Early on a Saturday morning in Meerle, the only sound you'll hear from the bedroom window is birdsong cutting through a landscape so green and unhurried it barely feels real. No traffic noise. No neighbours peering over the fence. Just open Kempen sky and a garden that stretches far enough to make you forget the outside world entirely. This is what €1,995,000 buys you on Chaamseweg 75 — not just a house, but a genuine private estate where space, silence, and craftsmanship all land in the same address.
The villa itself was completed in 2007 by Vlassak-Verhulst, the Antwerp-based builder whose name in Belgian real estate circles carries real weight. Their signature is recognisable the moment the automatic gate rolls back: characteristic cross-bond brickwork laid in the old Flemish farmhouse tradition, Belgian blue stone detailing at the thresholds and window sills, and Boom roof tiles that age into a deeper reddish-brown with every passing decade. This isn't a style borrowed from a catalogue — it's a direct architectural reference to the authentic Kempisch hoeve, the working farmhouses that dotted this border country for centuries, reinterpreted with contemporary precision. From the street, the property carries a quiet authority. Inside, the 530 square metres of living space feel generous without being cavernous. The layout was clearly designed by people who thought about how a family actually moves through a home — wide corridors, rooms that flow from one to the next without awkward corridors or dead ends, and large windows on every elevation that pull the garden in visually. Morning light comes through the east-facing rooms strong and warm; by afternoon the terraced areas catch the southern sun long enough to make outdoor dining a genuine daily ritual rather than an occasional treat.
Three bedrooms occupy the upper floor of the main villa, alongside two full bathrooms — both with underfloor heating, both finished to a level where every fixture and tile was clearly chosen rather than simply specified. Two separate guest toilets on the ground floor mean that when you have a full house, the morning routine never becomes a diplomatic incident. Practical? Yes. But that's the thing about this property — the practical decisions were made carefully enough that they stop feeling practical and start feeling considered.
The real conversation-starter on any visit is the outbuilding. Substantial in volume, matched to the main villa in materials and finish, it's currently configured with a full living area and open kitchen on the ground floor, plus a bedroom and bathroom upstairs — which means it functions as a complete, self-contained guesthouse right now. That said, it has enough space and structural character to become something else entirely: a home studio, a private wellness suite, a showroom for a collection, a home office big enough to run a small company from. The optionality is rare. Most outbuildings of this kind are either too rough to use seriously or too finished to adapt. This one sits in the more useful middle ground.
The entire 6,800 square metre plot is fully fenced and secured, with mature landscaping that reads as settled rather than newly planted. There's a detached stone garage with room for two cars, electric door, and its own heating. A separate stone storage building handles the practical overflow that a large property always generates. Twenty-four solar panels paired with two home battery units handle a meaningful share of the energy load — a detail that's increasingly relevant as Belgian energy tariffs continue their long-term upward trend. Balanced ventilation, roof and wall insulation, double glazing throughout, exterior sunshades, alarm system — the infrastructure is solid and up to date.
Meerle itself sits right on the Belgian-Dutch border, administratively part of Hoogstraten in the Antwerp province. It's a village in the truest sense: a church, a few cafés, the kind of weekly market where the same farmers have been selling the same vegetables for thirty years. The surrounding Kempisch countryside is cross-hatched with cycling routes — the region is part of the wider Fietsknooppunt network that connects hundreds of kilometres of signed paths through heathland, pine forest, and farmland. The Mark river valley runs just a few kilometres east, and the Wortel Colony, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a short drive away — one of the few places in Belgium that genuinely surprises visitors who weren't expecting to be moved by a 19th-century agricultural settlement.
Breda is twelve kilometres north — close enough for a spontaneous dinner at Meatclub or a Saturday morning at the Grote Markt without it feeling like a trip. Turnhout, the market town at the heart of the Kempen, is thirty kilometres southeast and offers good schools, hospitals, and the kind of retail infrastructure that makes daily life easy. Antwerp is forty kilometres away, which in practice means forty-five minutes by car to the Meir, the museums on the Wapper, or a flight out of Antwerp International. Brussels Airport is also within an hour. For a property that feels this remote, the access is quietly excellent.
For buyers considering the estate as a multi-generational setup — or those who simply want additional buffer between the main house and the world — there is also the option to acquire the adjacent property at a separate 2,211 square metre plot. It could function as a caretaker's residence, an independent home for family, or a long-term rental. That conversation is best had directly.
As a second home or vacation property in Belgium, this estate makes a particular kind of sense. Belgium has no capital gains tax on private property sales after a relatively short holding period, and the country's inheritance tax structures can be favourable with the right legal planning — something a Belgian notary can walk international buyers through during due diligence. The property is move-in ready; there is no renovation budget to calculate and no contractor to manage from abroad.
Key features at a glance:
- 530m² of living space across a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom main villa built by Vlassak-Verhulst in 2007
- Fully self-contained guesthouse / outbuilding with living area, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom
- Private estate of 6,800m² with full perimeter fencing and automated gated entrance
- Authentic Kempisch farmhouse architecture in cross-bond brick, Belgian blue stone, and Boom roof tiles
- 24 solar panels plus two home battery units for energy efficiency
- Underfloor heating in bathrooms, balanced ventilation, comprehensive roof/wall/floor insulation
- Detached stone double garage with electric door, heating, and electricity
- Detached stone storage building with electricity and running water
- Alarm system, exterior sunshades, cable TV, double glazing throughout
- Gas combi boiler for heating and hot water
- Option to purchase adjacent property on 2,211m² plot for expanded estate
- 12km from Breda, 30km from Turnhout, 40km from Antwerp
- No capital gains tax on private property in Belgium (conditions apply)
- Cycling access to the wider Fietsknooppunt Kempen network directly from the property
Properties of this profile — established estate footprint, premium build quality, complete privacy, and genuine optionality in the outbuilding — appear in the Belgian market perhaps a handful of times a year. The combination of Vlassak-Verhulst craftsmanship, the 6,800 square metre plot, and the border-region setting makes this one worth moving on quickly.
To arrange a private viewing or to request the full technical dossier, get in touch with the Homestra team today. International buyers are welcome, and we can coordinate visits around travel schedules with advance notice.
