Houses for Rent in Rotterdam

Rotterdam houses for rent average 129 m² and €2,592 a month, based on over 2,500 house listings tracked by RentHunter since February 2024. For families and couples, the draw is outdoor room: 62% of these listings mention a garden and 38% mention parking.

In Dutch rental listings, a house is often an eengezinswoning: a single-family home with its own street-level front door, not an apartment in a block.

Den Haag, the capital of Zuid-Holland, is about 21 minutes away by public transport, so one parent can work there while the family lives in Rotterdam.

A house for rent in Rotterdam is usually one of three types: furnished for a work posting, a family house with a garden, or a villa. Couples who rent in Rotterdam without children may find a Rotterdam apartment enough, and single renters often start with rooms in Rotterdam or a studio.

Half of Rotterdam's rental houses come furnished: 52% of listings, while 14% are aimed at expats. A furnished house in Rotterdam suits a family on a posting that arrives with suitcases. The rest are gestoffeerd (floors, curtains and lights) or kaal (bare), for a long stay with your own furniture.

Rotterdam house listings mention a garden far more often than a balcony (20%). A terraced house (rijtjeshuis) usually has a back garden, while detached villas by the Kralingse Plas and the Bergse Plassen sit at the top of the market, where five-bedroom houses average €3,639 a month. For that range, see luxury houses in Rotterdam.

• Hillegersberg, around the Bergse Plassen lakes Hillegersberg, in the north of Rotterdam, wraps around the Bergse Plassen, with tree-lined streets, villas and family houses at the upper end of the price range.
• Kralingen, villas beside the Kralingse Bos Kralingen, east of the centre, has large villas along the Kralingse Bos and its lake, with the Erasmus University campus on the same side of town.
• Nesselande, newer family homes by a beach Nesselande, in the Prins Alexander district on Rotterdam's eastern edge, is a newer neighborhood of single-family homes next to the Zevenhuizerplas and its city beach, at the end of metro line B.
• Schiedam and Capelle, just over the border Schiedam and Capelle aan den IJssel border Rotterdam on either side: houses for rent in Schiedam sit one train stop west of Rotterdam Centraal, and Capelle lies to the east on the Rotterdam metro.

A house for rent in Rotterdam costs €2,592 a month on average, and 80% of house listings ask between €1,300 and €3,750. The price follows the bedroom count: about €1,640 for one bedroom, €1,968 for two, €2,364 for three, €2,821 for four and €3,639 for five. The average deposit is 1.38 months of rent.

New listings show the current price level: houses first seen on RentHunter in the 90 days to November 2026 asked a median €2,410, 10% less than three months earlier and stable compared with a year earlier.

Before you rent in Rotterdam, know the rules. The deposit is capped at two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023, and a makelaar working for the landlord may not charge you a fee. 80% of listings state that registration is possible: register with the gemeente within 5 days, by appointment when you arrive from abroad, or online with DigiD for a move within the Netherlands. In some streets and districts the Rotterdamwet also requires a housing permit, so check the address on the municipality's website.