Houses for Rent in Vlaardingen

A house for rent in Vlaardingen costs €1,893 a month on average, based on over 100 house listings tracked by RentHunter in Vlaardingen since February 2024. That is 27% below the Rotterdam house average of €2,592, for an average living area of 104 m², and four in five of these listings ask between €1,095 and €2,425.

The family house with a garden is what sets this market apart from the city next door: 47% of Vlaardingen house listings mention a garden and 29% mention parking, and the 3-bedroom house is by far the most common. Vlaardingen, the old herring town on the Nieuwe Maas between Schiedam and Maassluis, puts that space about 20 minutes from Rotterdam by public transit on metro line B.

To rent a house in Vlaardingen, have your payslips, an employer statement and your ID ready before you book a viewing, so you can apply on the day a family home appears.

Most rental houses in Vlaardingen are family homes in the post-war districts around the old centre, and the nearest metro stop or the Broekpolder decides which one suits you. If nothing fits, houses in Schiedam sit closer to Rotterdam on the same metro line.

Holy, in the north of Vlaardingen, is a large residential district of terraced houses and flats next to the Broekpolder, a recreation area with walking and cycling routes and playing fields. A family renting a house here has the polder at the end of the street for weekend walks and the dog, and primary schools inside the district. The trade-off is the metro: from Holy you take the bus or the bike to Vlaardingen Centrum or Vlaardingen West.

Westwijk lies west of the centre, a post-war district of wide streets, green strips, low-rise flats and rows of family houses, close to Vlaardingen West metro station. A house here suits a family where one parent rides the metro to Rotterdam and the children cycle to school. Ask whether parking is on your own drive or on the street, since 29% of Vlaardingen house listings mention parking.

Babberspolder, in the east of Vlaardingen near the border with Schiedam, has more post-war flats than houses, but the family homes that do come up sit close to Vlaardingen Oost, the metro stop nearest to Rotterdam. That makes it the district for a couple or family who commute to Rotterdam every day. The old centre around the Markt, the Grote Kerk and the Oude Haven is a short bike ride west.

Since February 2024, a house in Vlaardingen has averaged €1,893 a month. A 2-bedroom house averages €1,252, a 3-bedroom €1,953 and a 4-bedroom €2,002, so the third bedroom adds about €701 a month and the fourth only about €49. Against the Rotterdam house average of €2,592, the Vlaardingen average saves about €699 a month, or €8,388 a year.

33% of house listings are furnished and 10% are aimed at expats, so a furnished house for a first Rotterdam contract exists but is not the norm. 81% of listings state that registration at the address is possible, which you need for your BSN; you register with the municipality within 5 days of moving in, online with DigiD for a move within the Netherlands and by appointment for a first registration from abroad.

The average deposit is 1.13 months of rent, under the legal cap of two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023, and a makelaar who works for the landlord may not charge you a fee. On a tighter budget, apartments in Vlaardingen cost less and come up far more often than houses.

Vlaardingen has three stops on metro line B, the former Hoekse Lijn railway: Vlaardingen West, Vlaardingen Centrum and Vlaardingen Oost. NS trains to Delft and Den Haag leave from Schiedam Centrum, the next town east on the same metro line.

Rotterdam is about 20 minutes from Vlaardingen by public transit (10 km), and metro line B runs through Schiedam into the centre of Rotterdam without a change. A parent working in central Rotterdam or at Erasmus MC, next to the Dijkzigt stop, makes the trip both ways on one line.

Den Haag is about 31 minutes away (22 km), with a change from the metro to the NS train at Schiedam Centrum, and Delft lies on the same train line. That makes a Vlaardingen house workable for a couple with one job in Rotterdam and one in Delft or Den Haag.

Utrecht takes about 72 minutes by public transit, Amsterdam about 88 minutes and Eindhoven about 96 minutes. From a family house in Vlaardingen, these routes suit a hybrid job with one or two office days a week rather than a daily commute.