Housing

Empty Rijsoord monument could become 13 homes

Ridderkerk council has cleared the way for a provisional plan to turn a vacant national monument into 13 homes. In Lisse, registration opens on 27 October for 26 of the 46 flats planned on a former post office site.

NLnow newsroom

26 Oct 2026, 18:49 1 min read

On Thursday 15 October Ridderkerk council agreed to depart from the rules so the Wevershoeve, a national monument (rijksmonument) on the Noldijk in Rijsoord, can be converted into homes. The environmental permit did not allow apartments. The farmhouse has stood empty since 2024, when the family that ran it as a restaurant switched its focus to another restaurant in Zeeland.

The provisional plan is for eight apartments in the old farmhouse and five houses on the yard next to it, 13 homes in total. The council calls the five houses 'schuurwoningen', barn-style houses. Nothing is settled yet: many permits are still needed.

The ChristenUnie (Christian Union) in Ridderkerk backed the plan. In a social media post the party said: "Convert and preserve; without a new use for the Wevershoeve, vacancy and further decline threaten."

Residents nearby fear nuisance from construction and damage to the dike from large building machines. A large part of the council said these concerns will be taken into account in future plans and talks about the Wevershoeve.

Lisse: Het Posthuys

In Lisse, 46 apartments called Het Posthuys are planned on the site of the former post office: 26 for sale on the Nassaustraat and 20 for rent on the Hendrikstraat. Registration for the homes for sale opens on Tuesday 27 October. Construction is due to start in the first quarter of 2027, and the homes are due to be delivered at the end of 2028.