From the left: Louis, Jasmijn and Olivier. Text: Coretta Jongeling. Photo: Guy Ackermans House: ‘Je Moeder’
Residents: Jasmijn Laseur, Louis Baeten, Olivier van Woerkens.
UNIque because: although Unitas doesn’t have its own houses, for years all the residents of this house have been Unitas members.
Louis: ‘You don’t have to be a Unitas member to live here, but it does make selection easier.’
Jasmijn: ‘For years now, the house has only been lived in by members, and it’s nice to keep that up.’
Louis: ‘The house has been called Je Moeder (meaning Your Mother) for as long as we can remember. Nobody knows why. That stain on the ceiling – “your birthmark” – was already there when I went through the Unitas introduction days 11 years ago.’
Jasmijn: ‘Our house is hard to find. You always have to give extra directions. Our address is the same as the pizzeria downstairs, but the door is in a completely different place.’
Louis: ‘Down the dark alley, up the stairs and over the roof terrace.’
Jasmijn: ‘I get my packages delivered to Unitas, then there’s more chance they will arrive.’
Louis: ‘Pre-Covid, I would sometimes bring home a kapsalon (a takeaway, ed.) when I came back from the pub, but we don’t generally get much from the restaurant downstairs.’
Olivier: ‘You can sometimes smell a burned pizza here in the living room, which kills your appetite rather.’
Jasmijn: ‘It’s either the smell of pizza or of cigarettes from the pub next-door.’
Olivier: ‘Apart from that, the house’s location is perfect. When you go home from Unitas you pass Je Moeder and the chances are, you’ll hang around.’
Judith: ‘When the clubhouse is closed, Je Moeder is usually still open.’
Olivier: ‘It might seem small, but with my room, the hall and the roof terrace, you can get quite a lot of people in here.’
Louis: ‘I’ve been worried about the floor at times.’
Olivier: ‘It’s nice having a roof terrace in the town centre; we enjoy using it.’
Louis: ‘And we’re not the only ones. A lot of squirrels get onto it. They live in the churchyard next-door.’
If you too want your UNIque house in Resource, send an email to resource@wur.nl
