Buying a house in De Pijp (Amsterdam): how to reach the owners

De Pijp is a neighbourhood where little comes up for sale and much of it changes hands without ever reaching Funda. If you want to live here, a personal letter to the owners in a few chosen streets gives you a better chance than waiting for a listing.

In short

  • De Pijp has 23,168 addresses in the BAG register.
  • An existing home in the municipality of Amsterdam sold in 2025 for €631,000 on average, +2.1% on 2024 (CBS StatLine).
Jiri

Written by Jiri, estate agent in Maastricht and founder of DoorLetter.

Updated on 4 October 2026.

De Pijp is the neighbourhood where I most often hear that someone has "been looking for years". The supply on Funda looks large, but most of it is small flats that are gone within a week. The homes people are really waiting for, a double upstairs flat or a ground-floor house with a garden, rarely come up for sale publicly. Those go through the neighbours, the owners' association (VvE) or an estate agent who already had a buyer.

The Oude Pijp was built between 1870 and 1900, narrow and tall, with shops on the ground floor and three or four floors of flats above. The Nieuwe Pijp, beyond the Ceintuurbaan, dates from the 1920s, Amsterdamse School, with wider streets and more spacious walk-up flats. The most sought after are the quiet streets around the Sarphatipark and the houses with a roof terrace or garden; those change hands the least.

If I were looking here, I would not write to the whole of 1073, but pick two or three streets, the Hemonylaan for instance or a stretch of the Govert Flinckstraat, and send the residents of the buildings I like an honest letter: who I am, why De Pijp, and that I am not a quick-buy company. Neighbours in a small VvE often know before Funda does that someone is going to move.

De Pijp in figures

Public figures about the neighbourhood, refreshed daily. They say something about who lives here and what it costs; whether anything will come up for sale, they do not say. That is what the letter is for.

Homes

Addresses
23,168
BAG via PDOK

Value and prices

Average sale price, municipality of Amsterdam
€631,000+2.1% on 2024
CBS StatLine, existing homes 2025

Sources: the Dutch address and building register (BAG) via PDOK, CBS neighbourhood statistics (Wijken en Buurten), CBS StatLine (existing owner-occupied homes, average sale price per municipality). No source publishes overbidding figures per neighbourhood, so they are not here.

The average sale price in Amsterdam per year since 1995

Streets people ask about

These are the streets most often named by people searching in De Pijp. Choose one or two where you would really want to live, not the whole list.

Frans Halsstraat · Gerard Doustraat · Govert Flinckstraat · Hemonylaan · Van Ostadestraat · Rustenburgerstraat

Postcode area 1072 and 1073 and 1074.

Other neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

This page in Dutch: Huis kopen in de Pijp.

Frequently asked questions

How do I approach owners in De Pijp?

Pick a few streets where you would really want to live, write one personal letter in which you say who you are, why De Pijp and that you are not an investor, and send it to the buildings you like. Through DoorLetter the first letter is free, printed and delivered by PostNL; the owner can reply anonymously with the code in the letter.

Does much come up for sale in De Pijp?

Many small flats come up for sale and they go quickly. The larger homes, a double upstairs flat or a ground-floor house with a garden, rarely come free and often go outside Funda, within the VvE or the owner's network. It is precisely for that kind of house that a letter pays off.

Oude Pijp or Nieuwe Pijp?

The Oude Pijp, around the Albert Cuyp and the Sarphatipark, is busier and older, with narrow buildings from around 1880. The Nieuwe Pijp, beyond the Ceintuurbaan, is quieter and more spacious, from the 1920s. Those looking for a family home often look first in the Nieuwe Pijp; those who want the life of the Albert Cuyp, in the Oude.

Many homes in De Pijp are rented. Is a letter worth it then?

Part of De Pijp is private rental, and then the tenant reads your letter, not the owner. So focus on the streets with many owner-occupiers, usually the quiet side streets and the Nieuwe Pijp, and state clearly in the letter that it is meant for whoever owns the house.

Write to the owners in De Pijp.

Pick a street, write in your own words why you want to live in De Pijp, and send your letter. The first letter is free, printed and delivered by PostNL; the owner can reply anonymously with the code in the letter.

Write your first letter

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