Student living, your way.

Student living, your way.

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How to book a studio
at Amsterdam Minervahaven.

In the fully furnished studios at Student Experience Amsterdam Minervahaven, you can live life on easy mode. Studios are assigned on a first come, first serve basis, so make sure to register and check our website regularly. Want to be prepared and know everything about booking a studio? You’ll find everything you need to know below.

Booking a studio

Step 1 Registering

Register to get an email notification when studios are available that meet your needs. For short-stay studio's at Amsterdam Minervahaven we work with a first-come, first-serve basis. This means that if you're the first person responding to a studio advertisement and you meet the needs, the studio is yours.

Important:

  • You are eligible for a studio at Amsterdam Minervahaven if you are 16 or older and enrolled at an educational institution, and temporarily residing in the Netherlands.
  • If you're under 18, you need permission from a parent or guardian to enter into the contract. From the age if 18, you can enter into a contract by yourself.

Step 2 Booking a studio

You can book a short-stay studio straight away, as long as we have availabiliy. Select your studio of preference in the studio selector. After selecting a studio, you'll find more information about the studio in the advertisement.

After you've respoinded to a studio, you can find it in the service portal under 'my response overview'. Once you book a short stay studio and you meet the conditions, it's yours - guaranteed!

Have you responded to long-stay studios at other locations, too? These responses will be withdrawn automatically when you book a short-stay studio.

Step 3 Confirmation by email

After selecting your studio, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Within one week, we’ll prepare your contract, and you will receive another email inviting you to access your resident page on the service portal by setting up a new password.

Once your account is set up, you are all ready to go! In your service portal, you can:

  • Upload your proof of enrollment at an educational institution;
  • Watch the introductory video;
  • Find the floorplan of your studio;
  • Read through the contract.

Step 4 Signing the contract digitally

After receiving your contract, you have 3 days to accept or decline the studio online. If you don't take any action within 3 days, your reservation will automatically be canceled.

Digitally signing the contract can be done in the service portal. By accepting the studio, you agree to make the first payment. Keep this in mind when you sign the contract.

The first payment consists of:

  • The price for the remaining days of the month in which the agreement commences. Does the contract start at the end of the month? Then the payment for the next month is also included;
  • The administration costs of € 50;
  • The deposit of € 1500.

Step 5 Planning your check-in

All that's left to do is check in! After completing your first payment, you can schedule your own check-in appointment via the service portal. You're welcome 7 days a week from 2 PM - 7 PM. The duty manager or receptionist will welcome you at reception to hand over the key card to your studio. Please bring your identification documents (Passport/ID/driver's license) to the check-in.

Do you want to check in later than the contract's start date? No problem! You can schedule your check-in appointment for a date that works best for you. Please note that you are still responsible for the rent from the start date that’s mentioned in your contract.

Upon first entering your studio, check if everything is in order. If you have any questions or remarks, the duty manager will be happy to answer them.

Now, let the best time of your life begin!

Terminating contract

Step 1 Contract termination

Unfortunately it's not possible to end a contract with a fixed end date earlier than the date agreed upon in the contract.

Delivering studio

Step 1 Cleaning the studio

Before your leave, you'll need to make sure the studio is clean and tidy. If this is not the case and the studio needs to be cleaned professionally, you'll be charged a cleaning fee or part of your deposit will be withheld.

Cleaning
It's important to do a thorough cleaning. Not sure what to do or which products to use? In our checklist, we've made that easy for you. :)

Download the checklist

Repairs
If something in your studio is broken, you will need to submit a repair request before you leave so the duty manager can fix it before your departure.

Step 2 Emptying the studio

Please take all your personal items and belongings with you, leaving the studio in the same condition as it was delivered to you.

You must take the kitchen, bathroom, and linen package with you. The linen package includes towels, guest towels, wash cloths, comforter + cover, and pillow + pillow cases.

Don't want to keep any of this? You can donate your linen package in a textile container at the Spaarndammerstraat 145, other items in the designated container in the recycling room, or make an appointment for picking up bulky waste. Not sure how? Read all about it here

The decorative pillows are part of the studios furnishment and should be left in the studio. 

Step 3 Check-out

The latest check out time is 11 AM on the end date of your contract. Of course, you can check out earlier than the last date, but this does not affect the monthly costs.

You have to hand in the keys of the studio at the reception, so that the duty manager knows that you have checked out.

Step 4 Deregistration from the municipality

After leaving your studio at Amsterdam Minervahaven, you will need to deregister from the municipality or change your address. Follow the information below that applies to you.

  • I'm moving within Amsterdam. Report your relocation here.
  • I'm moving to another municipality in the Netherlands. Register with your new municipality.
  • I'm moving to a different country. Deregister from the municipality here.

Step 5 Deposit

You have paid a deposit for your studio. Before you get it back, we will settle any outstanding costs, such as payment arrears or costs for repairs in the studio.

If you pay your rent via direct debit, we will refund (the remainder of) the deposit one month after the end of the contract. We will also stop the direct debit.

If you don't pay your rent via direct debit, make sure to send us your bank details a month before you leave so we can refund (the remainder of) the deposit one month after the end of the contract.

What our residents are saying.

I really like living here because you can easily make friends. Especially when you are on the basketball court, in the gym or in the game corner.

Anne-Romé
Amsterdam Minervahaven

I asked myself the other day, what the difference was between living in Student Experience and heaven. Only thing I could come up with was that there's a free gym in Student Experience, and probably not in heaven."

Yona
Amsterdam Minervahaven

Student Experience gave me the chance to meet amazing people. I can't imagine living outside of Student Experience.

Adolfo
Amsterdam Minervahaven