Step outside on a Saturday morning and the first thing you notice isn't silence exactly — it's layered sound. A woodpecker working somewhere deep in the treeline. Crows lifting off from the birches at the edge of the plot. The soft creak of the veranda as the day warms up. This is Koekangerveldweg 38 in Koekange, Drenthe, and it announces itself through the senses long before you've even unlocked the door.
The bungalow sits on a generous 1,254 square metre private plot within the Marterhaar recreational park, an unhurried green pocket of the Netherlands set between the small villages of Koekange, Ruinerwold, and De Wijk. Mature trees surround the garden on all sides — not as decoration, but as a genuine privacy screen. Squirrels cross the lawn with the confidence of homeowners. Deer pass through at dusk, especially in autumn, when the light turns amber through the canopy and the whole plot takes on the quality of a nature documentary. You don't get this kind of land, this close to nature, for this price very often.
The property itself is a single-storey bungalow — three bedrooms, one bathroom, a living room with sliding doors that open directly onto the garden, and a kitchen that does its job without fuss. It's an honest space. It needs work. The roof received new EPDM covering in 2017, plastic window frames have been fitted, and parts of the floor carry insulation, but this is a renovation project for someone with a vision, not a turnkey handover. Think of it less as buying a finished house and more as acquiring an exceptional plot with a perfectly serviceable shell on it. The Red Cedar cladding on the exterior has aged well and gives the building a genuinely woodsy character that suits its surroundings. A carport, a ... click here to read more
