3-Bed Detached House with South-Facing Garden & Solar Panels | Vacation Home in Mol, Belgium



Heiloopweg 2, 2400 Mol, Belgium, Mol (Belgium)
3 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 171m² Floor area
€475,000
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
171m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step outside on a Saturday morning at Heiloopweg 2 and within ten minutes you're walking the pine-shaded paths around the Rauwse Putten, a chain of quiet glacial lakes that most visitors to Belgium never even know exists. That's the thing about Mol Rauw — it doesn't advertise itself. It just delivers.
Built in 2025 and finished with the kind of precision you'd expect from a bespoke project rather than a standard new-build, this three-bedroom detached house sits on a generous, hedge-enclosed plot where the only sounds on a weekday afternoon are birdsong and the occasional bicycle bell from the local traffic lane out front. The N71 is right there when you need it — Hasselt in 45 minutes, Antwerp in under an hour — but from inside the south-facing garden, you'd never guess a main road exists.
That garden orientation isn't a small thing. From mid-morning until the last light of a summer evening, the sun terrace gets it all. Belgian summers are genuinely warm — July and August regularly push into the mid-twenties Celsius — and having a garden that faces fully south means you're making the most of every hour. The hedges and timber fencing give it an enclosed, private feel without making the space feel small. It's the kind of garden where you actually use the outdoor furniture rather than letting it slowly rust.
Inside, the ground floor has been laid out with real thought behind it. The entrance hall connects front to back, which sounds like a minor detail until you've lived through a muddy autumn and you're grateful for a proper rear entry with a dedicated mudroom and guest toilet. The open living area flows from sitting room through to dining space and into the kitchen without any awkward transitions. Parquet tiles throughout the living room give it warmth underfoot, especially with the hydronic underfloor heating running underneath during the cooler months. Come February, when the Kempen region gets its occasional frost and the fields outside take on a flat, silvery stillness, that radiant heat is a genuine pleasure.
The kitchen deserves its own mention. The central island is practical without being oversized, and the Novy induction hob and extraction hood are the kind of specification that anyone who cooks regularly will notice immediately. Built-in wine cooler, integrated dishwasher, separate fridge and freezer, oven — it's all there, and it's all flush. A large window beside the kitchen bench looks directly onto the side garden, where there's real potential to throw open a door and set up a breakfast table in the warmer months. The dining area sits at the heart of the ground floor, with full-height windows on the garden side that effectively dissolve the boundary between inside and out on a bright afternoon.
Upstairs, the three bedrooms are all properly sized — not the nominal "double rooms" you sometimes find in newer builds. Each has its own air conditioning unit, which handles both cooling in summer and takes the edge off on damp shoulder-season days. The bathroom is where the specification really shows: double washbasin vanity, a walk-in shower, and — the detail that surprises people — a freestanding bath positioned directly beneath a Velux skylight. Lying in the bath on a clear night and looking straight up at the stars over the Kempen flatlands is not something you forget easily. A separate WC in the hallway keeps the bathroom free when the house is full of guests.
The attic, accessed by a retractable loft ladder, runs to approximately 71 square metres — roughly equivalent to a decent city apartment in terms of floor area. Right now it functions as storage, but the bones are there for conversion if future needs change.
Energy performance is exceptional. The E-level sits at -6, which in the Belgian certification system puts this house among the most efficient residential buildings in the country. Fifteen solar panels generating 6.6 kWp, an air-to-water heat pump, full underfloor heating, and a CO2-monitoring Type C+ ventilation system combine to produce a home that runs at a fraction of the operating cost of older Belgian properties. Fully asbestos-free, electrical installation up to current standards — none of the remediation costs that catch buyers off-guard with period properties.
Mol itself is worth understanding properly if you're coming to this as an international buyer. The town of around 37,000 sits in the Antwerp province, right in the heart of the Kempen, the low-lying heathland and forest region that stretches across northeastern Belgium and into the Netherlands. It's a genuinely active outdoor area — the Kempense Golf Club is a ten-minute walk from the front door, the Rauwse Putten lakes are ideal for open-water swimming and stand-up paddleboarding, and the wider network of cycling routes through the De Zegge nature reserve and beyond connects to hundreds of kilometres of marked paths. Winter here is mild by northern European standards, rarely dropping below freezing for extended periods, and spring arrives early with the heath blooming purple-pink across the flatlands from late August into September.
For food, Mol's market on Thursday mornings on the Markt square is where locals actually shop — cheese from the Campine farms, bread from De Bakkerij op de Hoek, seasonal vegetables that reflect what's actually growing right now rather than what was flown in last week. The town has a solid clutch of restaurants; De Smaakfabriek on Gasthuisstraat does regional Flemish cooking with modern technique, and there are good Indonesian and Vietnamese restaurants reflecting Belgium's broader culinary diversity. Antwerp's Eilandje district and the Zurenborg neighbourhood, both reachable in under an hour, open up an entirely different level of dining and cultural options — the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the MAS harbour museum, the Rubenshuis, the fashion district around Nationalestraat.
For international buyers specifically, Belgium's property purchase process is transparent and well-regulated. Non-EU buyers face no additional restrictions on residential ownership. Registration duties in Flanders for a property at this price point sit at 3% under the current reduced-rate system for primary residences, though international buyers purchasing as a second home should budget for the standard rate and should take advice from a Belgian notaire early in the process. The property's outstanding energy label also positions it well under Flanders' increasingly strict rental standards, making it a credible option for short or medium-term letting through platforms serving the growing Kempen leisure market when not in personal use.
Most of the furniture is available for purchase by separate negotiation, which means this property can realistically be operational as a second home within weeks of completion rather than months.
Key features at a glance:
- Detached new-build house completed 2025, 171 m² living space plus 71 m² attic
- Three full-size bedrooms, each with individual air conditioning
- One bathroom with double washbasin, walk-in shower, and bath under Velux skylight
- South-facing enclosed garden with sun terrace
- Open-plan kitchen with Novy induction hob, extraction hood, wine cooler, island
- Underfloor heating throughout ground floor via air-to-water heat pump
- 15 solar panels (6.6 kWp), E-level -6 energy rating
- Type C+ ventilation with CO2 and air quality sensors
- Integrated garage with sectional door plus additional on-site parking
- Mudroom, laundry room, guest WC on ground floor
- Walking distance to Kempense Golf Club and Rauwse Putten lake area
- Easy N71 access — Antwerp under 60 minutes, Brussels under 90 minutes
- Fully asbestos-free, electrical installation to current standards
- Furniture available for purchase, enabling fast operational setup
This is a rare chance to own a move-in ready second home in a part of Belgium that rewards those who look beyond the obvious tourist trail. The Kempen lifestyle — outdoor, unhurried, rooted in landscape — is exactly what a growing number of European second-home buyers are looking for, and properties at this specification level in Mol Rauw don't sit on the market long.
Get in touch with the Homestra team today to arrange a private viewing or to request the full technical documentation. We're happy to coordinate visits for international buyers and can connect you with English-speaking Belgian notaires and mortgage advisors to make the process as straightforward as possible.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 171m²
- Price per m²
- €2,778
- Garden size
- 0m²
- 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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