House for sale - Kapelle-op-den-Bos

Kapelle-Op-Den-Bos covers 15.4 km² and has 9,413 residents. The average age is about 43, and women make up 51.5% of the population. Home ownership is 75%, while average net income per person is €22,196 a year. The population is 95.5% Belgian, 1% Romanian, 0.6% Dutch, 0.5% Polish, 0.2% Moroccan, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Portuguese and 1.7% from other countries. There are 7 houses for sale, with an average asking price of €500,360. Current listings range from €260,000 to €785,162.

Housing in the municipality averages 6.2 rooms per home. The average building dates from around 1963, and the housing stock is described as 81% houses and 19% apartment buildings. By building type, 28.9% are detached houses, farms or castles, 26.3% semi-detached houses, 24.1% terraced houses, 18.7% buildings and apartment blocks, 1.5% commercial houses and 0.5% other types. Those proportions describe the building stock, alongside the 7 houses currently listed for sale.

The A12, on the Brussels–Boom–Antwerp route, is about 4 minutes by car from the centre of Kapelle-Op-Den-Bos. The A1/E19 towards Brussels, Mechelen and Antwerp is reachable in 11 minutes. Bus services include De Lijn lines 231, 260, 261, 288 and school bus 533; the listed routes connect with Brussels, Grimbergen, Willebroek, Puurs, Vilvoorde, Londerzeel and Mechelen. The nearest stations to the centre are Kapelle-Op-Den-Bos, Londerzeel, Willebroek, Ruisbroek-Sauvegarde and Mechelen. No metro or tram service is listed. Brussels Airport is 21 minutes away by car or 54 minutes by public transport.

For families, the municipality has 4 nurseries, 5 nursery schools, 5 primary schools and 5 secondary schools. Named examples include ’T Pieternelleke and Stekelbees for childcare, Gemeentelijke Basisschool and Vrije Basisschool - De Pepel at primary level, and Kobos Secundair I and Kobos Secundair II for secondary education. Grocery options include 1 OKay and 1 Carrefour. No shared bicycles, shared cars or known public charging station are listed in the municipality. These details sit alongside a local business base that includes 41 management consultancy firms, 41 hairdressing and beauty businesses, 30 computer consultancy firms, 23 landscape service companies, 21 restaurants and mobile food businesses, and 17 legal firms.