Nijmegen€399,000 k.k.
Leuvensbroek 1635, Nijmegen
3 bedrooms95 m²Energy label B
What is left of the old village of Lent?
Lent was a village in its own right long before the Waalsprong. For centuries it was the last stop for traffic heading south over the river, and from the seventeenth century a ferry ran from here to Nijmegen. The neo-Gothic Maria Geboortekerk has marked the skyline since 1879, and the white front of the Protestant church dates from 1886. The Griftdijk follows the line of a canal dug in 1610 and filled in around 1930. Lent belonged to the municipality of Elst until it moved to Nijmegen on 1 January 1998.
For a long time Lent was a place of market gardens and greenhouses. After the move to Nijmegen many of those plots made way for housing. When the Waalbrug came, its approach road cut the village in two. So the older homes are spread out: dike houses, former farm buildings and village streets near the square, each with its own maintenance history. If you buy one of these, a building inspection is often a sensible condition.
Neighbourhoods and villages
Lent-dorpHof van HollandVeur-LentOosterhoutRessen
Municipality of Nijmegen. Our office is at Bijsterhuizen in Wijchen.
How did the Spiegelwaal change Lent?
The Waal has a sharp bend at Nijmegen, and the floods of 1993 and 1995 showed what that means. Under the national Room for the River programme the dike at Lent was moved inland and a side channel was dug between 2013 and 2015. It opened on 3 December 2015 under the name Spiegelwaal. Several houses had to go to make space. Between the old and the new water lies Veur-Lent, a city island reachable by the Lentloper road bridge and the Zaligebrug for walkers and cyclists.
The result is that parts of Lent now look out over water where there used to be fields. The channel is not a shipping route, so it is used for rowing and sailing. Homes with a view of the Spiegelwaal or a short walk to the river park are a selling point we make visible in a listing. Buyers also ask about high water, and we explain how the new dike line works for the street in question.
Where is the newer part of Lent?
The southern Waalsprong neighbourhoods were built on Lent's own land. Around Hof van Holland a shopping centre with supermarkets, a health centre and a library opened in 2023, and Citadel College is building a new location near the Waaldijk. Station Nijmegen Lent reopened in 2002 and was modernised in 2013. A house here is usually less than thirty years old, and its energy label is often a strong argument for buyers coming from an older flat across the river.
Which costs and steps come after your offer in Lent?
Asking prices in Lent, like elsewhere in the Netherlands, are usually quoted "k.k." (kosten koper). That means you as the buyer pay the transfer costs, such as the notary's fees and the transfer tax, on top of the price. Ask your mortgage adviser what this means for your budget before you make an offer.
In practice the buyer chooses the civil-law notary ("notaris"). The notary prepares the transfer deed ("akte van levering"), checks the Land Registry (Kadaster) and handles the money. The deed is in Dutch. Let the notary know early on that you would like an English explanation or an interpreter, so they can plan for it.
What does 365 Makelaars do for you in Lent?
Selling in Lent means showing two things at once: the house and where it stands. For a dike house that may be the view and the history of the building, for a home in the new part the insulation and the walk to the station. We take the photos, draw the floor plan and write a listing that says what a buyer needs to know. It goes on Funda, and we schedule viewings in the evening and at weekends. You pay 1.5% of the sale price as our selling fee.
If you want to buy in Lent, our buying agent goes with you to viewings and points out what to check, from foundations in the old core to the building stage in the new streets. You hear the fee before we start. You can talk to us in English and send your agent a WhatsApp message whenever something comes up.
- Free home valuation for old and new homes in Lent
- Listing that shows the setting along the dike and the water
- Viewings outside office hours
- Buying support with attention to building age
For our listings and the full service description in Dutch, go to the Dutch homepage of 365 Makelaars.
Which homes do we have for sale in or near Lent?
We have no home for sale in Lent right now. These are the closest homes on our books.
Questions about real estate agent Lent
Is Lent part of Nijmegen-Noord?
Yes. Since 1998 Lent has been part of the municipality of Nijmegen and forms the southern part of Nijmegen-Noord. The old village core and the new neighbourhoods built on its land are both called Lent, which is why listings can look very different.
Can I still buy an older house in Lent?
Yes, although they are fewer than the newer homes. You find them along the dike, near the church and around the village square. With older houses we advise checking the state of the building, and a building inspection is commonly added as a condition in the agreement.
Do you sell homes in Lent that are only a few years old?
Yes. Many owners in Lent sell a house that was new when they bought it. We value it against comparable homes from the same period and show its strong points, such as the energy label, in the listing.
Can you help me with a mortgage for a house in Lent?
We do not give mortgage advice ourselves. KFD Woonadvies, a mortgage adviser at the same address as our office in Wijchen, can help you with that. We are happy to introduce you.