best short term housing in amsterdam?
by admin on Jun.28, 2010, under Netherlands
Stephen F asked:
where’s the best website to find cheap short term apartment style housing in amsterdam?
thanks
Raul
where’s the best website to find cheap short term apartment style housing in amsterdam?
thanks
Raul
July 2nd, 2010 on 3:58 am
Anita
It does depend on what you mean by short-term housing.
If you mean for an holiday or a week or so, then you might be able to pick something up cheaper (e.g. renting someone’s apartment when they are also away on holiday) and you can find some offers on Marktplaats.nl (see link below)
If you mean for a couple of months or so, then you may well struggle to find an apartment for 1 year or less without employing the services of an agency (expensive, but at least you can be sure that it will be in a decent area if you request it, otherwise you could end up anywhere if you do not know the place)
It is expensive whatever you want (relative to the size), but of course depends if you want an apartment to yourself or if you are prepared to share a house (with a bedroom for yourself and shared kitchen/bathroom).
Also take care for “cheap” prices – there is bound to be a catch e.g. dodgey area
Here are some links for your to search for an accomodation yourself (Dutch) or (English) (Dutch, fill in Amsterdam in “Locatie” and press “Zoeken” to find available rental places)
Huur is “rent” Then on the right hand side click the options:
- “Gemeubileerd” which means furnished
- “Appartement”- meaning apartment (of course!)
- “Aantal kamers” means how many rooms which you can choose if you want
- “Woonoppervlakte”- means living space in square meters (Dutch) – Expat site in English
Private ads
You can also check out agencies. Here is the link to the English version of the yellow pages where you can search
As I mentioned – tread carefully, as “cheap” will normally have a catch behind it (e.g. illegal sub-renting where you cannot register officially, or in a dodgey area etc). So do take care.