Aussies in Holland

Amsterdam – Wonen Digit@@l http://www.steunpuntwonen.nl/english/index.asp accommodation in Amsterdam (NH)

Delft – duWo http://www.duwo.nl/foreign/ accommodation for students only in Delft (ZH)

Haarlem – De Bie Makelaardij http://www.debiemakelaardij.nl (Wagenweg 30, Haarlem) Has a division specializing in renting to expats (upwards of € 1,500 per month). Alison Janse is a native English speaker, and can be contacted there on tel: (023) 5319373. Website currently (NL) only, and does not yet show rentals, but both of these points are being worked on now.

The Hague – Estata http://www.estata.nl/engels/ for property sales and rentals in the Hague area

Utrecht – SJHU http://www.sjhu.nl/room/ cheap accommodation in Utrecht (U)

Housing Online http://www.housingonline.nl/

Kamernet http://www.kamernet.nl/dsp_english.php budget-conscious rooms all over the Netherlands for students and others who aren’t flush Note: I said ROOMS, not flats! Shared houses in NL are not like in Australia or even in the UK. There isn’t a bunch of you who are renting a house or flat together – it’s usually a house divided up into lockable rooms, with a shared bathroom and kitchen. It can be squalid, it can be great. It’s a case of luck. You don’t usually get to pick who gets the empty rooms, the owner does. And “cheap” is relative!

classifieds don’t forget to check out the ads on the expat sites. Some good ones are http://www.elynx.nl/ and http://www.expatica.com/

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