The country’s most famous contractor Bob Sikkes became very enthusiastic on Tuesday evening about a monumental building in the heart of Delft, which he included in the program before the renovation. Worth the effort?! described as ‘old shit’. Two friends ventured to ‘flipping’ out of total mayhem.
Lawyer Jan (55) and electronic engineer Kees (53) like to work together on construction projects and soon called themselves the ‘academic tile team’. A house of 73 square meters in Delft, which used to be used as a warehouse, must become their cash cow. They buy it for 285,000 euros and have a construction budget of 65,000 euros.
Where presenter Tijl Beckand calls it a ‘hut from the chalk’, and the broker warns against windows that ‘fall out’, structural engineer Bob Sikkes is completely in love. “How crazy this is. This makes me very happy, this total chaos,” he exclaims, looking at nothing more than a few walls, rotten joists and a staircase that is about to collapse. ,, It’s an old mess, but there are things that are already 200 years old. I immediately have an idea of what you can do with it. As a buyer you go for charm.” When the two risk their lives to view the dark attic, Sikkes becomes even happier. ,,You really fall through here, but I get very excited about this.”
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Jan and Kees bravely go through the construction process. It gets harder when Kees decides to walk around an office in a suit again. The environmental permit is a while away, so the intended renovation period of six months will soon be over. In order not to lose time, a real estate agent is called in on time to sell the property at a profit. The fact that Jan and Kees have made the house sustainable is a big plus. The asking price is set at an amount between 450,000 and 475,000 euros. A sales stylist takes care of the dots on the i.
The final renovation will take a year. Sikkes feels like a ‘nice home’. “It’s not big, but it’s a very well-done house. I think you have made a slick apple on the fruit bowl, and that is important in this market.” A very nervous Jan and Kees can count on three bids, of 420,000, 425,000 and 451,000 euros. They agree to the latter. “We understood that the buyers are a young couple and would like to move to Delft. We like to hear that enthusiasm.”
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