Housing Vs Hiring
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My
Dual Search in Dutch Life
I have been living in the
Netherlands for the last 11 months, and life has been great except for a few
things that I was unaware of when I moved here.
You’ll be surprised to find that I have changed two temporary apartments before moving into the third temporary one(where I am living right now) in the last 11 months, and have been actively looking for another apartment to move into since October 2024.
The
Netherlands is facing a serious housing crisis. There are more occupants than
the number of apartments available. My story of house hunting must have given
you clarity on the same.
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Job
hunting in the Netherlands …..
I’ve also been looking for job opportunities in nearby areas from where I live, and have been more fortunate in that than in my house hunting. I have appeared in 17 interviews so far, while making it to the final rounds of interviews with 5 companies. Due to the commuting time because of the distance, I have not accepted those offers. Due to some personal commitments, I can’t spend more than 2 hours/day commuting to my workplace.
House
Hunting in the Netherlands….
On the contrary, my active search for an apartment could just give me two invitations for viewing in the last 5 months, out of which one was an open house visit. In an open house visit, the real estate agent doesn’t filter the applicants initially. Everyone is welcome to view the apartment.
I reached the venue 15 minutes before the scheduled time and found many people in the queue in front of the main entrance of the building. I was shocked to find there were already a lot of people inside the apartment when I went there, so much so that I couldn’t take pictures of the apartment to show them to my husband.
Then, we had to mail all required documents to the email ID shared with us, as the screening was done that day. A day later, I found that the apartment had been rented! My bad luck!
People said it is right that finding a job is much easier in the Netherlands than finding an apartment. My experience affirms the above statement strongly.
I am religiously putting all my efforts into finding an apartment here. Maybe it is relatively easier to find a shared apartment or a private apartment for the short term, but I am interested in neither of them. Having lived in three temporary apartments now, I want something for the long term so that I need not worry about finding another one, and enjoy living in this beautiful country as long as I get a chance.
I hope that my search for an apartment will end on a happy note soon!
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