Nederland - Wormerveer, ‘t Hof Saenden

’t Hof Saenden (Saenden Court) was founded in 1915-1916 by the Wormerveer company of "Bloemendaal en Laan", on the occasion of the golden business jubilee of entrepeneur "Jan Adriaan Laan". There are five houses on either side of the gatehouse, with a communal garden at the back and a public garden at the front. The aim of the court was to provide retired workers without children from two of his factories with free accommodation.

The founder had a major say in the design and construction of the complex. It was he who decided that the court should be built in a richly detailed Neo-Dutch Renaissance style – with some typical elements from the Zaan region - in imitation of a Neo-Renaissance exhibition building in Antwerp, in which his company had exhibited at an international trade exhibition in 1913.

After ’t Hof Saenden was transferred to the municipality, it was carefully renovated in 1975/76, with the interior of the dwellings being altered and modernised.