The site for real info about the monumental complex “Tuinwijk zuid” in Haarlem, the Netherlands – 1921-2025

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  • Panem Et Circenses.

    And Inflation at 300%. Tuinwijk zuid inflation triple national rate at 7.5% in the period 2011-2024 while the association organizes celebrations! And celebrations of celebrations, yeah! Why not? Everyone buying a house in the Tuinwijk Zuid complex (built in 1922 hence over 100 years old)  in the southern part of Haarlem has to join the…

  • The words I would have said in the meeting of March 24th, 2026

    But they did not let me say, because they take discrimination VERY seriously in the Vereniging Tot Instandhouding van het complex Tuinwijk-zuid te Haarlem, meaning: they do A LOT of it. You have two choices:  -come to court against me,  if you win I will appeal, if I win but not the way I want I…

  • Don’t lie to the authorities

    They don’t really mind but it might come to bite you back While I was doing some much-needed trimming on one of the plants of the rododendron group which stretches for a few houses (!) along zonnelaan, a few fellow residents came out to show their “disappoinment” for the fact that I was not “authorized”…

  • We are going to court!

    Happy Sinterklaas everybody! Set the date in the agenda: Dec 10th, 2025. Because you might have not received any notification about it but the Vereniging Tot Instandhouding van het complex Tuinwijk-zuid te Haarlem has been summoned in court, it is not a letter from my lawyer, this time, but the beginning of the proceedings in…

  • And so it begins. 

    We are going to court! But how did we get here in the first place?

  • We have Zero Tolerance for discrimination! Hell, we don’t even talk about it! WE-WILL-NOT-TALK-ABOUT-IT.

    The facts: at this funny thing which is an “ALV” or algemene ledenvergadering or General Members Meeting I want to talk about discrimination, more specifically, about MY discrimination, the one I have been subject of the past 6 years in this lovely corner of the lovely Netherlands call the Garden Quarter- South (becuase there’s also…

  • Geniet van de zomer, iedereen!

    Heeft het bestuur het nieuws over de laatste brief van de gemeente verspreid?Of zou dat de lyriek van de laatste nieuwsbrief hebben verpest? Verwacht niet te veel van de gemeente Haarlem, de echte actie zal plaatsvinden in de rechtbank en bij de Nationale Ombudsman. Een voorstel: wat dacht u van de Rijdende Rechter? Iemand van…

  • The Greenback Boogie!

    My letter “sympathique” to Munnik Beheer BV who keeps asking for money, hey! Better than working! Geachte allen,zoals eerder vermeld (zie mijn berichten aan Munnik):onder verwijzing naar uw document: 1725348519_2970771_16530_output.pdf verzonden op 3 september 2024:-U maakt melding van een overeenkomst met het bestuur van mijn vereniging (274) “Vereniging Tot Instandhouding van het complex Tuinwijk-zuid te…

  • “It’s only about plants!”

    So, my neighbours have been trying to bully and bullshitting me for the best part of 6 years but I cannot complain! I mean, I DO complain, but they really do not like that, it’s not chic! Come on! I should be graciously accept the bullying and bullshitting as part of life, “c’est la vie”!…

The Vereniging Tot Instandhouding van het complex Tuinwijk-zuid te Haarlem is 102 years old, it is high time to tell the truth about it. Everybody is welcomed to contribute!
Just email: carlo.trobia@gmail.com