Within two years, the church in Hoogerheide was sold and plans were made to convert it into housing, according to Deacon Egbert Bornhijm. He expected that the De Bron parish would sell the church in Ossendrecht only after that process was completed.

The sale of the Ossendrecht church therefore remained dependent on the Hoogerheide church being sold and redeveloped, as described by Bornhijm.