🏘️Housing Resources for Students in Amsterdam

If you're a student in Amsterdam looking for housing options, here are some resources to help you in your search

Full credit to the student who made the original docarrow-up-right on which this page is based on

Places to Sign Up ASAP and Build Registration Time

Places to Sign Up and Wait to Get Lucky and/or Yoink Immediately

Places Where You Actually Need to Try and Be Cool and Have People/Landlord Like You to Get to Live There

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Places Where You Need to Have Enough Income and/or Meet Other Requirements to Get It

  • Roofzarrow-up-right (The other sites in the private sector listed above may or may not also ask for a minimum income, it just depends on the landlord. Good luck with those (ΰ²₯_ΰ²₯))

Sites Where You Can Get Help Finding Something to Rent

Facebook Groups (BEWARE SCAMS)

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Feel free to add places you know about and ask questions about anything listed in the #housingarrow-up-right channel on Discordarrow-up-right.

Tips and Tricks

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Hot Tip #1

Uni will recommend you Wendy from Expat services. She is a scam.

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Hot Tip #2

If it's too good, 99% a scam. ALWAYS ASK FOR A VIEWING AND FLOORPLANS FIRST BEFORE PAYING ANYTHING!!!!

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Hot Tip #3

Finding a place to live is a full-time job! Go to viewings! Talk to people! Call around! Expect it to eat up a lot of time in your day.

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Hot Tip #4

Unless you really have no other option, get a place where you can register. You need a BSN and you need to have your address registered. Your life will be way harder without those things + you'll be forced to pay tourist tax.

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Hot Tip #5

During summer, a huge housing bubble forms as everyone and their mother begins searching for a new place to stay. As a result, prices inflate to exorbitant amounts. You may want to wait out this period at home, see what options you have with online uni (or traveling if you're Dutch), and come back around October after the bubble has burst.

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Hot Tip #6

Set alarms to receive newly listed rooms/apartments and call/reply ASAP. If you're techy enough, you could probably make a script for it :)

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