House Hunters International 2024 S740E32 – Love, Bikes, and Sneakers in Utrecht, Netherlands [NEW]
Unis cha is moving to the Netherlands for his job and you’re tagging along a bike engineer and his bike Enthusiast wife often times we’ll actually take our dogs in backpacks are moving to one of the most bike friendly cities on the planet utre Netherlands but they have to
Decide which features are the most important to them house with a lot of space in the suburbs I’m hoping to be able to walk to a cafe and walk to the shop or a small place in the city center I am a sneaker head you can probably put
The shoes in the corner I like it to be the Centerpiece check out all the bikes just parked here outside goodness I think everybody bikes we met in the 8th grade and that was when we were 15 he asked me a homecoming dance and then we’ve been together ever since then so almost 20 years together that was good yeah H
We’ve moved from California to Madison about 4 years ago we bought kind of a older home we literally painted the last room and we were like wow the house is just the way we wanted yeah it’s finally done so we started talking a little bit about what should our 5-year plan be
Like well it’d be nice some data to know what life is like living in Europe 6 months later a job gets posted for an engineering position in our Dutch office and that was like a dream for us so we sold the house wow there are so many
Bikes I work as a mechanical engineer for a bicycle company going to the Netherlands I’ll be working with a new team on uh European specific products um and still designing bicycles I work for a biotech company and I’ll be able to keep my remote job in the
Netherlands oh this is your gosh so many shoes can we go in um I don’t think you need more sneakers I am a sneaker head I have to trim down to about 100 pairs of shoes before I go so I’m really excited about this move but it’s kind of insane
I have never been to the Netherlands I don’t speak Dutch and I don’t know anyone there so I am a little bit worried about how I’m going to adjust I’ve never seen so many bikes in one place in ut you will see a lot of cyclists taking the car in ut is just
Almost not an option because it’s so busy with the cyclist and with people walking everywhere we didn’t want to live where my company was cuz it’s a very small town and especially since Unice is going to be working remote I wanted her to be somewhere where there
Was a lot of shops a lot of restaurants a lot of cafes and bars and your truck is kind of a great mediumsized City the really pretty historic Charming architecture that you could kind of associate with Europe this is one of the most famous canals we have that is where
The night life is oh okay what I am looking for is definitely a house with potential for shoe storage and and a bike work space and then my office space so ideally we would be looking for a three-bedroom apartment and this park is really beautiful yeah if I have a job in
Uh heart ofik and under an hour on the train for him to get to work would be lovely but why because I work from home I’m hoping that I can just walk out of the house and be able to walk to a cafe and walk to the shop and that the
Rain we’re really excited to be kind of close to the city center yeah okay I would love outdoor space for the dogs dogs dogs several dogs two dogs two dogs I’m really hoping to find some European charm but I would like it if the inside was a little more
Modernized the kitchen should be really functional other than that what are we talking about when it comes to price we’re hoping to stay within the budget of $2,000 um right okay house with a big Garden a three bedrooms close to the city center it’s just not possible for
That budget and I have to find the location that is not too far away from the job from Shas so Unice you’re tagging along cuz sha is moving to the nland for his job I’m a little worried but I think this was such a great opportunity that we had to say yes I
Found them a house that is little further out of UT City but all the features they want this house has it but is a little above what they’re willing to spend so I don’t know if that’s going to be an issue for them so is this completely different from where you come
From don’t think we have any WI ual hello the Netherlands I’m going to show you a house that is a little further out of UT and that is because it’s very close to your work okay it’s about 20 minutes yeah how much further is it from the
City center so it’s a 20-minute drive to the to the city center of utre right now we are in a suburb of utre called Barn the houses here are very familyfriendly nice big Gardens it’s a nice neighborhood but I wonder if it’s like a little too Suburbia you are kind of far from
The city center there’s many shops and that kind of thing if we just wanted to go for a walk and no well then you have to take the bike however this is the house I’m going to show you it has three bedrooms one and a half bathroom the price is
