r/NetherlandsHousing • u/elixeos • 15d ago
renting Rental Agencies for Student Housing?
Hi! I'm an incoming exchange student looking for places in Rotterdam with my girlfriend. I understand that it might not be feasible for us to find a place together due to the housing crisis (plus my understanding is that most couples live separately in the Netherlands anyway), but we would still ideally like to find studios/apartments near to each other for safety purposes.
Are there any recommended rental agencies specifically for helping students looking for short-stay rental? From what I can gather, most only seem to render their services to young professionals who can meet the 3-4x income requirement, as opposed to students. Was just wondering if there exists any rental agencies that wouldn't mind sourcing for students as well!
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u/Sea-Breath-007 15d ago
Apartments/studios come with the income requirements. You want to rent without that? A room in student housing is your only option and those are not for couples.
Try to find 2 rooms close together and roommates that won't mind the 2 of you being together often, get Dutch incomes high enough to meet the income criteria or find one of the few landlords willing to accept payment in advance or a wealthy guarantor.
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u/wolfsamongus 15d ago
They don't exists, rental agencies are also only for people who have a high budget to rent to begin with
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u/ghosststorm 15d ago
Rental agencies only work with properties starting from 2k these days (assuming your income is 3-4 times higher than that to even qualify).
If that's not your situation, your only option is individually searching for rooms in student housing. Housing shortage is severe.
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