about the multi-use of space. No one has a desk anymore with a drawer full of their own stuff. We are moving to more sustainable ways of living, as well. Households are shrinking in size and that means a big increase in the number of homes that we need. So we need much more innovation. I would really support the appointment of someone who can cut through the self-interest and solve the wider issues.’

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The Netherlands: Will house price rises ever stop?

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Five months into 2021, and the Dutch housing market is showing no sign of slowing down and economists have already raised their initial forecast of a 5% rise in prices this year to 7.5%.

 

Netherlands House Prices Growth, 1996 – 2021 Data

 

However, says Expat Mortgages’ Henk Jansen, given that interest rates are still dropping, and the shortage of properties on the market, the increase in the average price rise could be even higher this year.

 

‘This is only making it more difficult for people to get a foot on the housing ladder unless they have a decent amount of savings or money from their parents,’ says Henk. In the Netherlands, parents can give their children a gift of up to €100,000 to help them buy a home.

 

International workers too tend to have more savings – because unlike the Dutch they are used to saving to buy a house – and some have well-paying jobs, so they are still well placed to buy, Henk says.

 

With interest rates still coming down as banks try to increase their market share, Henk says he is waiting for the first mortgage with a negative or zero interest rate to come on the market. ‘It’s already there in Denmark,’ he points out.