Marie is a great hostess, answered all our questions promptly and really made us feel at home when we arrived. This charmy family-friendly house with lots of space for two couples is located in Nieuw Sloten, a green residential area outside the city centre. It is clean, tidy and very comfortable with a small backyard to relax.
Near the house there is a little square with playgrounds for kids. If you feel like cooking your own meals there is a fully equipped open-space kitchen. You will find two well-supplied local supermarkets (Albert Heijn or Dirk van den Broek) about a nice 10 minute walk from the house (one stop by tram line 2-“Kasterleepark”) offering a wide variety of quality food and household products for a budget to moderate price range. The Schiphol Airport is actually located very close and the taxi is the fastest and cheapest route in my opinion- only 15 minute car ride to the terminal for about €25 fare (better prepared to pay cash for your transfer).
The “Oudenaardeplantsoen” stop for tram line 2 operated by GVB ((secure, clean and modern) is just around the corner and it will run every 10 minutes all day long (except nights) to Dam and Centraal Station (end of the line), so you should not have to wait long for the next one. The trams run daily from around 6am to just after midnight and have a top speed so your journey takes 20 to 30 minutes. For example, a one-day ticket costs €7.50, which you need to buy on board: you may purchase a anonymous chip card on a tram, enter through a middle door. This GVB one-day or two-days pass allows you to travel at the hours of your own convenience without any limitation throughout Amsterdam, on the tram, bus and metro (ticket is valid for 24 or 48 hours after you first check-in). Before heading to the city centre, you must stop to visit the Rijksmuseum, the Diamond Museum or to take a picture with the large “I amsterdam” letters located on Museumplein.
Very good value for the price, excellent rental! I would highly recommend this property to anyone travelling to Amsterdam, especially for a small group of friends or even for families with children, like ours! ... Enjoy!