Address report
Markt 1
2801 JG Gouda
Address report
2801 JG Gouda
This building was built before 1970 in a city in the west or north of the Netherlands, where the soil is often soft. Buildings from that period more often have foundation problems there.
This is an indication based on the area and the construction year. It says nothing about the actual condition of this specific building’s foundation.
Many Dutch homes built before 1970 stand on wooden piles. In areas with soft soil (peat, sea clay or river clay) those piles can rot when groundwater levels drop (pile rot, “paalrot”), and the soil can settle. This can cause cracks and subsidence of the building. Homes built after 1970 usually stand on concrete piles.
The areas come from RVO and the Dutch knowledge centre for foundation problems (KCAF). They combine the soil type (physical-geographic region) with the share of buildings from before 1970 per postcode area (pc6). Soil in cities isn’t classified. According to RVO, especially cities in the west and north of the Netherlands have vulnerable soil, so we count those as risk areas.
What can you do? When buying, ask whether a foundation survey has been done. Look out for cracks in the façade, sticking doors and sloping floors. Many municipalities have a foundation desk (funderingsloket) or an archive with foundation records. More information (in Dutch) at KCAF.
In doubt? Get a foundation survey
Only a foundation survey gives certainty about this building. KCAF (Dutch) explains how to find a specialist. Got a question for us? Feel free to email us.
Source: RVO / KCAF, Indicatieve aandachtsgebieden funderingsproblematiek (2019). Construction year: BAG, Kadaster.
Source: Basisregistratie Adressen en Gebouwen (BAG, the Dutch buildings register), Kadaster, via PDOK. Current data.
GP, supermarket, primary school and childcare are all within walking distance.
These figures come from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and describe the whole neighbourhood (buurt), not this address. A buurt is a small part of a municipality, usually with a few hundred to a few thousand residents.
The WOZ value is the value the municipality sets each year for tax purposes. It is an average of all homes in the neighbourhood, not an asking price. Distances are averages by road from all homes in the neighbourhood. We call a facility ‘nearby’ when it is within 1 km, about 12 to 15 minutes on foot.
CBS rounds small numbers and leaves out some figures to protect privacy. New yearly tables are filled step by step, so for each figure we show the most recent year available.
Source: CBS, Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2024–2026 (most recent year per figure).
A quiet location. Noise from traffic and other sources stays low here.
Noise is measured in decibels (dB). The scale isn’t linear: 3 dB more means twice the sound energy, and 10 dB more sounds roughly twice as loud.
The day value is the Lden: an average over 24 hours in which evening and night noise count more heavily, because it is more disturbing then. The night value is the Lnight (23:00–07:00). There is no night map for aircraft noise.
The maps are calculated with RIVM models, not measured at this home. Façades, noise barriers and where your bedroom is make a big difference in practice. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at most 53 dB during the day and 45 dB at night for road traffic. The value applies to the address point; at the busiest façade the noise can be higher.
What can you do? Check whether the bedroom is on the quiet side, ask about sound insulation (glazing and ventilation) and check with the municipality for plans for new roads or businesses nearby.
Source: RIVM Atlas Leefomgeving, noise maps: all sources 2022, road traffic 2022, rail 2023, aircraft 2022.
Air quality is moderate: well above the WHO guidelines, but below the European limits for 2030.
Values are annual averages in micrograms per cubic metre of air (µg/m³). Nitrogen dioxide mainly comes from exhaust fumes; particulate matter comes from traffic, industry, agriculture, wood burning and from abroad.
We compare with the World Health Organization guidelines (WHO, 2021): NO₂ 10, PM10 15 and PM2.5 5 µg/m³. These are strict; almost nowhere in the Netherlands meets the PM2.5 guideline. That’s why we also show the European limits that apply from 2030: NO₂ 20, PM10 20 and PM2.5 10 µg/m³.
Even below these values, air pollution can affect the lungs, heart and blood vessels, especially for children, older people and people with asthma or COPD. The maps are calculated by RIVM, not measured at this home. Next to busy roads it can be worse locally.
What can you do? Ventilate mainly on the side away from busy roads, avoid burning wood and check Luchtmeetnet.nl (Dutch) for live measurements.
Source: RIVM Atlas Leefomgeving, annual average concentrations 2024.
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Fair surroundings
Average of the four topics. An indication, not a judgement of the home itself.