Hey guys, We’re 3 students living in a flat in Amstelveen and ever since we moved in last summer we had issues with mice coming into our apartment (basically the building is infested, as they’re in the walls). We tried everything to get rid of them but it seems like they just keep coming back and our landlord said it is our responsibility to get rid of them. Is there anyone who had similar issues and could recommend a not-overly-expensive pest control company? Any help is well received!

I'm an American living and working in NL for 2 years. I have a couple questions and probably need to ask someone with experience in passport law / regulations between the two countries. I'd like some recommendations or referrals please! Thank you!

I'd just like to thank all the Expats that have arrived in Amstelveen during the last 4yrs and over bid on all the houses you bought.

Because of this every home in Amstelveen has been calculated way higher then it should be and thus the gementee hiked up it's gementee tax accordingly.

Like there's no God damn way my house is worth 600k but yeah according to them it is because of all the idiots that overbid 50-100k over the asking price.

Plus get this, they still want to build another 10k homes! For locals? No of course not because local people can't afford to buy a house here anymore.

Waiting lists will also get longer for doctors, dentists and schools. Give me Amstelveen 20yrs ago!

Hey Neighbors, we’re looking for a reliable, English speaking cleaner who can turbo through ironing, for weekly cleaning. Pls DM if you have any contact details worth sharing.

Thanks!

Ever since Christmas, I noticed a lot many flights over amstelveen than what it used to be. I earlier thought it could be holiday season but it’s almost Feb and still not much reduction in traffic

Hallo allemaal, wij zijn studenten aan de UvA en doen een onderzoek naar stemgedrag. Vul het in als je een kiesgerechtigde NEDERLANDSE stemmer was in de verkiezingen van 2023. De survey is anoniem en ALLEEN 3 VRAGEN!

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Hi all,

I'm fairly new to the Amstelveen area, discovered I have a small water leak coming into the attic space. Internet roofers seem all have a long queue running into late Feb or even further.

Can anyone recommend any local roofer / handyman that's able to look and repair quickly?

Thanks!

Hello, neighbours.

Can you please put some recommendations for makelaars that can help with finding a new rental for us in the area?

Thank you!

Dit omdat ik graag in mijn nieuwe woning en op straat met rust wil worden gelaten, wat je ook over mij hoort. Gun mij en mijn zoon ook een woning. Als je iets te zeggen denkt te hebben, ga mij dan niet vuil aankijken, ga niet tegen me schreeuwen en schelden. Zeg het netjes of negeer me. En rijd dan niet snel weg nadat je iets geroepen hebt op basis van een onbetrouwbare bron. Maite

Ik ben bezig met verhuizen. Ik wil graag het verhaal daarachter openbaar toelichten omdat er een heel extreme lastercampagne tegen mij bezig is waar in Amstelveen duizenden mensen bij betrokken zijn geraakt.

Ik kan dus de straat niet op zonder vuil aan te worden gekeken door allemaal mensen die ik niet ken. (Dat is zo bizar en vergaand dat het zelfs mij beangstigt) Maar het laatste waar ik in dit leven interesse in heb is de mening van mensen die een juichpartij aan het houden zijn voor mensen die alles hebben geprobeerd om mij kapot te maken.

*Voormalige buurman heeft drie jaar lang 's nachts om de twee uur elke nacht bij me aangebeld, een sleutel van mijn woning achtergehouden en bizarre leugens over mij verspreid. Daarnaast heeft hij steeds op zijn balkon hardop allerlei commentaar zitten leveren op dingen die hem niet aangaan zoals de grootte van mijn borsten. Niemand heeft hem aangepakt. Hij heeft alleen maar massale steun gekregen. Anderen hebben me bekogeld met stenen, ook allemaal bizarre leugens rondgebazuind. Ook richting politie en woningbouw. De hele buurt en omstreken zit in hun kont om elk detail aan leugens maar mee te krijgen. Ze hebben als gekken naar me staan te kijken als ik op mijn balkon rookte. Ze bellen de politie als je naar iets zegt van al hun gedrag. Alle buurtkinderen zijn tegen mij opgezet en moeten mijn balkon bekogelen met stenen en takken van twee vrouwen die dit zelf ook doen. Geregeld stonden ze achter mijn rug ineens te krijsen en te gillen en de vreselijkste scheldwoorden uit te kramen en te gillen dat ik gek ben. Over geen enkele van hun irritaties zijn ze ooit een redelijk gesprek aangegaan. Het is alleen maar gillen dat ik op straat moet worden gezet en kinderlijk getreiter. Ze bemoeien zich heel erg obsessief met dingen die ze niet behoren te weten of nadat ze de hele dag en nacht bezig zijn geweest met begluren en afluisteren waar ze dan luid commentaar op gaan staan hebben de hele dag lang. Ze hebben een glas naar Carl's hoofd gegooid en ook tegen hem gekrijst. Ze hebben me overal achtervolgd en in de gaten gehouden en me aan proberen te rijden. Waarschijnlijk stalen ze ook dingen omdat echt heel Amstelveen tegen me op moest worden gezet in plaats van gewoon die sleutel terug te geven. Ik ben ook nog met de doos bedreigd met de woorden "ik ga je helemaal open snijden" en een buurtbewoner die er net kwam wonen was zo van deze vrouwen onder de indruk dat ze volop mee ging doen en dreigen al mijn tanden uit mijn bek te slaan en die van Carl ook. Ze zijn achter Carl aangerend, hebben geprobeerd de woning binnen te dringen en hebben het slot van mijn deur kapot geslagen. Elke keer als ze zelf iets naars hebben geflikt bellen ze daarna zelf de politie met hele vuile indianenverhalen.

