Neighbourhood Vesten
Neighbourhood in district Houten Buitengebied · municipality Houten · Utrecht
- 2 homes
- avg. year of construction 1823
Map
Homes in Vesten
- Homes
- 2 addresses with residential function (BAG)
- Average build year
- 1823
- Average living area
- 217 m²
- Housing stock (CBS)
- 2 2025
Home type
Energy label
Building period
Residents
- Households
- 5 avg. 1,0 people
- One-person households
- 0%
- Households with children
- 0%
- Area
- 0,5 km² of which 0,1 km² water
Housing and value
- New build in the year
- 0 delivered homes
The WOZ value is the average of all homes in the area (valuation date January 1 of the previous year), not the market value of a specific property.
Energy
- Geothermal potential
- Ongunstig Slochteren formation
Consumption is the average of all homes with a connection in the area (CBS); the label distribution is shown under "Woningen".
Amenities and accessibility
- Urbanity
- Low urban density 654 addresses per km²
- Company locations
- 160 of which 45 retail and hospitality
Road distances, averaged for all residents of the area (CBS).
Living environment: noise, water, air, light and green
- Average noise level (Lden)
- 62 dB municipality 50 dB
- Homes with road traffic above 55 dB
- 100% municipality 13%
- Homes with rail traffic above 55 dB
- 0% municipality 7%
- Homes with air traffic above 48 dB
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes with wind turbine noise above 40 dB
- 50% municipality 0%
- 's nachts wegverkeer boven 50 dB
- 100% municipality 4%
Noise level of the 2 homes
Flooding
- Homes that may flood
- 100% municipality 96%
- Of which more than 0.5 m water
- 100%
- Of which more than 2 m water
- 50%
- Maximum water depth
- 2,6 m average 2,3 m where it floods
Air, light and green
- NO₂
- 17,0 µg/m³ 100% above WHO advice (10)
- PM2,5
- 8,9 µg/m³ 100% above WHO recommendation (5)
- PM10
- 15,2 µg/m³ 100% above WHO advice (15)
- Night lighting
- Clear municipality: dim
- Green within 500 m
- 61% municipality 62%
Noise: RIVM noise maps (road and rail 2020, aviation 2022, wind turbines 2024), annual average Lden per 10 m, sampled at each address. Flooding: LIWO (Rijkswaterstaat), map of maximum water depth; depth says nothing about probability. Air: RIVM annual average concentrations at 25 m. Light: RIVM light emission map 2023. Green: RIVM green map 2022, share of green within 500 m. Turn the noise map on in the map above.
Climate and safety
- Apparent temperature on a hot day
- 45 °C extreme heat stress
- Homes with extreme heat stress (41 °C or higher)
- 100% municipality 97%
- Urban heat island effect
- 0,8–1,0 °C on average warmer than the surrounding area
- Homes with a cool spot within 300 m
- 100% municipality 55%
- Homes with moderate or high flood risk
- 100% municipality 99%
- Dry floor at the most severe flood
- 93%
- Homes with increased risk of groundwater nuisance in 2050
- 50% municipality 41%
- Homes with a stormwater channel alongside the house
- 0% municipality 10%
- Homes in the magnetic field zone of a high-voltage line
- 0% municipality 0%
- Homes within 1 km of a wind turbine
- 100% municipality 4%
Climate Impact Atlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): perceived temperature and heat island 2022, cool spots, location-specific flood probability (at least 20 cm water), dry floors, risk of groundwater nuisance 2050 (high scenario), flow paths at 70 mm precipitation per hour; sampled per dwelling. High-voltage lines: RIVM Netkaart with calculation distances. Wind turbines: RIVM. Turn on the heat map on the map above.
Soil and foundation
- Soil subsidence (total)
- −1,1 mm per year municipality −1,0 mm
- Soil subsidence (shallow)
- −0,3 mm per year peat and clay that subside
- Expected decrease until 2050
- 15 cm high scenario
- Homes at risk of pile rot
- 1,1% laag, municipality 0,3%
- Pile rot in 2050
- 0,9% high scenario, drier summers
- Difference projection in 2050
- 0,3% houses on pile with risk
Source: Klimaateffectatlas 2026 (CC BY 4.0): subsidence from satellite measurements (Bodemdalingskaart), foundation risk per neighbourhood (Deltares/KCAF, share of homes with wooden piles or on slab at risk). A neighbourhood average, not a statement about a single property.