Appendix A - Other housing websites

List of websites that can be used to find housing and accommodation. Make sure you read the Red Flag guide included above prior to beginning here.

The descriptions added below are guidelines, and intended to give clarity over the positioning of the website you are using. Some accommodation is generally earmarked for professionals by the websites, and you may need to apply some charisma to get a viewing. If this isn’t your strong suit, consider getting assistance from a friend or fellow student.

One piece of advice that is hard to follow, but very effective, is to follow up your mails with a phone call. In many cases, there will be many people applying for the homes you see online, and it helps to explore any opportunities that help to put your application on the top of the pile.

It is very important when dealing with a private individual to watch out for scams! Be sure to check step 3 of this guide for more information.

Student Housing

Vestide is a student housing platform operating throughout the Netherlands based upon a first-signed-up-first-served basis. Make sure you sign up to this as early as possible as the person who has been registered the longest is first in line for new homes.

Housing Aggregators

Aggregators are websites that bring together resources from a range of different agencies or private individuals. These can be useful for finding the names and contact details for agencies working in Eindhoven as many of them use websites like these to share their listings.

Keep an eye on the terminology used in listings – often expat means working professional, while a project is a social housing complex (not available to students).

In all cases, it is best to contact the agent, rather than using any of the ‘plan a visit’ buttons, as the agent will ask you for more information before arranging a visit.

Uprent - Uprent is a platform and a browser extension that combines listings from all rental platforms in the Netherlands into one feed, allows to filter them by travel time, sends notifications about new listings, and organizes your search.

Pararius - A comprehensive aggregator for apartments and houses.

Funda - Aggregator for apartments and houses.

Direct Wonen – Housing aggregator with most recent house listings locked behind paywall.

Kamernet – Aggregator for rooms within shared accommodation. This is a paid service: although you can view rooms for free, to contact the landlord will cost you the price of a subscription [€26 or more depending on the length of time you sign up for].

Huurwoningen – Housing aggregator with mixed listings for students and professionals serving homes, apartments, and rooms.

Housing Anywhere - Website offering private lets.