HousingAnywhere

Little protection to tenants, gives better terms and conditions for landlords, also the banking transfer is extremely slow (4th day and landlord still hasn't received my money...) I recommend to not touch this site if you're far away and hoping for easy booking, since July 2023 housing agreement MUST be on paper in Netherlands so if you're looking for housing there, stay away from this site. If you have paid the deposit and first month they can take your money and the landlord can "kindly" return it to you but can also take it for "damage", damage for not showing up on appointment (doesn't matter if you had a seizure and woke up on floor or didn't wake up, it's the same for them) can cost you even 3k euro. Stay away.

I had a contract in Iceland, I shortened my contract by a substantial amount a month and a half before my move in date. I called upwards of 10 times to housing anywhere trying to get refunded for those extra days that I would not be staying there. It should have been a simple process because the land lord said that it was completely fine on his end.

Every time I called it was always the same story. They always said "we are working on it please call back again in a few days" which I continued to do for a literal month, and then three days after my contract started I got a message from them explaining how it was too late to do anything at this point.

The worst housing site I have ever used. Especially the financial department was horrendous.

I have a long list of names of the people that made this likely my worst customer support experience I have ever had. There is not point in writing them down though, the damage is already done and I will never use housing anywhere again.

Its a complete scam of a housing platform. You are asked to subscribe to the website only to get declined by the "advertiser" even when the property is available. There is not a substantial reason that they give while declining the prospect tenant. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time and money on a platform like this one. Good luck!

It was easy to find what I was looking for, thanks to these guys, they are just amazing. I am currently even renting out a room, thanks to them again. It's all safe and quite quick, because they work with many Universities too.

As an international student finding a place in Rotterdam was hard. My criteria for a new home was to be in my budget, the locations to be good preferably close to my university and last but not least to have nice room mates. I was lucky to use the service of housinganywhere.com. During the whole process of renting my place I felt secure. I knew that I can trust the company. The platform is for international students looking for a room, studio, apartment or a house or even renting out when going abroad. The only negative thing I say about the company is that it took us some time until we got in touch. To sum up, I highly recommend it! Good luck everyone :)) ))

Beware. Safer to go on Airbnb... I would steer clear of any site where you have an experience with an inaccurate listing, and if they force you to sign the lease before moving-in even though the lease states you've seen the place already and everything is fine in the listing. I had a negative experience with Housing Anywhere from the beginning: the communication was unhelpful and I have proof (before and after) that they changed the photos of a room in an apartment I booked after I moved in and complained about it being an inaccurate listing.

They took €1250 from me although I couldn't move in because the room literally had no lights. They were super unhelpful and just flashed their dodgy cancellation policy. Big mistake and will never use them or recommend them to anyone again!

This was really a bad experience
I fell sorry to think of dealing with them, they are against customer rights.
I had a reservation in one of Vienna apartment for a month, but it I cancel it at time of check in, because the room was not matching the size nor the provided images, the owner had the apartment key at the same time, but they still didn't refund me the money ( whole month rent). After delaying and wasting my time I have no solution neither a good customer service replay. Although I provide enough images to prove my right! They just ignore it, saying it's not enough! When I mention about the room size they also ignore my comment. Ok, what about if the key is with the owner himself which means he agreed to cancel,,,, they also ignore, so what is really the benefit of a policy if it is not been followed

I contacted them and the reassured me that a landlord was reliable so I went ahead and booked a room in an apartment. After booking I received the invoice that briefly mentioned the company that the landlord was from. When i googled this company, all i could find were negative reviews. They consisted of people not receiving their deposits back and being unable to contact the company. Also that the apartments were often in poor states with worm and mice infestations. It was commonly discussed that the landlords response time is super quick until you had booked the apartment. I decided to cancel which you have the option to do so withing 24 hours to receive the rent back with some places, but you still have to pay housing anywhere 200 euro service fee for setting you up with a bad situation.

This is a disgraceful website. They charge you an agency fee. The agent is never contactable. They over charged me and never refunded. They told me my apartment was not available 4 days before I was to move in. They kept all deposit of 1100 euro when I had to return to Ireland due to coronavirus pandemic. Disgraceful, disreputable, unprofessional, unscrupulous, I can't find any other words to describe this agency. Students Do NOT use housing anywhere.

Housing anywhere is a huge lifesaver. After being scammed on my first exchange experience, I was hesitant to go abroad again because of all the hassle and stress that finding housing in a foreign country entailed. But after a friend of mine introduced me to this platform, my interest in studying in a new and exciting place was revived. Gone was the worry that I could risk losing my money and end up with nowhere else to go in the middle of the night. The fact that Housing Anywhere would have my back at all times and would keep my money safe was a huge relief. It even made the whole apartment hunting process enjoyable!
I highly recommend this platform to anyone. Especially first-time exchange students who can be at first intimidated by the whole housing process. Trust me, with Housing Anywhere, you are in very good hands!