For rent: Flat Holendrechtstraat in Amsterdam

Description

Description

Preliminary note: This is a low-cost option to legally occupy residential accommodation, where all facilities, energy, water, internet, local tenant taxes, inventory, and legal registration in the municipal population register with a Dutch Citizen Service Number (BSN) are already arranged.

Ready for immediate occupancy, provided that you read this full description and answer the 11 questions simultaneously with your application.

Before being accepted as a co-tenant, you must make time to read and understand the strict rules of the Municipality of Amsterdam as well as the rental conditions.

The Municipality of Amsterdam has strict requirements regarding residency.

You must verify all Amsterdam municipality regulations with the municipality. They change the regulations every year. New regulations have already been announced for 2027.

You will share an apartment with the main tenant.
This is not an independent dwelling and not temporary room rental.

You will have one living/bedroom that includes a sink for doing your dishes and a gas cooktop for preparing meals.
You will share on the third floor the bathroom with shower, toilet, and washing machine with the main tenant.

You will pay your share of the living costs and the security deposit to the main tenant.
You will not be considered a “lodger” (hospitahuurder), as under Municipality of Amsterdam regulations a lodger may not have their own cooking facilities or their own bathroom with shower and toilet.

The furniture shown in the photos is optional and provided free of charge on loan.
You may also place your own furniture.
Cleaning and maintenance of the inventory are the tenants’ responsibility.
Painting of walls, ceiling, and doors is the tenant’s responsibility.

The room and bathroom have been fully professionally cleaned and are ready for immediate occupancy.
These are recent photos taken by the main tenant in December 2025.
The main tenant has also made a video available after the cleaning.

You will agree with the main tenant on the share you will pay toward all living costs starting from 1 January 2026.

Your share of the security deposit will be €1.300,00.

Essential

· You will become a co-tenant with full tenant rights, not a room renter.

· You cannot apply for housing allowance (huurtoeslag) because you will not have an indepented dwelling with all three own facilities.

· This room is located on the third floor and is part of an apartment with one bathroom..

You will sleep on the 3rd floor and primarily use this bathroom with the washing machine.
If thsi bathroom or washing machine is occupied, you may use the washing machine and sanitary facilities on the 1st floor.

The current main tenant has lived here since 2018. She is a young woman who speaks Greek, English and limited Dutch.
She invites candidates for an introductory meeting.
She makes the preselection and introduces to the owner the candidates she considers suitable to share the bathroom on the 3rd floor plus the additional facilities on the 1st floor.

You are the only co-tenant whose living/bedroom also has the comfort of an additional sink for doing dishes and permission to use appliances for cooking.

· You must clean your own room at least once per week.

· You do not smoke or vape.

· Your room has a lock for privacy, but co-tenants have the contractual right and obligation to enter all rooms in the apartment for inspection.

Please note the 4 criteria:

· Age 24+.

· Employment contract of 36+ hours per week for an indefinite period.

· Net salary of €2.500,00 or higher.

· Non-smoker, non-vaper, no pets.

· Not for short-term stay; this is permanent housing.

Additional questions that must be answered simultaneously with your application:

· Date for key collection and registration?

· Do you accept that you will pay a share of the living costs for the entire month January 2026 independing which date you move in your belongings?

· Your nationality and gender?

· Your first date of residence in the Netherlands?

· If you are not an EU citizen: the start and end date of your residence permit?

· The start date of your first employment contract and the end date of your current employment contract?

· The sector you work in and your position?

· The location of your employer?

· Is your net salary higher than €2.500,00 (2,5× the living costs)?

· What is your current living situation?

· Why do you want to live as a co-tenant at this address on Holendrechtstraat?