Student
Housing
Survival
🇳🇱Guide🇳🇱

International students searching for student housing in the Netherlands — rooms, studios or apartments — in cities like Amsterdam, Maastricht, Groningen, Delft, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Leiden, The Hague, Eindhoven and Tilburg — face intense competition: viewing chances are low and risk of scams is high.What all Dutch universities publish for free about "housing tips" — and what Google shows — is generic.This Guide is landlord-level reality.
This Student Housing Survival Guide 🇳🇱 gets you to real viewings, reveals what triggers a landlord’s yes, and still covers the essentials: finding student housing in the Netherlands and avoiding the rental scams that hit internationals every year.We cannot increase the number of listings — but we can make YOU the one who gets picked... The devil is in the details: one mistake and you’re ghosted or scrolled away.
Because in the end, landlords don’t just rent rooms, studios or apartments — they rent peace of mind and predictability.Your goal is not just to find housing — but also to understand how landlords choose and match the qualities they look for in a tenant like you.

Amsterdam student housing area with canal houses

Studying at a university in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 is exciting —
until the housing search turns that excitement into stress 😰.Competition is intense. Landlords receive hundreds of messages.
International students — as the “new kid on the block” — often get ghosted 👻, rejected 🚫 or scammed 💸 simply because they don’t yet know how to present themselves, impress landlords, understand landlord behaviour, or navigate the Dutch rental rules.Finding student housing in the Netherlands can quickly feel like a full-time job 👩🏼💻.

The “Free Tips” every university -and all other free Student Housing Guides you find on Google/You Tube- give you… (and then they wish you good luck) 😳

  • Start early

  • Use reliable housing platforms

  • Register at these 188 housing platforms

  • Send 281 (or more) applications per week

  • 🥱

  • Consider your priorities

  • Consider temporary housing

  • Consider living in a cheaper village outside the city

  • 🥱

  • Check the address

  • Make use of your network

  • Be aware of scammers

  • Avoid agency commissions

  • Ask for support

  • Get a BSN

  • 🥱

  • Don’t travel to the Netherlands for university if you don’t have housing arranged yet

  • bla bla ...

  • bla ...

  • Yeah, yeah… all "Nice To Know" — but it doesn’t move you a single step closer to a real place to live 😳

But what actually makes the difference is
Knowing How To Act Once You Get Your Chances.

So we give you :

  • Insider tips from a Dutch landlord on the student rental market 👊🏼

  • Valuable insights from a decade of student rookie mistakes and major wins

  • Instructions for a strong kick-start 👊🏼

  • Practical advice you can apply immediately 👊🏼

We cannot increase the number of listings — but we can make YOU the one who gets picked.

That is exactly why this Student Housing Survival Guide 🇳🇱 exists — to close that knowledge gap and make you a “pickable” tenant.

Stressed international student struggling to find student housing in the Netherlands
Frustrated international student struggling to find student housing online in the Netherlands

Is this Housing Guide for you?

YES! If you…

  • Want the kind of guidance that doesn’t show up in free Google results 🔒

  • Are a fresh-faced student landing in the Netherlands and desperately need housing 👩🏽🎓 👨🎓 🇳🇱

  • Are already stressed, panicking or crying over rental websites 😰

  • Rarely get invited for viewings 🤓

  • Get ghosted 👻 after sending messages

  • Are nervous about property viewings 😳

  • Are still abroad and hoping for a proper video viewing 🌍🙏🏽

  • Worried you’ll pay upfront rent and deposit to secure a place that doesn’t even exist? 🤞👻

  • Are 21 (or older) and want to boost your housing budget with Dutch rental allowance 💶

  • Have parents helping … but they’re just as lost as you are 🤷♀️

Or even ... for ❤️ lovely ❤️ caring ❤️ parents?

  • You’re excited for your child to start their adventure abroad — and want peace of mind knowing how to find housing in today’s tough Dutch student rental market. You just wish for them to have a safe, comfortable place to call home.

OR EVEN ... WHEN NOT A STUDENT ANYMORE

  • Whether you’ve moved to the Netherlands 🇳🇱 for a job or just a new chapter in life — 92% of this course will still help you as well 👊🏼

OR EVEN ... WHEN ALREADY RENTING HERE

  • Already have a place in NL but your contract is ending soon and you're back on the hunt — this guide keeps you going — full of fresh energy, ideas and insights to do it smarter 💪

Of zelfs ... als je Nederlands 🇳🇱 spreekt

  • Zelfs als je Nederlands bent is cursus nog steeds voor 88% spot-on 😎

In short:
If you want to turn
stress into confidence
and stay one step ahead of
all those “better-prepared” students
fighting for housing,
this course is
🤗 Your New Best Friend 🤗

From Stress → Success

in ⏱️ 90 min

International student studying in a library before searching for housing in the Netherlands

What chapters are inside this ⏱️ 90 min guide?

  • Studio, room, sub-let, flat, apartment ... what's the difference?

  • Furnished or not ? Choose smart

  • Looks too good to be true? Spot the red flags

  • How to present yourself - and actually get that viewing invite

  • What (many) men could learn from women

  • Inside the landlord’s mind

  • How to impress during a viewing

  • Congrats - you got picked! What's next

  • Uni starts soon ... and still no housing found

  • Read this if you're (almost) 21 - or older!

  • Not in NL yet ? View safely online from abroad

  • Survival quiz time — pass it, or keep learning

  • Attention, future housing hero!

  • Got a golden tip we missed?

  • Referral & Cashback Program

  • Before you go ...

When better skip this mini-course

  • You’re fine with the same free housing tips everyone finds on Google — or hears from their university’s “housing page” 🙃

  • You’d rather skip this “expensive” course and spend those 90 minutes scrolling through housing offers instead 🤳

  • You prefer testing your luck and learning the hard way — mistake by mistake 🤓

  • You’d rather save the money for this “expensive course” and throw it at yet another round of housing platforms 😏

  • You’re hunting for a mythical “secret list” of housing websites (spoiler: you’ve already found them all, for free)🙈

  • You’re focused on getting a shared Dutch 🇳🇱 student house where flatmates choose you based on vibes ✨🕺. Better send them a short video presentation of yourself than just texting them that "You Are The One". This will increase your chances to get invited

  • You’re applying for a Hospita room with a local Dutch 🇳🇱 family, where personal chemistry matters more than any housing tip

Be The One Who Actually Knows What To Do
When Real Offers Appear

How Can You Perform At Your Best
When You Have No Place To
Rest

Stressed international student struggling to find student housing in the Netherlands

Let your competition struggle...
while you take the smart route

Stressed international student struggling to find student housing online in the Netherlands

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