Maxime Meiland pays a lot of money for her twenty-something villa in Noordwijk, where she flees because of the high monthly costs. “It concerns about 14 thousand euros. Per month!”
She had already been warned: the current 2.2 million euro villa that Maxime Meiland and her family live in is extremely beyond their means. Her top mortgage is based on the income from Chateau Meiland, but if Martien and Erica no longer feel like it, Maxime can sit behind the cash register somewhere. Or even enter the dating industry.
14 thousand euros
Maxime has now decided to put her villa up for sale because she is drowning in monthly costs. But what exactly does she pay? Aran Bade had it calculated by the editors of RTL Boulevard. “Instead of wines, wines, wines, this house is more like distilling, distilling, distilling.”
That uninsulated 1920s villa cannot be heated, according to Aran. “They call it in real estate agent terms: ‘This house has natural ventilation.’ That means: there is always a draft. They are going to have a very expensive winter. We have calculated it: the monthly costs are 14 thousand euros.”
High energy bill
Huh? Per month?! Yes, that is indeed very much beyond Maxime’s means. “If you are talking about the mortgage, because she has had a mortgage of 2.2 million euros placed on it, and the energy bill. She is terrible and a real nuisance. I really think she is a bit disturbed and she really needs to get rid of this.”
However, TV broker Alex van Keulen fears that Maxime will not be able to sell this easily. “A home with energy label G… There are also homes for sale with the same amount, but with energy label A. Yes, G stands for cave. That means heating, heating and more heating. Installing wall insulation in such a home is very expensive.”
‘This is a thing’
How much does it cost to insulate that villa a bit? “Then you really have to think of more than 100 thousand euros to repair that. I wish them the best of luck, but I have the feeling that the house will remain for sale for a while.”
Luuk Ikink, the big star of Boulevard, is worried. “I don’t think that what you are saying now will be typed out for Funda, because how do you get rid of that?”
Aran: “Yes, that’s what Alex says: that’s a thing. You can’t just sell this, because it is not such a positive PR talk that we are giving here now.”
Way too big a book
What a miss from Maxime, Aran thinks. “This house is just way too big a pair of pants she put on. Also the energy costs… She hasn’t renovated anything. There is no insulation, nothing at all. There is no profit at all, so you can go to a new house with a nice, new pot.”
He continues: “It was her dream house, but I think she dreamed too much and that the family also said: ‘Hey, do what you want’, but there is a lot of stress within that family. Two kids, huh? She can’t even eat out normally! That causes a lot of stress. Well, there are worse things anyway.”
12,500 euros
Luuk wonders whether Maxime is really in such a tight spot. “They also make a lot of money with that series, don’t they?”
Aran: “I really think you are wrong about that. She really has to work continuously and that puts a lot of pressure on her. She will be up to her ears in debt if she doesn’t get rid of this. To be continued.”
According to RTL Boulevard, Maxime earns up to a maximum of 12,500 euros gross with Chateau Meiland, depending on negotiations with her parents. And they don’t always proceed harmoniously…