Rotterdam’s most slanted house: ‘I felt seasick when I moved in’

With the challenging housing situation in Rotterdam, students end up living in all kinds of places. This time, reporter Agnieszka Mańke visits a student housing where all the floors are uneven.

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The moment you step into this student house in Kralingen you feel dizzy: ‘almost as if you were on a boat during a seastorm’ the inhabitants describe it. This is a result of the house being slanted. Ines, Urmi, and Estelle noticed this peculiar feature of their new home after moving in, when they noticed they had to make special effort to walk from one end of the room to the other. Reporter Agnieszka tested the slant by putting a ball on the floor – and it started rolling on its own! But it’s not only the floors. Windows don’t close properly, wardrobe doors don’t stay open, and cracks appeared on the ceiling.

While the roommates are concerned about the house becoming even more sloped, they still find their ways to make living in the apartment fun, cosy, and communal through study sessions and dinners. Ines, Urmi, and Estelle didn’t plan to live together but since all their previous living arrangements ended up falling apart, they decided to become flatmates. And so far, the slant is the only thing they can complain about!