{"id":1336,"date":"2018-02-02T09:23:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T08:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2023-10-18T12:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T10:00:05","slug":"tips-securing-room-idealis-studies-wageningen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.wur.eu\/international-students\/2018\/02\/02\/tips-securing-room-idealis-studies-wageningen\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Securing a Room with Idealis while Studying in Wageningen"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do I find a place to live? I bet that\u2019s a question on your mind if you\u2019re considering studying in Wageningen. I\u2019m here to help you figure it all out. Scroll down to find out more!<\/p>\n

Coming from abroad, the easiest way to find a room is with Idealis. They are the main housing provider for students in Wageningen and Ede, and are renting out more than 5,600 rooms, studios and apartments. So there\u2019s surely something you\u2019ll like as well. But before you jump on their website to figure it all out yourself, let me give you some pointers for securing a room with Idealis with ease.<\/p>\n

\"Bornsesteeg<\/a><\/p>\n

How to get started?<\/h2>\n

First of all, if you\u2019re quite sure that you\u2019ll be studying in Wageningen, subscribe to ROOM.nl<\/a> as soon as possible. That\u2019s because the earlier you register, the more chances you have to find a desired room before arrival. I\u2019ll get back to that in a bit.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve signed up, you can view the various offers Idealis has for that particular day. Depending on when you take a look at the offers, the number of offers can vary from anywhere between 2 to 40 or more. Just to try out the system, you can respond to one of the offers. What you\u2019ll then see, is your ranking in the list of all responders. It might easily be 45th<\/sup> or even 327th<\/sup>, but there\u2019s no reason to freak out. Your ranking in that list is dependent on a couple of factors, and here\u2019s all you need to know.<\/p>\n

What contributes to your ranking?<\/h4>\n
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  1. \n

    Registration date<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As I mentioned, sign up with ROOM.nl as soon as you\u2019re quite sure about coming to study in Wageningen. The longer you\u2019ve been in the system, the more likely it is for you to find a room when the time is right. Once you\u2019ve signed up, there\u2019s not much more you can do at that moment and the best is simply to wait until about a month or two before you actually want to move to Wageningen.<\/p>\n

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    1. \n

      Distance priority<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you live more than 130km away from Wageningen, it\u2019s highly likely that you\u2019ll receive distance priority. If that applies to you, you\u2019ll receive an email with such indication. The priority is valid from June 15 \u2013 July 15. For students who have received a message about housing via WUR, there are slight differences.<\/p>\n

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      1. Idealis will send you an email two or three months before you start your studies, explaining how you can find a room.<\/li>\n
      2. If you have not yet registered at ROOM.nl, you can still do so at that time.<\/li>\n
      3. You will receive an e-mail from Idealis in which they indicate the period in which you can respond to the rooms on offer with priority.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You can email the admissions office if you haven\u2019t heard anything before June 15. PS! Distance priority is only valid for students who start in September.<\/p>\n

        In practice, the two factors work out like this: From all the people with distance priority who have applied for a specific room, the one who has been in the system the longest, will receive an offer to rent the room.<\/p>\n

        \"Student<\/a><\/p>\n

        So, considering these two factors, I advise you to register right away, but then wait with actually applying until June or July (or January if you start in February). Just because the process will go much smoother then and you\u2019ll save yourself some stress. There\u2019s really no point in only seeing a couple available rooms and then, when responding, seeing yourself end of the list anyways.<\/p>\n

        And, there\u2019s more..<\/p>\n

        Idealis will have many more rooms on offer in July and August, and in January. When I was looking for a room, I witnessed the number of offers literally increasing from 3 to more than 50 a day. Besides, the rental period also starts within a month after you\u2019ve responded to a room. That would mean that if you find a room in April, you will have to start paying rent in May. And that\u2019s something you definitely don\u2019t want if you only move in August.<\/p>\n

        Now that I\u2019ve covered what contributes to your ranking, let\u2019s also save you some time and stress by telling you what absolutely does not matter for your ranking.<\/p>\n

        \"Haarweg<\/a><\/p>\n

        What does absolutely not matter for your ranking?<\/h2>\n
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        1. \n

          The time of the day you respond<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          On ROOM.nl you can look for new offers every day at 12.00. You have several days to respond to these offers without worrying about your ranking. In the online advertisement you can see the date by which you must respond, it doesn\u2019t matter who was first or last.<\/p>\n

          The final ranking for each room is composed when the response time closes.<\/p>\n

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          1. \n

            The number of times you respond to rooms<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            When I was looking for a room, I did my best to apply for two rooms every single day. Turns out that this makes no difference at all. Of course, it\u2019s more important to do it when you\u2019re close to moving to Wageningen, but otherwise, just apply when you really want to and your ranking seems reasonable.<\/p>\n

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            1. \n

              The number of times you refuse an offer<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              When you finally are number 1 and receive an offer to rent a room, you can, of course, still refuse. For example, you might find out that the room is actually too expensive of not really what you want. So, feel free to say no, because that again has no influence on your ranking. At the same time though, you shouldn\u2019t be too picky with the rooms, because there\u2019s no guarantee in the end that you\u2019ll find one if you keep refusing every single room. Personally,\u00a0 I did it twice, and then took the 3rd<\/sup> offer.<\/p>\n

              \"Student<\/a><\/p>\n

              I\u2019ve now covered all the essentials now and hope you can get started with finding a room you\u2019ll like. If you have any questions about what I\u2019ve written, feel free to leave a comment below and I\u2019ll get back to you.<\/p>\n

              Also, this is only the very first blogpost in the upcoming collaboration with Idealis. From now on, you can read more about the different housing possibilities with Idealis every month. Let me know if you have any particular topics you\u2019d like me to cover, and, make sure to subscribe so you won\u2019t miss any of the upcoming posts.<\/p>\n

               <\/p>\n

              Last updated March 2019<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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