A pub in Groningen: that’s where the spark flew Buy Without Lookingparticipants Rens and Christine. The two soon moved to The Hague, where they bought their first apartment. Not much later, son Juul was born and the three literally outgrew their home. So it’s high time to do it Buy Without Lookingteam to engage. The two leave The Hague behind: it has to be Haarlem. That word always makes the hairs on the back of Alex’s neck stand up… Haarlem is extremely popular.
MS diagnosis in Buy Without Looking
The apartment in The Hague has now been sold and Rens and Christine have to be gone in three months… As if this isn’t stressful enough, Rens and Christine’s lives are turned upside down halfway through the episode. “From incredible joy to a pitch-black day,” Rens shares emotionally in the broadcast. The Buy Without Looking-participant is told during the recordings that he has MS; an autoimmune disease of the nervous system. “It’s incredibly sad,” he says. There is no cure for MS, but doctors can try to slow the decline. “Any deterioration I am going through now cannot be undone.“Friends and family of the couple are making sure that financial ends are made so that Rens can go to Mexico for treatment against the disease.
Rens and Christine in Buying Without Looking
While Buy Without Looking– Rens is undergoing treatment in Mexico, purchasing agent Alex van Keulen is looking for a suitable house in Haarlem. Because yes, the program continues, despite Rens’ illness. “We already have to arrange so much for Rens’ situation. If something can be taken off your hands, we will take it immediately.” The house search is not exactly going smoothly and the dreaded concession conversation is therefore inevitable.
“We said: preferably not this one!”
The answer? Leeuwarden was added to the search area. That turned out not to be necessary, because Alex managed to buy a house in Haarlem. When Rens and Christine see it for the first time, they have to swallow hard. “We said: preferably not this one.” It is up to construction expert Bob Sikkes, who you can also hire yourself, and his team to put a smile on the two’s faces. And it finally worked! “It turned out so beautiful!”
