After they got married in 1641 Wolter Kolff and his wife Maria van Heteren moved into a house at the Korte Nieuwstraat at Nijmegen. This house belonged to the estate of the former Broederenklooster which was taken care of by the bailiff of the spiritual goods of the 'tweede rentambt'. It seems that Wolter Kolff ended this rent after his mother died in December 1949 to move into the house 'De Drie Colven' at the Steenstraat.

This house is often confused with the house across the street, known as the 'Besiendershuis', which owes its name to the 'besiender' who would have lived here. The besiender was some sort of superintendant of the river Waal, who had to collect the tolls from passing ships. In reality it appears that a besiender never lived in this double residence. The panorama of the river Waal from this house only became a fact after two buildings at the Waal quayside were destroyed, end 1944 or beginning 1945.

The house survived the long and at times tough history of Nijmegen without any serious damage. In 1942 the house underwent an extensive restoration. It is now a Rijksmonument (State Monument, see also at the links below).

An article about this house and the Kolff Family was published in De Gelderlander on September 22, 2010; read this article.

More information on this house at Monumentenregister Nijmegen.