Next week Hotel Van der Valk will turn to Spier into a furniture boulevard. From seats to benches and from lamps to even a piano, everything goes away. And that brings a lot to enthusiasts, sees hotel director Justin van der Valk.
From 2 October, people can make a blow to the Van der Valk Hotel in Spier for three days, where a large part of the household effects is offered for sale. From 1 October the hotel will start a millions of renovation that will take approximately four years.
But “gone = gone,” warns director Van der Valk. “It can sometimes go very fast. On our socials it is madhouse. For example, people want a fireplace, because it is their favorite place in the lounge. Or people have a favorite armchair.”
According to Van der Valk, the fact that there is so much response to household sales, has to do with the emotional value that people attach to the stuff of the hotel. “There are also many elderly people here, some have been coming here for years. It is a household name in the province.”
From next Thursday, interested parties can visit the hotel and one of the halls has been transformed into a furniture store. “A lot of beds, chairs, tables, benches, all kinds of decorations, such as flower vases, pots, paintings. But also some crockery and even a piano. Tables and chairs let us stand in the restaurant and can choose people themselves.”
Van der Valk items, such as a chocolate fountain, just stay in use, Van der Valk explains. “And kitchen appliances, people don’t happen to that. That’s more for the niche market.”
All items leave for a fixed price. The proceeds are intended to partly pay for the renovation.
“We don’t have a target amount, but otherwise you throw it away. And we thought this was a nice way to offer people who value it the chance to buy it. With this they can get a piece of old muscle to their living room,” says Van der Valk jokingly.
From 1 October the restaurant will open again in the form of a pop-up restaurant, a temporary restaurant. “People can have breakfast, lunch and dinner there. Also 74 rooms remain operational. I deliberately did not want to close. Not for the people from the neighborhood, and also to keep the staff working.”
In four years there must be a totally renewed Van der Valk hotel along the A28, with a watchtower, a larger wellness center with new swimming pool and more hotel rooms.