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Hi, I’m Ning ☺️
I made this page for people who watched my Reel about finding a house to rent in the Netherlands and wanted all the links, tools, sources, and templates in one place.
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Small disclaimer: I’m not a housing expert, and this is not housing advice. This is just our personal experience of looking for a rental home in the Netherlands. Prices, websites, rules, and processes can change, so please always check the official websites yourself.
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I’m Thai, and I moved to the Netherlands to live with my Dutch partner. At around the same time, he had to move out of his place, so we were suddenly looking for a home for the two of us together.
I was still in Thailand when we started the search, and it took us 6 months to find a place to rent in the Netherlands.
Before I moved, we were already applying with my income included (I work remotely, and my job allows me to work from the Netherlands). So me being in Thailand didn’t seem to be the thing holding us back.
Where we actually got stuck was way earlier than paperwork:
We applied to so many listings, got invited to less than 10 viewings, paid for a couple of tools/subscriptions, submitted a lot of documents, and even had to write little “tenant pitch” letters about ourselves.
So this page is just me keeping everything in one place, in case it’s useful for someone else going through the same thing 🤍
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What you’ll find here: