Rotterdam-Noord
Home rebuilt from shell to finish
Work carried out: new layout, kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms and complete finishing.
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Service area Rijswijk
Renovation contractor in Rijswijk
Rotterdamse Bouwbedrijf handles remodelling and complete renovations in Rijswijk. From a 1930s house in Leeuwendaal or Cromvliet to a walk-up flat in Muziekbuurt or Stervoorde and a gas-free home in RijswijkBuiten, with one dedicated team that knows Rijswijk holds three completely different housing stocks inside one small municipality.
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500+ projects delivered
10+ years of experience
- Our own team of 20 to 30 craftsmen
- One price, no surprises for extra work
- 1-year guarantee on the renovation
Why Rotterdamse Bouwbedrijf
A contractor who knows the reality of renovating in Rijswijk
One dedicated team
Our own craftsmen run your project from start to finish. No rotating subcontractors.
Familiar with three kinds of Rijswijk
From the 1930s houses in Leeuwendaal and the post-war flats to the recent, already well-insulated homes in RijswijkBuiten.
A clear price up front
A clear quote and a realistic schedule. Any additional work is always discussed first.
Our services in Rijswijk
How we can help you in Rijswijk
From a bathroom or a new layout to a home tackled as a whole. In Rijswijk the brief depends heavily on the year of construction, and here that spans fifty to a hundred years. Click through to the service you are looking for.
Full Home Renovation
From teardown to turnkey by one dedicated team.
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More living space, from foundation to finish.
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A full extra floor.
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Complete and fully watertight.
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From design to installation.
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More space and light in your loft.
View servicePlastering & Finishing
Walls and ceilings plastered smooth or ready to paint.
View serviceWindow Frames, Insulation & Energy Efficiency
Better comfort and a better energy label.
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Work in homes of every era
These projects are in Rotterdam and The Hague. They are shown here because they cover the three briefs we meet in Rijswijk: a pre-war house with character reworked from the inside, a post-war flat fully renewed, and a building in which the entire layout and services were replaced.
Tarwewijk · Rotterdam
Apartment in a post-war block
Work carried out: new window frames, toilet, tiling and finishing, handed over turn-key.
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The Hague city centre
Three-storey building rebuilt
Work carried out: three floors and a former rear annexe rebuilt from A to Z and handed over turn-key.
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How we work
From intake to handover
01
Intake & design
We visit, listen and think along with you about layout, materials and budget.
02
Quote & schedule
You receive a clear quote with a clear price and a realistic schedule.
03
Teardown & shell work
Stripping out, structure and shell work. The foundation of your new home is in place.
04
Services & finishing
Services, bathroom, kitchen, plastering, floors and painting.
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Handover & guarantee
We walk through everything together and hand over turn-key, with a guarantee.
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Renovating in Rijswijk
What makes renovating in Rijswijk different
Rijswijk is small but holds three housing stocks that have nothing to do with one another: the pre-war districts up against The Hague, the post-war districts that filled most of the municipality in the 1950s and 1960s, and RijswijkBuiten, which only came out of the ground after 2013. Which of the three you own determines the whole approach.
1930s houses in Leeuwendaal, Cromvliet and Te Werve
These homes are solidly built, with a proper cavity, masonry internal walls and detailing worth keeping: panelled doors, stained glass, a fireplace and a staircase with a turned handrail. The question here is usually not how to extend but how to open up: removing the double doors between the front and back room and moving the kitchen towards the garden, without the house losing its character. That is structural work, because the dividing wall often carries load.
Post-war flats in Muziekbuurt, Stervoorde and Steenvoorde
Rijswijk has a great deal of stacked housing from the 1950s and 1960s: four-storey walk-up blocks and gallery blocks with a lift. Inside those flats there is plenty to gain. Merge bathroom and toilet into one room that actually works, open the kitchen up to the living room, and replace pipework, electrics and the consumer unit in one go. The façade, the roof and the communal parts are decided by the VvE, the owners' association, so that runs through the members' meeting rather than through you.
Oud Rijswijk and the Herenstraat
Around the Herenstraat and the old church lies the historic heart of Rijswijk, with listed buildings and a protected character. Inside there is usually plenty of scope; the moment you touch the façade, the window frames, the roof or a dormer, the council assesses the plan. Add the logistics: narrow streets, little room for a skip and sometimes deliveries through a window opening. We arrange that in advance, including the loading permit.