$2,400 oh definitely on the high end so it would really have to be worth it I don’t really think that I saw any Dutch charm here really so that’s not really ideal come on in um I really like this huge window over here I think it’ll get a lot of
Light in the mornings wow the furniture comes with the house so even the TV yes everything you see stays well this is really convenient for us to Furniture CU we’re not moving it with us uh so the kitchen let’s talk about the kitchen oh this is perfect yeah I love that there’s
Extra counter space cuz I like to be cooking and cutting I like that it’s a gas range okay so good kitchen so I promised you outdoor space this is huge it’s yeah I know it’s bigger with actual grass this is great for the dogs for sure and there is
Storage yeah that’s great this is a perfect bike space there’s plenty of space cool okay let’s go upstairs so the stairs are here behind this little door you will find the toilet oh wow this is very tiny and there’s no sink no oh okay well at least there is a bathroom I mean
That’s important this is a nice start well get a lot of light in here so this could be an office space or a place where you can store your shoes there’s definitely space for bikes and shoes and there’s space enough even for a guest room this could be your main bedroom
Well I do like that there’s a really big window over here you get a lot of light but I don’t love the view over here you do get a lot of real estate for your money but I do really Envision being closer to the the city so let’s see if
The other bedroom um is maybe a bit more private for you it’s not super big and it’s also very Bland everything is white and then the last thing is the bathroom I’ll let you go in oh okay this a little actually pretty modern this has been up looks like they’ve redone maybe the
Cabinets yeah so good feature it’s a very big house which is really nice I’m just not sure the location is the best area it’s $400 more than what we wanted to spend and I’m not sure that the space really justifies it so big conon for this property is the fact that it is
Outside of UT City and I know they want to be in the hustle and bule but in the city center the houses are quite small FL finds Unison shoda a place in the city center I see a lot of restaurants on the street which is nice at the right price oh that’s perfect
Yeah PR good yeah it does only have two bedrooms yeah this will take some getting used to I’ve never been in a whill before a sawmill we’ve saved enough to be pretty easy with how we how we spend our money and I’m the one who actually knows most
Of the cash flow and uh how much we’re getting in how much we’re spending on a monthly basis so because of that I’m pretty willing to like spend a little bit more she’s just likes to be money tight for the sake of being money tight
In general I’m very frugal so even if we have money I’m like we can save a little bit so mhm I would like to stick to the budget the top of the mill mhm above the read is laying loose on the building and it can turn 360° around oh wow wow I am
A sneaker head it all started around like Middle School you’re in those teenage years you want to fit in and they look cool but that kind of just slowly grew my love for the shoes themselves I started looking up like what the history of the shoes were what
Shoes were current currently cool and trendy and eventually that shoe collection started growing to about 100 pairs of shoes and I think the conflict will come from where we can then store shoes bikes have space for dogs I was really hoping that he would get rid of half of his collection they’re really
Huge in person yes they are it’s not the same when you’re under and you look up they look huge here Unison showed up know exactly how the other person feels or what the other person wants in house but also in life but if they want to
Live in the city center they will have to make compromises there’s still a lot of greenery in this area which is nice even though we’re in the city oh yeah Unice wants to live in the city center this house is right in the city center it’s close to the shops supermarkets and
Just people but it does only have two bedrooms and there are very steep stairs so I don’t know if that’s going to be an issue for the dogs immediately you can see that you know the road is a bit more busy there are more people around it’s a
Bit further away to your work the commute will be about an hour okay um and the house is right here it comes with two bedrooms okay one and a half bathroom and the price is $2,000 oh that’s perfect yeah PR good I do hear a lot of noise from the Cars over here
Though yeah hopefully it’s not as loud inside well let’s find out okay and prepare for the Steep stairs okay great this is like a wall of stairs oh my God these are like the steepest stairs I’ve ever seen in my life I would have to carry my road bike up the stairs which
