4-Bed Semi-Detached House in Kanne, 5 Min from Maastricht – Vacation Home with Solar & Garden



Oudeweg 26, 3770 Riemst-Kanne, Belgium, Riemst (Belgium)
4 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 180m² Floor area
€439,000
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
180m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Stand in the kitchen on a Saturday morning, coffee in hand, and you'll hear it — the faint bell of the Kanne church drifting over the rooftops while cyclists roll past the gate toward the Albert Canal towpath. The garden is already warm. The terrace catches the sun from early morning, and the deep, enclosed lawn stretches far enough behind you that the kids have disappeared into their own world. This is what daily life feels like at Oudeweg 26, and it takes about ten minutes here to understand why people come to this corner of Belgian Limburg and quietly decide they're not leaving.
Kanne sits on the edge of something genuinely rare: a limestone plateau where the Netherlands, Belgium, and a shared sense of slow, outdoor living all converge. The village is small — perhaps 1,500 people — but it punches well above its weight. The Sint-Pietersberg hill rises just minutes to the east, and the Plateau of Caestert, a protected nature reserve laced with trails for hiking and mountain biking, starts practically at the end of the road. On autumn mornings, the mist sits low over the Meuse valley below and the light turns gold over the marlstone cliffs. It's the kind of scene that makes you cancel whatever you had planned.
And then there's Maastricht. Barely five kilometres away, one of the Netherlands' most culturally alive cities is reachable by bicycle along the canal — a flat, easy ride that takes about twenty minutes past willows and weekend fishermen. Maastricht is home to the Vrijthof square, where café terraces spill out under the towers of Sint-Servaasbasiliek, and where the TEFAF art fair each spring draws collectors from across the globe. The Wyck neighbourhood has some of the best independent restaurants in the Benelux region — try the Burgundian spreads at Cafe Sjiek or the seasonal menus at Tout à Fait. On Saturdays, the Markt square hosts one of the region's finest outdoor markets, where local vendors sell Limburg vlaai, artisan cheeses, and fresh-cut flowers. You can load up a bag, coast back along the canal, and be home before noon. That's the rhythm this location enables, and it's genuinely hard to replicate.
The house itself was built in 2013 and extended and modernised in the years since. It reads as move-in ready without asterisks — no project work waiting, no compromises. At 180 square metres of living space across four levels, it's been thought through carefully rather than just built big. The ground floor opens with a wide hallway anchored by a solid wooden staircase — the kind of detail that quietly tells you about the quality of finishes throughout. The living room has herringbone parquet underfoot and a wood-burning stove that, come November, becomes the gravitational centre of the house. On winter evenings, with the shutters closed and the fire going, the room has a warmth that no underfloor heating system can manufacture.
The kitchen sits separately, generous in size, set in a corner layout with a five-burner gas hob, integrated oven, microwave, dishwasher, and extractor hood. A wide glass door opens directly onto the terrace and the garden beyond — useful in a way that only becomes obvious once you've lived with it through a full summer. The fenced garden runs deep, fully enclosed, with a gate opening to the side street for easy access with bikes, tools, or a wheelbarrow.
Below the ground floor, the 105-square-metre basement is built from local marlstone — a nod to the geology of the plateau above — and contains the integrated garage with its up-and-over door, a dedicated laundry area, technical room housing the Buderus gas-fired central heating boiler, an Ariston 200-litre heat pump boiler, and, notably, the 15 kWh home battery connected to the fourteen solar panels on the roof. An electric vehicle charging point is already installed. These aren't extras that were bolted on as an afterthought; they're part of a coherent approach to running a house efficiently. Energy bills here are meaningfully lower than the Belgian average for comparable properties.
Upstairs, the first floor holds three bedrooms — the master with built-in wardrobes, a second with a flex space that works as a dressing room or, with a small renovation, a second bathroom, and a third bedroom that currently functions as an office. The bathroom is contemporary: full-size bathtub, shower screen, and a generous double washbasin with an oversized vanity unit. Up the fixed staircase from the landing, the attic bedroom has two Velux windows that frame a patch of sky and rooftop — quiet, private, and well-insulated, it works equally well as a guest room, a teenager's retreat, or a studio.
For international buyers, particularly those considering a second home in Belgium or this stretch of the Belgian-Dutch border region, there are several practical points worth knowing. Belgium has a relatively straightforward property purchase process for EU and non-EU buyers alike, with registration duties at the regional level — in Flanders, where Kanne falls, the standard rate applies unless primary residence conditions are met. The region's bilingual character (Flemish and Dutch are mutually intelligible here) makes day-to-day life accessible to Dutch speakers and manageable for others. The Liège-Maastricht axis is well-served by road and rail: Brussels is 90 minutes by car, Cologne under two hours, and Amsterdam roughly two and a half. Maastricht Airport handles several European routes, with Liège Airport — a significant cargo and passenger hub — about 30 kilometres west.
As a vacation home or second residence, the property offers strong rental appeal. Proximity to Maastricht, the TEFAF and Maastricht Jazz festivals, the cycling routes of South Limburg, and cross-border day-tripping draws steady visitor interest throughout the year. Spring and summer along the Albert Canal towpaths fill quickly on rental platforms. The combination of a full four-bedroom layout, a garden, garage, and energy-efficient systems makes it competitive in the holiday rental market without requiring significant management overhead.
Key features at a glance:
- 4 bedrooms across three levels including a full attic room with Velux windows
- 1 contemporary bathroom with bathtub, shower, and double washbasin vanity
- 180 m² living area on a 400 m² plot in the village of Kanne, Riemst
- 14 solar panels and a 15 kWh home battery for low running costs
- Electric vehicle charging point installed in the basement garage
- Buderus gas-fired central heating boiler and Ariston 200-litre heat pump boiler
- 105 m² marlstone basement with integrated garage, laundry area, and storage
- Ground-floor living room with herringbone parquet and wood-burning stove
- Deep, fully fenced rear garden with sun terrace and street-accessible gate
- Hardwood window frames with double glazing throughout; PVC in the extension
- Roof insulation, insulated extension, shutters on most windows
- 5 km cycling distance to central Maastricht via the Albert Canal towpath
- Walking access to Sint-Pietersberg and the Plateau of Caestert nature reserve
- Built 2013, extensively updated — genuinely move-in ready condition
- Priced at €439,000 in one of Belgium's most sought-after border-region villages
Properties in Kanne with this combination of size, energy infrastructure, and location don't stay available for long. The village has a loyal following among buyers who discover it once and come back to buy. If you're looking for a second home in Belgium that puts you minutes from one of Europe's most liveable small cities while keeping you grounded in genuine countryside, this is worth your full attention.
Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a private viewing or a video walkthrough. We work with international buyers at every stage — from first enquiry through to completion — and can connect you with local legal and tax advisors familiar with cross-border purchases in the Belgian-Dutch border region. Don't wait on this one.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 180m²
- Price per m²
- €2,439
- Garden size
- 400m²
- 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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