Step outside on a Saturday morning in July, and the first thing you notice is the silence. Not the dead kind — the living kind. Pine resin drifting on a light breeze, the faint crunch of a cyclist disappearing into the tree line thirty meters from your front door, a woodpecker working somewhere deep in the state forest that runs right up against the back of the park. This is Ees, Drenthe, and this three-bedroom bungalow sits at the very edge of Het Land van Bartje holiday park — which means you get the full benefit of the park's facilities while the forest essentially starts in your back garden.
The bungalow itself was built in 1996 and sits on a 294 m² private plot that wraps the house in greenery on all sides. The southwest-facing sun terrace is the detail that matters most in a Dutch summer — afternoon light here stretches past nine in the evening, and the terrace catches every last minute of it. Sliding doors from the living room open directly onto that terrace, so the line between inside and outside blurs in the best possible way. The fireplace in the sitting room earns its keep come October, when the forest turns amber and the evenings arrive earlier.
At 69 m², the layout is honest and efficient. Ground floor: a hallway with a wall-mounted WC, a bright bedroom ideal for guests or anyone who wants everything on one level, the living room with its terrace connection, and a fully equipped open kitchen with gas hob, oven, dishwasher, extractor hood, and a fridge-freezer. The kitchen isn't an afterthought — it's properly kitted out, which matters when you're here for a week and actually want to cook. Upstairs, a landing with a built-in wardrobe leads to two more bedrooms, making this a genuine family bungalow rather t ... click here to read more