Housing

Are you looking for a  room, a studio, a flat, a terraced house, or a (semi-) detached house, furnished or unfurnished, with or without curtains and carpets? And the location matters too, because what you get for your money in terms of quality and size can vary considerably according to where you want to live.

Renting

It is difficult to give a general figure for how much accommodation in Arnhem Nijmegen Cool Region will cost, as the figure can vary considerably depending on what you are looking for. You might pay anything from a few hundred euros to over a thousand euros a month.

You can find living accommodation through private landlords or agencies, some estate agents and housing associations. Housing association accommodation is often the cheapest, but the waiting lists are long and you might have to wait several years. The housing associations' website, www.entree.nu, is only in Dutch. Here you will find more adresses of  property agencies. (Dutch only). The information on ehr.nl is in English.

Buying

If you decide to buy living accommodation, be aware that the cost of buying property is about eight percent of the purchase price. In general, buying a house is only cost-efficient if you are planning to stay at least three years.
Most residential property sold in the Netherlands is sold by estate agents who are members of trade association NVM. The properties they currently have for sale are presented on the Funda website. There is another smaller estate agents' organization called VBO. (Both Dutch only)

Expats

If your company has asked you to relocate to the region, it might be able to help you find a home. Radboud University Nijmegen, for example, has built an on-campus guesthouse for its foreign employees with room for 70 knowledge migrants (researchers, teachers and other new employees) with 36 and 50m² apartments, suitable for one or more persons.