Johan Blom has been renting out a house to AB Midden Nederland for five years now
Our cooperation has been excellent from the very beginning
In the house at 13 Heideweg, Waardenburg it is quite peaceful. At the moment, most tenants are at work. “AB Midden Nederland accommodates between eight and ten employees here,” says Mr. Johan Blom, the owner and an entrepreneur who runs Blom Ecologie consulting office. Mr. Blom started cooperating with AB Midden Nederland a few years ago. „The house is part of a poultry farm that I bought a few years ago. We took advantage of the utility rooms, but the house remained empty. I had heard a lot of good things about AB Midden Nederland. We contacted each other and signed the rental agreement relatively quickly. From the very beginning, our cooperation has been excellent.”
“AB Midden Nederland stands for good treatment of foreign workers”
The most important condition for Johan Blom: he was looking for an office that takes care of its employees coming to work in the Netherlands. “You hear about living in degrading conditions. Partly due to my Christian upbringing, it is very important to me that people are treated well and live in normal conditions. AB Midden Nederland treats its employees equally – no matter where they come from. If something happens, the office immediately takes appropriate action. We communicate openly and honestly. I can also see it in the fact that many tenants of my house have been staying here for years and do not want to leave.” The rural atmosphere and the fact that the house is detached has many advantages. In such conditions, noise that the nearest neighbours could complain about is out of the question. “And for the employees, it is a quiet place where they can relax after a hard day’s work.”
Full care
Not without significance: the owner of the house himself lives less than 500 m away. “And also for this reason, you don’t want to deal with residents who cause problems. I know all the local people personally. At first, I was a little nervous about renting out to people from another country, because you’re dealing with people from different cultures. However, in all these years, there was only one case when something went wrong due to the fault of one of the tenants. Luckily, AB Midden Nederland responded quickly and firmly. Apart from this incident, everything is going very well. Our cooperation is based on mutual trust. And actually, the office takes care of almost everything, which is a lot easier for me.”
“And for the employees, it is a quiet place where they can relax after a hard day’s work.”
– Johan Blom