Out of my own experience, buying a newly built house in the Netherlands can be quite challenging. For me, the most challenging was that I had an idea in my mind, but it didn’t always was the reality. For example: we waited a lot longer before our house was...
I have a hobby which I didn’t know I had. It’s called “Funda”. And it works like this. First you go to the website Funda, and then you select which houses you want to see. Do you want to see every house above €2.000.000,00, no problem! And the...
In preparation for starting Settle Down Support, I did some research on expat rental housing in Eindhoven. In interviews, I asked people how they found a place to live. And what experiences they have in finding a house. Renting a house When internationals stay the...
As a Dutch, I lived in several places throughout the Netherlands. Wassenaar (near The Hague), Kinderdijk (the windmills) near Dordrecht and Eindhoven. I also spend several weeks in Leiden and Delft and every year I visit at least 5 new places I have never been. I...
Last year I got the interesting question from an international friend: “We received a letter, and it said: “afrekening service kosten” (reckoning service costs) we will get a refund, but have we not paid too much? And what is in there anyway? Is that common of living...
Have you seen it already? The housing market is cooling down. Finally, after years when house prices sometimes rose more than 20% a year. In the autumn months of 2022 the prices were almost 6% less than the first part of 2022. And, the interest rates for mortgages are...