Is kind of a pain they’re really steep it’s a little bit narrow in here but well you wanted to live in the city so okay oh wow this is this looks really nice actually it feels so new it’s just nice and clean and yeah so in
Here uh this could be maybe some office space or you can have a nice couch with a big TV actually I see that the there’s a lot of light coming in from this window and I see all the cars but I don’t hear anything at all which is
Great yeah it’s a great place to people watch too I know the kitchen is a big deal for you guys see if it has everything you want oh this is pretty nice it’s a little bit small we fridge over here which is great I like the gas
Stove too I promise you some outdoor space I mean it’s not a garden M but it is something oh wow this is actually really big for having outdoor space yeah The View isn’t the greatest yeah I do think there’s a great outside space and I can imagine us walking the dogs in
This neighborhood more steep stairs oh my gosh and actually look at this giant space in the hallway the bedroom okay there is some stuff that will stay behind um including the bed so that’s nice and actually this is a huge bedroom look at all the space good okay positive
FES the outer bedroom is in here oh okay oh wow this this is also pretty big this bedroom would definitely be big enough for all my shoes and maybe we can put the guest bed in here going to be a very small bed the last room the bathroom nice this
Looks really nice actually I think the tile looks really new and clean in here this is a little small but we’ll just have to Elbow it out here yeah so is this your dreamhouse the modern touch is really nice Everything feels very functional and I still like how they’ve kept like a
Little bit of charm here yeah this is just the right amount of charm for me it’s a little bit smaller that might concern me a little bit the stairs which is kind of pain they’re really steep so I do think the bedrooms are big and I
Love that we are in the city they really have to make up their mind do they want to live in the city center where it’s going to be quite small or do they want to live a little further outside but do get the three bedrooms and nice big Garden floor finds the compromise
Property this this is the perfect house for them with the three bedrooms with the uh storage space but it’s a 20-minute bike right to the city center of I really Invision being closer to the city they smell nice oh yeah they smell really nice one of my worries is meeting
New friends I was born in Hong Kong and we lived there until I was 8 years old and then my family moved to Ohio I remember kind of being in this foreign country not knowing how to say things and not knowing how to communicate and
This moo it is a little scary for me especially because I have a remote job so I don’t go into the office and I don’t have a normal group of people that I interact with he can we get some tulips yes one of this color and one of
The mixed color my favorite thing to do in Madison is to hop on our bikes and we live by the lake and so you can do this Lake Loop and often times we’ll actually take our dogs in backpacks and bike through town and then having some
Outdoor space for the dogs is kind of necessary just because they like to sunbath they like to run around so the outdoor space is a must thank you I know that the city center it’s a big deal for UNIS and for show that most important three bedrooms and a lot of
Space I found them a house that is perfect for dogs it’s across the street from a dog playground the streets are so Charming mhm well that’s you for you and also very narrow so right off this road is uh the next house I’m going to show you it’s a
20-minute bike ride to the city center of UT so the commute show that to your work is about an hour and 15minute bike ride to the train station this house is very new it’s a modern house it has modern features it’s spacious and it has a great Garden so this is the perfect
House for them feels pretty suburb around here I like that there’s you know no cars around that’s kind of nice well the house is were built a few years ago so everything is very modern and the house itself is the one right here oh it’s an
U it that’s nice we have three bedrooms here and one and a half bathroom Okay the price is $2,200 a month just a little over it’s not that bad but it’s fully furnished so you don’t have to bring anything except for yourselves and the dogs that’s really nice I do like
How quiet the neighborhood is but I really Envision being closer to the city so behind the door we get a very nice spacious living room oh wow this is really big the kitchen is amazing over here wow I mean this stove is like a professional stove actually and there’s so much
Counter space over here the style of the kitchen is uh not quite my taste I prefer something a little more uh modern and clean but it definitely feels like an American size Right Moving On we have a nice seating area a big couch um velvet isn’t particularly my favorite