RijswijkBuiten: already insulated, so what next?
In Sion and Pasgeld the homes were built well insulated and mostly without a gas connection. There is little left to improve in the envelope. The questions here are about space and finish: turning the loft into a proper room, an extension on the garden side, or a second bathroom. With an extension, watch the existing airtightness and the ventilation system, because in a very tight house a badly connected extension upsets the balanced ventilation throughout.
Pile foundations and the ground under Rijswijk
Rijswijk sits partly on an old beach ridge and partly on peat and clay. In the pre-war districts homes generally stand on timber piles, in the post-war districts on concrete. For you that mainly means one thing: have the foundation of a pre-war building assessed before you spend money on finishes. Cracks running diagonally above the window frames, doors that jam and a visible lean are the signals to take seriously.
Retrofit by construction year, not by measure
In a 1930s house the gain lies in roof insulation, floor insulation and better glazing within the existing frames, keeping the façade as it is. In a post-war flat it is mostly about the building envelope and therefore about the VvE. In RijswijkBuiten the envelope is already good and it is about comfort and services. There is no standard package here; what does apply everywhere is that insulation and ventilation belong in the same plan.
Common mistakes in Rijswijk
- Removing the double doors in a 1930s house without a calculation, and the character with them.
- Moving a bathroom in a walk-up flat without first checking the soil stack and the owners' association.
- Starting on the façade or the frames in Oud Rijswijk before the plan has been checked with the council.
- Extending a very airtight house without adapting the airtightness layer and the ventilation.
Considering a renovation in Rijswijk? Take a look at our complete home renovation, bathroom renovation or extensions, browse our projects or arrange a no-obligation consultation. Besides Rijswijk we also work in Rotterdam, The Hague, Delft and the rest of the Randstad.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about renovating in Rijswijk
Why choose a Rotterdam contractor for a project in Rijswijk?
Because you get the same team that also does the work. We are based on Doklaan in Rotterdam, a little under half an hour from Rijswijk via the A13, and we work without hired-in subcontractors. Rijswijk borders The Hague and Delft, where we have regular projects, so our people are in this area every week.
Can the double doors in a 1930s house be removed?
Usually yes, but not without a calculation: in these houses the wall between the front and back room often carries the floor above. A steel beam goes in, which we conceal in the ceiling so the result stays clean. If you want to keep the original sliding doors and mouldings, we take them out carefully and either put them back or reuse them elsewhere in the house.
What is and is not allowed in Oud Rijswijk?
Inside the building there is normally plenty of scope. As soon as you change something on the outside, such as the façade, the frames, a roof light or a dormer, the council assesses the plan, and for a listed building the heritage rules apply as well. We agree the plan with the council in advance and take care of the permit, so the work does not stop halfway.
Our flat is from the 1960s. Can the bathroom be moved?
Often yes, but the soil stack determines how much room you have. The further you move from the existing duct, the more fall you need under the floor, and in these flats that space is limited. We measure it in advance and set out two options: staying close to the duct, or moving with a raised floor. Both need the owners' association to approve.
What is still worth improving in a RijswijkBuiten home?
Usually little in terms of insulation, because that was done properly when it was built. The questions here are about space and comfort: fitting out the loft as a proper room, an extension on the garden side, a second bathroom or better sound insulation between floors. What matters is that an extension is connected correctly to the existing ventilation system, otherwise the balance across the whole house is disturbed.
Does our Rijswijk home stand on timber piles?
In the pre-war districts that is usually the case; in the post-war districts concrete piles are the norm. The construction year and the building file at the council will confirm it. If there is doubt, and where there are clear signals such as cracks above the frames or jamming doors, we have a foundation survey carried out before starting, with an inspection pit at the pile head.
Can a renovation in Rijswijk be combined with energy upgrades?
That is usually the smartest moment. If the walls, ceilings or floors are open anyway, insulation, draught sealing and adapting the ventilation cost a fraction of what they cost later on. We put those measures in the same quotation, so you can see what they add and what they return in comfort and energy.
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