Newsletter Vesteda
September 2025
In this newsletter
In this newsletter, we proudly announce the completion of our new-build project in Enschede and introduce two of our colleagues. We also inform you about our collaboration with the House of Active Citizenship and present a great example of a residents’ initiative in Bergen op Zoom. We would be more than happy to help you with any requests you may have via My Vesteda. We also feature two wonderful videos from our tenants about renting out a room via the Onder de Pannen initiative.
Enjoy reading!
My Vesteda - your online customer portal
Did you know that you can submit your repair request online via My Vesteda 24 hours a day?
Urgent notification?
Do you have a serious leak, is your heating not working or is the lift broken? For emergencies, we are available 24 hours a day by phone on our general phone number.
Meet our colleagues Viktor en Jesse
Have you met Viktor yet?
Viktor is our AI assistant, who has now been integrated into two new-build projects.
Thanks to the arrival of Viktor, prospective tenants can now get immediate answers to their questions, even outside office hours.
If you would also like to meet Viktor, please visit our website
Meet our colleague Jesse
Jesse is a Sustainability Portfolio Analyst at Vesteda.
He is working with the Struikroven Foundation to create a sustainable living environment.
Be sure to watch our videos if you want to know why green spaces in the neighbourhood are so important.
My Vesteda - your online customer portal
Change or terminate your lease?
Change or terminate your lease?
Submitting a repair request?
Submitting a repair request?
In the event of an emergency, you can of course reach us by phone via 088-456 16 56, but reporting via My Vesteda is the most efficient way to submit all other repair requests. When you submit your repair request via My Vesteda, in most cases it will be forwarded directly to the right maintenance company, without the intervention of one of our colleagues.
My Vesteda - your online customer portal
Change or terminate your lease?
Submitting a repair request?
Vesteda adds 116 new mid-rental homes in Enschede
On Thursday 28 August, we celebrated the official completion and opening of the new De Weverij complex in the Roombeek district of Enschede together with everyone involved.
The next day, we met the tenants for the 116 sustainable mid-rental segment homes. This viewing day gave the new residents the opportunity to view the homes they’d been allocated, take measurements, ask questions and get to know Vesteda’s regional team.
The completion of De Weverij marks the end of one of the last major new-build projects in Roombeek, officially completing the neighbourhood’s redevelopment process, a project that began some 25 years ago.
Collaboration with Huis van Actief Burgerschap
Vesteda has started a collaboration with Huis van Actief Burgerschap (House of Active Citizenship). This is a foundation that supports residents’ initiatives and helps to strengthen communities. Vesteda is the first company to partner with this organisation.
We believe in the power of residents and want to help create lively and engaged neighbourhoods. Together, we’re committed to affordable, sustainable and social housing.
Huis van Actief Burgerschap brings together active residents, ideas and expertise. Thanks to their efforts, residents, businesses and local authorities work together as co-creators to build strong and self-reliant neighbourhoods.
We want to do more than just rent out homes – we want to contribute to the well-being of our tenants. This partnership gives us an opportunity to support residents’ initiatives more effectively and share and build on experiences. This is how we work together to create neighbourhoods where people feel at home.
From neglected meadow to green meeting place
A new garden for people and nature
A long-neglected meadow on Ansjovislaan in Bergen op Zoom is now a wonderful green meeting place for residents. The 2,200-m² site lay unused for years until Vesteda, together with residents, decided to turn it into something beautiful.
The previous commercial plans proved unfeasible, but the Tenants Association (HBV) came up with an inspiring idea: a garden that is good for both people and local nature. We teamed up with resident and ecologist Jan De Beck to create a biodiverse and climate-friendly garden design.
After consulting with local residents and arranging budgets, work began in January 2025. Despite a lot of rain and a number of practical challenges, residents and Vesteda worked side by side on the garden. We added tree benches, a mini vegetable garden, a wooded bank and twelve native trees.
Residents involved
And we will soon be disconnecting a drainpipe to enable the collection of rainwater in a wadi, reducing the strain on the local sewer system. The involvement of residents was heartwarming – they did everything from collecting shrubs to planting trees together.
A place to meet
We have named the garden 't Weerzien (The Reunion), a nod to the neighbouring buildings and the social character of the place. It is now a place to meet, enjoy the greenery and build something together.
On 16 May, we celebrated the opening with residents. What was once an empty field is now a lively garden that is a wonderful addition to the neighbourhood, to local nature and to the living enjoyment of local residents.
Room rental
Onder de Pannen
We have been working with Onder de Pannen since 2022. This initiative offers our tenants the option of temporarily renting out a room in their home to someone who has lost their home due to a set of circumstances. Curious?
Watch the videos of Jacqueline, a Vesteda tenant, and Patrick, who had to leave his student accommodation without having a new place to live. And Shirley and Norman, both Vesteda tenants who have previously rented out a room in their home through the Onder de Pannen initiative, who are currently looking for a new match.
If you are interested in this initiative, please feel free to contact us.
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