Hier krijgen ze uitsluitend schouderklopjes voor. Buurtbewoners denken serieus het raar te moeten vinden als ik van dit alles boos word en geen contact meer met die mensen wil. De politie gooit al het bewijs tegen hun weg met rare smoesjes.

Ik heb zelfs contact opgenomen met de raad voor de kinderbescherming om te vragen of ze in deze situatie een manier weten om Carl bescherming te bieden maar de wijkagent loopt echt alles te frustreren en ik hoop vurig dat hij vervolgd zal worden wegens belemmering van de rechtsgang nadat ik een artikel 12 aangevraagd heb. Gek genoeg doet hij alsof hij dit doet omdat hij zo'n kindervriend zou zijn terwijl Carl hier heel hard de dupe van is geworden.

Doordat ik wel heel hard bezig ben dingen aan mezelf te verbeteren, heeft mevrouw namelijk de indruk gekregen dat ik niet genoeg trauma's zou hebben. Daar gaat het haar dus echt om. Dit terwijl er zo voortdurend dingen aan een hand zijn dat ik er gek van word, zoals bijvoorbeeld deze buurt toestand.

Niemand vraagt mij iets. Niemand beschermt me hier tegen. Heel Amstelveen moet erin betrokken worden en elke bron wordt aangesproken om mij zwart te maken. Dan moet ik ook het echte verhaal maar op internet zetten.

Het white trash aandeel van Amstelveen denkt dat omdat zij heel veel tantrums hebben en ruzie maken het daarom ook heel betrouwbare geloofwaardige mensen zijn. Van die beredenering klopt in dit geval geen barst. De enige andere mensen die ik zo veel heb zien liegen waren gediagnosticeerd psychopaat.

Hallo Amstelveners,

Ik zoek naar betaalbare biologische groenten en fruit in onze stad. Heb je tips voor lokale winkels, markten of online bronnen waar ik ze kan vinden? Budget is een overweging, dus alle suggesties zijn welkom!

Dank je wel!

Hi there

I operate a subreddit called r/Rentbusters. My hobby of sorts is to find overpriced apartments and studios and then tell the people who move into them how they are getting screwed and what they can do about it.

For those of you who dont know, the netherlands has a little bit of a housing crisis and many unscrupulous landlords and makelaars are taking advantage of the situation and asking very high prices for shitty /small apartments. Take this place for example

Link to ad on Makelaars's website

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Offered by Amsterdam Housing this small groundfloor apartment has no energy label , only 43 sqm for space and an asking price of 1750 euro. The apartment is not officially split from the main building and this is bad for the landlord.

Now on the face of it this looks like a rip off. 1750 euro per month for a 43sqm apartment. One could easily find a large apartment in Germany for the same price or a wet cardboard box in Hong Kong. What you should know is that, like Germany, Netherlands has very strict rules about how much a landlord can charge for renting out a living space. The body that governs this is called the Huurcommissie(Rent Commission). This organization determines objectively how many points an apartment scores for having x sqm, a Y energy label for a place with a property value of Z euros.

This place scores only enough to justify a rent price of 600 (ish) euro per month, which means that there is a 1100 euro reduction just waiting to be taken

Now this is not at incredible as you would think. One tenant (link) went to the Huurcommissie and got a rent price of 1500 euro gutted to under 500 euro recently. This tenant was renting in de Pijp, one of the most expensive neighbourhoods to rent in NL.

You can check how much your own apartment scores here (takes about 30 mins) , here fast but ugly calculator or here using my experimental quick and beautiful calculator.

if the landlord is determined to have set the rent price too high, you can legally claim back the money you overpaid back by living there rent-free until the debt is settled.

I advocate checking the max legal rent price before signing the contract and knowingly moving into an overpriced apartment with full knowledge that you can bust the rent price a couple of weeks/months after that. This way you can claim an apartment that might seem out of your budget but which can actually be just right for you. Even if you already live somewhere overpriced, you might be able to do something about it.

best of all: your landlord cannot do shit against you for this. If you sign a permanent contract you can do this without fear of eviction as eviction must have legal grounds that landlords have a very hard time finding.

