ACCOMMODATION

ON THIS PAGE:
  RENTING
  ONLINE AGENCIES – ALL OVER NL
  HOUSE SITTING
  MORE IDEAS

I’ve received several requests from commercial rental agencies about placing their details on the site.  I did have some on the site at first, especially those with details on their website in English, however there are too many – I’ve had to remove them all now, in the interests of fairness.  Any companies wishing to have their details on the site are, however, welcome to place an advertisement on the site.  Please mail me for further details.

                    RENTING

 

Amsterdam – Accomodation Home Agency www.acc-home-agency.nl have some useful info (see What to Expect) on the different areas of the capital and what this means re atmosphere and rental prices.  Online search facility.  (NH)

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)

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

rental agencies  http://www.goudegids.nl/ to get details of real estate agents who deal in rentals in your area.  Key in huur for the section “WAT of WIE”.  Put the name of the city you’re looking for a place in, under the section “WAAR”.  It will give you a list of agents for flats for this area.  Click on the name of each, and you often also get their website.  Some of these have English language options.  In any event, it’s always worth emailing or phoning them, as they are quite likely to speak English.  Bear in mind that these will all probably be quite pricey!

                    ONLINE HOUSING AGENCIES – ALL OVER NL

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

De Woonmarkt http://www.housingholland.com the English language part of De Woonmarkt.  Established 10 years, free registration, site updated daily.

Woonsnel http://www.woonsnel.nl Liaise accommodation from private landlords in the price range of € 200 to € 1200 per month in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, den Haag & Utrecht.  It works like this: you pay a one off fee of € 30, and in return you get 100 current offers of accommodation emailed to you over a period of 2 months (3 to 6 offers per day). There is no commission if you are successful in an application. The site and the info is, however, all in Dutch. Thanks to Julie for this tip! (NL)

                    HOUSE SITTING

House Carers http://interoppas.housecarers.hop.clickbank.net worldwide houseminding site – also with places in NL

Landelijke Oppas Centrale http://www.holidaylink.com/oppascentrale/inhoud.html National Housesitting Centre. Of course there are lots of conditions, but that’s only reasonable with private homes (NL)

                    MORE IDEAS

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!

Students For Students http://www.studentsforstudents.nl/?selectlanguage=EN located in Amsterdam (NH), Utrecht (U) and Leiden (ZH).  For Dutch and foreign students only, mainly rooms and shared flats. After paying the enrolment fee (Utrecht & Leiden: € 5 , Amsterdam € 10), you can start searching the site for possibilities. Fee is one month rental for long-term rentals, and half month commission for short-term rentals

Steunpunt Wonen http://www.steunpuntwonen.nl/english/index.asp very helpful site with lots of good tips on how to go about finding accomodation

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/