u/DraftNational9753

Hi people, me and my wife are looking to buy our first house. After a few offers rejected in Amsterdam with crazy overbidding, we decided to look in Zaandam as well and came across this very cool house near the station and building recently built (2012). The house is bright and modern, it is on a high floor, so lots of lights, we like it so much, BUT it is on ground lease, which is pretty high as well, 230€ per month exactly, plus 180€ of Vve would make it +400€ per month. It is pretty high indeed, and we are not sure wether we should go for it. The thing is we want to buy a house because we are tired of paying rent (past 6 years), so buying a place that would come with paying also rent, would be not so logical. The current contract for ground lease expires in 2031, so after that it might be even higher than it is now. The asking price is 295k, so it shouldn’t be crazy overbidding. But dontou think is worth it??