Student
Housing
Survival
🇳🇱Guide🇳🇱

For international students renting (or soon renting) in the Netherlands.

  • Learn how the Dutch housing selection process works

  • Learn how to present yourself — and actually get viewing invites

  • Avoid rookie mistakes that cost you real opportunities

  • Understand Rent Allowance (how it works & when you qualify)

Written from a Dutch landlord perspective — made for international students in NL

International students searching for student housing in the Netherlands — rooms, studios or apartments — in cities such as 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 — not generic student tips.
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.

💬 A small but important note:

If you’ve been S C A M M E D while searching for housing, we’ll give you full access to this course for free.No student should go through this alone — email us your story, and we’ll help you rebuild confidence, regain energy, and continue your search with a stronger advantage than before.

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 every student housing guide on Google or YouTube — always give you: (and then they wish you good luck)

  • Start early

  • Use reliable housing platforms

  • Register on every housing platform you can find

  • Avoid paying excessive monthly subscriptions for housing platforms

  • Avoid paying one-time fees for housing platforms

  • Send dozens of applications per week

  • Spend 12 hours a day applying to listings

  • Join all Facebook housing groups

  • Be aware of scammers

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  • Consider your priorities

  • Consider temporary housing

  • Consider living in a cheaper village outside the city

  • Check the address

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  • Make use of your network

  • Avoid agency commissions

  • Ask for support

  • Get a BSN

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

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Yeah… thanks — all “nice to know” — but none of this actually gets you any closer to a real place to live

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 tenant landlords want to pick.

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

  • Have tried free TikTok advice — and realized it’s not enough on its own

  • 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 18+ and want to boost your monthly budget with with a rule not many international students know how to apply

  • Are 21+ and want to super-boost your monthly budget with a rule not many international students know how to apply

  • 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

  • You don’t lack intelligence - you lack insider perspective

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

  • You know you’re capable — you just don’t want to rely on guesswork anymore

Of zelfs ... als je Nederlands 🇳🇱 spreekt

  • Zelfs als je Nederlands spreekt, is deze cursus nog steeds voor 88% spot-on — omdat ze laat zien hoe verhuurders écht denken en selecteren

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, (shared) apartment ... what's the difference?

  • Furnished or not ? Choose smart

  • Red flags? A Masterclass in Deception

  • 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 18+ to boost your budget (new rules 2026)

  • Not in NL yet? View safely online from abroad

  • Survival quiz time — pass it, or keep learning

Not ready to buy the full guide yet?
No problem —
The free chapter explains how rent allowance works and how to calculate your eligibility — the full guide helps you improve your chances when applying for housing.

WHEN THIS MINI-COURSE ISN’T FOR YOU

  • You’re happy using the same free housing tips everyone finds on Google — or from your university’s “housing page”

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

  • You’re comfortable scrolling TikTok for housing tips and hoping one of them magically works

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

  • If you don’t want free government money and prefer they give it to your competition instead

  • 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

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