7-Bed Detached House with 1,250m² Garden – Second Home in Diepenbeek, Belgium



Schabertstraat 12, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium, Diepenbeek (Belgium)
7 Bedrooms · 1 Bathrooms · 260m² Floor area
€430,000
House
No parking
7 Bedrooms
1 Bathrooms
260m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
Step off Schabertstraat on a Saturday morning and you'll hear it before you see it — the low hum of a lawnmower two gardens over, the clatter of a coffee cup on a terrace table, the particular quiet of a Belgian village that hasn't yet fully woken up. This is Diepenbeek at its most honest. And this house, a solid 1949 detached property sitting on 1,250 square meters of plot, fits right into that rhythm.
At 260 square meters of living space spread across two floors, the scale of this place takes a moment to sink in. Seven bedrooms. A dedicated office. A living room big enough that you can have four kids doing their own thing and still feel like you have room to breathe. It's the kind of house that Belgian families spent decades building their lives in — and it shows in the bones. The double PVC glazing keeps winters comfortable without the drafts, the condensing gas boiler runs efficiently, and an energy label C means this isn't a money pit. It's a house in good condition that's ready to be lived in.
The ground floor sets the tone well. The living room clocks in at just over 32 square meters — properly generous — and the layout flows naturally through to the kitchen and dining area without feeling chopped up. The kitchen at 14.65 square meters has the built-in storage that makes daily life actually functional, not just photogenic. Mornings here involve real cooking: think stovetop espresso, bread from the Delhaize on Hasseltsesteenweg, maybe something from the Saturday market in nearby Hasselt where the fromage blanc stalls open before 8am. The dining area at 12.5 square meters connects the two spaces in a way that makes Sunday lunches feel effortless.
The three ground-floor bedrooms range from comfortable to genuinely spacious, with built-in wardrobes and windows that pull in afternoon light from the garden side. Upstairs, four more bedrooms offer flexibility that most properties at this price point simply can't. A 13.51-square-meter room facing the garden could become a studio. The 12-square-meter room at the front works well as a quiet reading room when you're not hosting. And when you are hosting — a family of eight from abroad, cousins visiting from Ghent, friends from Amsterdam making a weekend of it — the house absorbs everyone without the usual reshuffling and compromise.
The garden deserves its own moment. Walk out the back door in June and you're in a space that takes time to cross. Established, well-kept, private. Of the 1,250 square meters, 462 square meters are held under a leasehold arrangement at just €15 per year — a negligible cost for the space it provides. There's room for a vegetable patch, a proper patio setup, a swing set, a hammock between trees, or all of the above simultaneously. In Flanders, where buildable land is increasingly hard to come by, a garden of this size in a quiet residential street is genuinely rare at this price.
The integrated garage fits one car comfortably, and the enclosed grounds offer additional private parking. The house connects to mains gas and has a septic tank for wastewater — standard for a property of this age in this area, and functioning well.
Diepenbeek itself is worth understanding before you write it off as "just outside Hasselt." It's a municipality of about 18,000 people with its own distinct character — the kind of place where the local bakery knows your order by your third visit, where the Heldenmonument on the village square marks centuries of history without making a fuss about it, and where the cycling infrastructure is genuinely excellent. The province of Limburg is arguably the best cycling region in Belgium: the LF-routes, the Fietssnelweg between Hasselt and Genk, the Bokrijkpad that threads through nature and past the open-air museum at Bokrijk — all accessible directly from the saddle without loading a car. In spring, the area's fruit blossom routes through Borgloon and Heers are the kind of thing that ends up defining a trip.
Hasselt is 7 kilometers away and takes about 12 minutes by car. It's a proper city: a walkable center, the Jenevermuseum (yes, Belgium has a gin museum, and it earns its reputation), the Stedelijk Museum with rotating contemporary exhibitions, and a dining scene built around serious Flemish cooking. Tripadvisor regulars will point you toward Umami or Tête Pressée; locals know the Thursday market on the Grote Markt is where the real eating happens — raw milk cheeses, smoked sausages, Vietnamese spring rolls from the stall that's been there for fifteen years.
Genk is similarly close — around 10 kilometers — and offers a different energy entirely. C-Mine, the converted coal mine turned cultural campus, hosts concerts, art installations, and a design museum that punches well above what you'd expect from a mid-sized Flemish city. The Kattevennen forest on Genk's eastern edge runs to over 700 hectares of walking and mountain biking trails, and it's the kind of place you can disappear into for three hours on a Tuesday afternoon without seeing more than a handful of people.
For international buyers, Diepenbeek's accessibility is one of its genuinely practical advantages. Brussels Airport is just over an hour by car via the E313. Eindhoven Airport is under an hour for those flying Ryanair or Wizz Air routes. The Hasselt train station connects to Brussels, Liège, and Antwerp with regular direct services. As a base for exploring Belgium — and it is a country that rewards slow exploration — this location is hard to fault.
The property market in this part of Limburg has shown consistent value stability, and properties combining this footprint, plot size, and move-in condition at this price point are not common. For buyers considering a second home in Belgium, the country's property purchase process is straightforward for EU citizens, and registration duties (currently 3% for primary residences in Flanders, 12% for second homes) are worth factoring into total acquisition costs — your notary will walk you through the specifics. The cadastral income of €818 determines your annual property tax base, which remains very manageable relative to the property's size.
Key features at a glance:
- 260 m² of living space across two floors, built 1949, good condition
- 7 bedrooms plus a dedicated 13.5 m² home office
- 1 bathroom (5.9 m²) plus laundry room and ground-floor WC
- Plot of 1,250 m² including 462 m² under long-term leasehold at €15/year
- Large, private, well-established garden with space for multiple outdoor uses
- Integrated garage (25 m²) plus private enclosed parking
- Double PVC glazing throughout, energy label C
- Condensing gas boiler, septic tank
- Not in a flood zone, no heritage restrictions
- Living room 32.55 m², kitchen 14.65 m², dining area 12.5 m²
- 7 km from Hasselt city center, 10 km from Genk
- Brussels Airport approx. 1 hour by car
- Cadastral income €818 (non-indexed), residential zoning
This is a house for people who want space — real space, not the kind that disappears once furniture arrives. Whether you're picturing summers with extended family, a slow-living European base that you return to season after season, or a property large enough to share between households, Schabertstraat 12 has the scale to make it work.
Reach out through Homestra today to arrange a private viewing. Properties with this combination of size, plot, and location don't sit on the market long in Limburg — and this one deserves to be seen in person.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 7
- Size
- 260m²
- Price per m²
- €1,654
- Garden size
- 1250m²
- 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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