Fabric right it’s a bit dangerous with dogs yeah talking about the dogs I think they’re going to love the garden and I think you will love the garden too oh wow this is a really big Garden yeah this is a nice space yeah I think the dogs are going to love having Garden
Space I love that there’s a shed back there where we can keep our bikes this is pretty nice ster well it’s not too steep actually yeah and if you walk to the left okay right here yeah this is pretty light and Airy with the window um I don’t love the carpet in
Here and the closet’s pretty big actually for both of us and the shoes oh maybe we can put some shoes up top so the next bedroom is next door this room is a bit smaller it might be great office space okay this is a great office space it’s pretty filled with light in
Here I can see the issue that they want to be in the city center but they also want three bedrooms and a lot of space for shoda and his sneaker collection ction it’s just not possible for that budget it doesn’t have a toilet that’s across the hall oh okay wow there’s
Actually a tub in here W uh it’s pretty functional though I would say yeah that’s nice so then the third bedroom which is obviously being used by a child we can use this as a guest bedroom what do you think it’s kind of small you can
Probably put the shoes in the corner I like it to be the centerpiece we’ll talk about it ooh so what do we think of the house my favorite thing about this house is definitely the kitchen it’s huge and we can do a lot of cooking in there it’s a
Nice house it’s big but I would prefer something a little bit cleaner more modern they have to decide for themselves which features are the most important to them in the city center or very close to the city center or house with a big garden and three bedrooms and
A lot of space I think location is really important for us okay as in city center but the Suburban house has the most space which is really great for all the stuff we have The biggest challenge for this move for me is really getting used to being in a new city I’m really scared about whether we’re going to find new friends there was more charm in the streets than I could have imagined okay good location is super important I want to make sure
That we’re in a place that’s Lively especially since Unice is going to be working remote I wanted her to be somewhere where there was she could interact with people and be very close to walking or biking okay so let’s talk houses so the house and barn it is closer to your work so
That’s nice like a little two Suburbia it is farther from the city I love that there’s extra counter space cuz I like to be cooking it is the most expensive one but I do love the big yard really spacious the neighborhood’s really nice but there’s many shops or kind of coffee
Shops yeah okay the townhouse I did really like that it was Modern but it also Al had a little bit of charm this is like a wall of stairs oh my God it does only have two bedrooms though so we would have to work out a way to do the
Office space and then storage for the bike and the shoes it’s a little bit small but actually I think it’s pretty functional the location was amazing okay so the Suburban House how do you feel about the place it’s really big yeah this is a nice space yeah
There’s a great yard in the back this is a great office space it’s pretty filled with light in here it’s not too far away from the city center also is fully furnished which means you only have to bring the shoe collection and the dogs that’s Right is there any house where you both feel like that’s not the right fit for us I do feel like the house in barn is a little bit too far for us and there was just no charm there so one down two to go two to go
The townhouse does have a lot of the things that we like but the Suburban house has the most space which is really great for all the stuff we have plus there’s a huge yard space there’s a shed where we can store my bikes but you
Still kind of have to bike to the city center well I’m really torn about those two homes I think location is really important for us okay as in City Center everything is so walkable and the townhouse is just the perfect price too okay so we’re going with the to house Cheers let’s have a snack my gosh oh God yes it’s been so much fun living here we’re really happy about choosing this house even though we only have two bedrooms it works really well for us there is space for your shoes I do have a dedicated office space that gets
Really good like in the morning and so I’m pretty happy with that but I think the best thing is actually the location everything’s really close go to the cafe down the street corner and the dogs here we’re so close to the park good boy good girl my work’s been doing pretty well
Colleagues are all really great it’s been really nice I don’t know which one to get maybe none of them maybe all of them so far it’s a pretty happy life we live here but I we got to go we got to go fore for for hey I for Fore fore for for fore for for for