ACCOMMODATION

I've received several requests from commercial rental agencies about placing their details on the site. I did have some on the site at first, especially those with details on their website in English, however there are too many - I've had to remove them all now, in the interests of fairness.  Any companies wishing to have their details on the site are, however, welcome to place an advertisement on the site. Please mail me for further details.

HOUSE SITTING

House Carers http://interoppas.housecarers.hop.clickbank.net worldwide houseminding site - also with places in NL

Landelijke Oppas Centrale http://www.holidaylink.com/oppascentrale/inhoud.html National Housesitting Centre. Of course there are lots of conditions, but that's only reasonable with private homes (NL)

MORE IDEAS

Students For Students http://www.studentsforstudents.nl/?selectlanguage=EN located in Amsterdam (NH), Utrecht (U) and Leiden (ZH).  For Dutch and foreign students only, mainly rooms and shared flats. After paying the enrolment fee (Utrecht & Leiden:  5 , Amsterdam  10), you can start searching the site for possibilities. Fee is one month rental for long-term rentals, and half month commission for short-term rentals

Steunpunt Wonen http://www.steunpuntwonen.nl very helpful site with lots of good tips on how to go about finding accomodation

classifieds don't forget to check out the ads on the expat sites.  Some good ones are http://www.elynx.nl/ and http://www.expatica.com/nl/main.html