2-Bed Holiday Home on Hunzebergen Estate, Exloo – Private Garden & Drenthe Forest



Valtherweg 36-304, 7875 TB Exloo, Netherlands, Exloo (The Netherlands)
2 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 70m² Floor area
€279,500
House
No parking
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
70m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Early Saturday morning, you pull open the large sliding doors and the smell of pine and damp heather rolls into the living room. A wood stove is still ticking from the night before. There's no traffic, no city noise — just the soft creak of the garden gate and birdsong from the state forest that begins practically at the edge of the estate. This is what you bought the weekend for.
Sitting on a 545 square meter plot on the Hunzebergen estate in Exloo, this detached two-bedroom recreational home is one of the more privately positioned properties on the park. Number 304 on the Valtherweg sits tucked away with a sheltered garden that manages to feel genuinely secluded rather than just screened by a hedge — not every plot here achieves that. It's a real feature, not a selling point dressed up as one.
The house itself, type Odoorn, was built in 1992 and has been kept in genuinely good condition. Full insulation throughout — roof, walls, floor — along with double glazing and HR glass means it runs efficiently across every season, from frosty November weekends to warm July afternoons when the heathlands outside Exloo go purple. A Nefit combi-boiler installed in 2021 handles heating and hot water without drama. The home is completely move-in ready; bring your bags and a decent bottle of Drenthe gin and you're set.
Inside, the layout is straightforward and works well. The hallway has a meter cupboard and a separate toilet, so the main bathroom — equipped with a shower-bath and washbasin — doesn't become a morning queue. The living room is the heart of the place: generous, light-filled, with a wood-burning stove that makes autumn evenings here something worth planning a trip around. The sliding doors open directly onto the garden, so the line between inside and outside softens whenever the weather agrees. The kitchen is fully fitted — gas hob, oven, extractor, fridge, dishwasher — the kind of practical setup that means you're not eating out every night out of necessity, only out of choice. Upstairs are two comfortable bedrooms plus additional storage space. There's also an attached storage shed and a separate detached wooden shed for bikes, kayak paddles, and all the outdoor kit that accumulates when you actually use a property rather than just own it.
The Hunzebergen estate borders state forests and heathlands that have been drawing walkers and cyclists to this corner of Drenthe for generations. The marked trail network here is genuinely extensive — you can disappear into the trees for three hours and cover ground that still feels wild. The cycling routes are equally good; Drenthe consistently ranks among the best provinces in the Netherlands for cyclists, and you'll understand why when you find yourself on a quiet track with nothing but pine canopy overhead and a field of sheep at the edge of the path.
About eight kilometres away, Emmen gives you supermarkets, decent restaurants, and a proper zoo — the Dierenpark Emmen — that the kids will want to return to every visit. But closer to home on the estate itself, the Fletcher Hotel De Hunzebergen provides a restaurant, a pool, and wellness facilities, meaning you have somewhere to go on a rainy afternoon that doesn't require getting in the car. A mini-golf course, playground, pump track, and bicycle rental complete the picture for families. Within walking distance sit a full-size golf course and a riding school, which makes this unusually versatile as a holiday base even beyond hiking and cycling.
Then there are the hunebedden. Drenthe has more of these ancient megalithic burial monuments than anywhere else in the Netherlands, and several are within easy cycling range of the estate. Hunebed D35 near Valthe is one of the more atmospheric ones — a cluster of massive boulders arranged by Neolithic hands thousands of years ago, sitting quietly at the edge of a field. Children find them genuinely awe-inspiring. Adults tend to as well.
For swimming in summer, the outdoor pool De Leewal is nearby. In spring and early summer, the surrounding landscape is at its most alive — wildflowers along the forest paths, lapwings calling over the farmland, the air carrying that particular clean sharpness that Drenthe does better than anywhere south of it.
Practically speaking, the property is freehold with full ownership rights. There are no park fees. The annual VvE Westhof contribution is €890 for 2025, which is transparent and modest. Permanent residence is not permitted on the estate, which is actually part of what protects its character — the tranquility here is not accidental, it's structurally guaranteed. For international buyers, the Netherlands has a well-established legal framework for non-resident property ownership, and recreational properties in this market have shown consistent demand both for personal use and short-term holiday rental income. At €279,500 for a freehold plot of this size with this level of privacy, the numbers make sense whether you're calculating weekends away or occupancy rates.
There's dedicated parking on the property. The nearest major airport is Groningen Airport Eelde, roughly 45 minutes north. Schiphol is around two hours by car, well within the range of a Friday evening drive that turns a long weekend into something worth having.
Key features at a glance:
- Freehold detached recreational holiday home on Hunzebergen estate, Exloo, Drenthe
- 70m² interior, 545m² private and sheltered garden plot
- 2 bedrooms upstairs with additional storage space
- 1 bathroom with shower-bath and washbasin, plus separate ground-floor toilet
- Wood-burning stove in the living room; large sliding doors to garden
- Fully equipped kitchen with gas hob, oven, dishwasher, and fridge
- Full insulation (roof, wall, floor), double glazing and HR glass throughout
- Nefit combi-boiler installed 2021, owned outright
- Attached storage shed plus separate detached wooden shed
- Own parking space on plot
- No park fees; annual VvE Westhof contribution €890 (2025)
- Direct estate access to state forests, heathlands, cycling and walking trails
- On-site amenities: Fletcher Hotel restaurant and spa, mini-golf, pump track, bike rental
- Golf course and riding school within walking distance
- Move-in ready, vacant possession, available immediately
If you want to know more about this holiday home in Exloo, arrange a private viewing, or ask about the rental potential and ownership process for international buyers, get in touch with the Homestra team today. Properties with this combination of plot size, privacy, and estate location in Drenthe don't wait around.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 2
- Size
- 70m²
- Price per m²
- €3,993
- Garden size
- 545m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 1
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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