Jehan (39), Coby (41), Feya (9), Kiki (8) and Tessel (6).
“Jehan and I bought this house in 2007, but I moved to the Red Light District 20 years ago. Our family has been living here for 11 years.
As a student I lived 150 metres down the street in an attic room. Then I moved in with Jehan, who had a house in Bos en Lommer, a western suburb of the city. Later on, when we came to view this house and I parked my bike in front of the door, my first thought was: ‘I’m back home.’ For me there was barely any need to view the place. It was rebuilt and divided into four apartments in 1999. In the distant past there was a liquor business in the property. That came to light while we were redoing the foundations for the rear section of our house, when all kinds of gin bottles were unearthed.”