If you are living someplace on a temp contract, you have a very generous time limit to do this and can wait until your contract becomes permanent and then initiate the case.

Obviously its not all fun and game..the process takes a few months and your landlord prob will strike you off his christmas card list but you can save thousands of euro in the process. So its up to you to decide.

I offer free help and assistance with the process so feel free to leave a comment or questions

Hey folks, hope you are doing well. We just moved to the area and are looking for someone to clean our home on a weekly/bi+weekly basis.

Anyone know of house cleaners looking for an extra gig? Please can you share their contact?

🙏🙏🙏

Hello everyone, I am looking car suggestions. I’ve been in the Netherlands for about 6 months now and I am thinking of buying a second hand car. My working budget is around 10-15k eur. I have a wife and a 2 year old toddler so maybe an mpv or sportback would be a good choice. I am also considering a hybrid car. Any suggestions will be helpful. thank you!

Hi , I am looking for a female who can teach my younger sister to play chess ( beginner level ) .I have a office that can be used. Thank you

Hi everyone,

Does anybody know if there is still a place where you can park for free in Amstelveen (for a couple of days)? Boyfriend is visiting this weekend and he wants to come by car. Google says you can park for free near Bouwerij, but is that still up to date?

Thank you!

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Is there a penalty for this also? How can you get away with it?

Someone here ? Comment and come outside

Hi, I moved to Amstelveen a few weeks ago and am looking for a GP in the area. All the GP's I've called so far are not taking new patients. Any idea on where I can find a GP?

Hallo alemaal

My wife and I are looking for a house in Amstelveen. So far I’ve seen a few but still can’t make up my mind regarding my preferred neighborhood. Ideally it will be a kid friendly one where families makes the majority of population.

Any of you live in these? What is your impression?

I only marked these neighborhoods as we cannot afford the northern ones (or otherwise did not see any option being sold that we can attend a viewing for)

Hey folks,

I have had a Babboe Big for a while, quite an old one that I got rid of before it gave me more trouble with maintenance. I was thinking about getting a bike trailer next, as it seems cheap more flexible to attach to mom's or dad's bike, or just to stroll. But it gets me thinking as I don't see many on the streets.

Has anyone got experience with those? Are they any good? Any brand recommendation or any particular feature to go after?

I've got a 5 yo and a 18 mo.

Thanks!

I was reading about plans a couple of years ago to build a very nice student hotel in the area towards "the back" of the Uilenstede campus. The Municipality website still lists this plan: Academic Hotel, Uilenstede 471-473 Studentenhotel met circa 500 studentenhotelkamers met voorzieningen

... but I don't see any news on this anymore and on-site there is no construction site, nor any preparations. Does anyone know what's the faith of that area?

It's so strange, as it's a prime location, close to the lively student campus and the Zuidas area, yet it's left in a state of neglect for many years now.

Hey everyone, I'm currently a Master student at the UvA and in the process of collecting responses for my master thesis. I have a sample size of 250 and facing a lot of difficulty finding the right sample. If you fit the eligibilty criteria below or know others that might, I would be really grateful if you could help me.

If you are between 18-34 years, have lived away from India for at least 6 months; currently live in the Netherlands and have watched a Bollywood film at least once, I would be super grateful if you would take some time to answer my survey. You are also eligible to participate if you're a second generation/naturalised citizen of a different country but with Indian origin or roots. It should take approximately 7 minutes of your time. Thank you so much for your help and cooperation! ✨

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renting a flat Netherlands alone

Hello everyone. I rent a room in a flat in Amstelveen. In big short, I just want to go somewhere else, but to live alone, no strangers, whatsoever. Amsterdam zuid or Amstelveen area the best for me. I aim to rent some studio/apartment. Already bought a subscription on rentslam, rentwebs and huurexpert, but there is either nothing special or I have no response for my requests.

Does anyone have tips where to search for such accomodation? Or maybe someone is looking for a tenant? I could spend max 1100-1200€ monthly

Hello Amstelveen residents.

My wife and I are looking to buy a house in Amstelveen to live there with our 2yo daughter. Amstelveen has come up as an option and I will start the house hunting very soon (less than 1 month from now)

For this, I would want to contact a real estate agent. Anyone has any recommendations?

If anyone has any recommendations for neighborhoods, that would also help. I don’t care about expat community that much, but I would want a more family oriented area with playgrounds etc. I really liked the western part of Elsrijk but it’s going to be a bit over our budget so I should consider more neighborhoods. The aim is for a house (= not an apartment)

Would appreciate some opinions

They reopened and they have a cool separate rooms and they do show evenry sunday and tuesday, anyone wants to join this sunday, April 16?

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