r/uErasmus • u/aflyingturnip21 • 18d ago

Feeling like giving up

Hi everyone
It’s been 4 months now that I’ve been looking for housing. Over 200 applications. My master starts in like two weeks and at this point I’ll be sleeping in a tent during my studies. I feel like my budget is reasonable (+\- €750), and that I sell myself decently well (23, lived with roommates for the last 6 years so very familiar with respecting shared spaces and keeping things clean etc) and yet I can’t find anything.
How do I continue? I know a lot of you must have had similar issues finding a place to live, but at this point I feel like giving up

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u/Legitimate_Car_8603 18d ago

I have a house at social hub willing to give it up

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u/Cedartree47 9d ago

I’m interested dm me

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u/Organic_Yam6315 18d ago

Don’t give up everyone ends up finding something!

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u/Careless_Tadpole6883 17d ago

Dude 750 euros is not reasonable, especially this late

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u/ironbarrage 18d ago

At this point, start lowering your expectations in either proximity to the city/uni or room size. Look for smaller cities and villages close to Rotterdam. Your budget is quite reasonable for a room, and I think you've just been a bit unlucky. However, with the academic schoolyear around the corner, I'd take anything I can get my hands on if I were you

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u/aflyingturnip21 18d ago

Thank you.
I’ve been searching for anything within a 2 hour train ride. My expectations are quite low haha. I’ll keep trying, thanks

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u/ironbarrage 18d ago

A two hour radius is quite a large distance. I have friends in Tilburg (about an hour by train) who have found rooms fairly quickly. I’m assuming you have already searched in these places but I’d think for 750€ you should be able to find something in places like Breda or even Dordrecht. Don’t give up!

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u/Idaho1964 18d ago

Up your budget to 1000€-1200€

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u/xHeadHunterIVx 10d ago

My room is gonna be free from October 1st. 850€ in de kuip. Message me for more info