Relocation & Expat Services

Your help and support for our move was invaluable. It was our source of calm and reassurance in the midst of a very chaotic process. Above all we really appreciated the effort to ensure we would have a lovely home to live in right as we arrived. A lot of people were quite surprised when we mentioned we already had a place to live as soon as we got here. The coordination for the paperwork and the proactive attitude to help in the negotiations/discussions to ensure we would have a place to live, even though we didn't have our residence cards, municipality registration or anything like that yet, was invaluable to us. We really appreciate all the help.

Connect Relocation did everything to take the stress out of our move. Of course they took care of the formal things like visa application, appointments and contracts, but also they did so many small things to make me feel like they really care about my affairs personally, and I was not on my own. Monique and Astrid had a few calls with me and answered my many emails before my arrival. When I arrived in The Netherlands Monique personally took me to every government and bank appointment and a few apartment viewings, arranging everything very efficiently so I did not have to take a lot of time off work.  When we found an apartment she helped me with my move from the hotel. She was always available to call or text, and answered every question on any topic. The team helped me to make a checklist of everything I needed to do, did some of those action points for me, and followed up with reminders on the remaining things. 

Monique from Connect Relocation helped me a lot finding my current flat. I felt very well advised - from the first telephone talk right through my first weeks in the new flat. Since I live a little far away I was not even once in the Netherlands during the entire time of the apartment search. Monique visited the flats, took pictures and we talked via Whatsapp, telephone and Skype. I had the impression that she was always available, responded very quick and was always ready to talk about my concerns. I greatly appreciated that since especially in the beginning of the home-searching phase many questions and uncertainties may arise. It was of great help to know that I could count on Connect and their professional advice. I got the impression that Connect Relocation is extremely service-oriented, taking my personal wishes and concerns very seriously, providing all the information I needed while at the same time always staying calm and giving the impression that we can find a solution for everything. I would recommend Connect Relocation. I got the impression that they work professionally, are reliable, friendly, and have a positive mindset (which is very important in face of the Dutch housing market ;))

A big thank you from Cecilia and myself to you and the team. It was our fortune to have your help during the last few weeks as it made everything easy and stress-free for us. Thank you as well for the kind words in the card--we just got it--and for the sentiments. We're enjoying our time here already and looking forward to what's to come. 

I cannot thank you enough for your support throughout the process of finding a home for me. It has been certainly a very positive experience, and I would have not managed to do all this without you. You have definitely taken away a lot of stress so that I could fully concentrate on the relocation from Cambridge to Groningen, saying good-bye to the many friends etc. I am also extremely grateful that you are still there for questions after this process. Thank you very much!

When we knew that our large family would be relocated to the Netherlands, we knew we would need help finding a home.  We contacted several relocation agencies, and Connect Relocation was the first to respond to us.  They also had the best offer, which was excellent for us as we were paying for the services ourselves.  We were able to discuss what services we needed the most, and then were happy with the estimate we received.

Having Connect Relocation assisting us in our move to Groningen from the US was the best possible investment we could have made. They helped with all the formalities, provided so much useful and relevant information, made appointments for us, walked us around at our arrival and what was most important of all,  they found us a home and dealing with all the procedures in a very short time periode. Monique was always professional, very efficient and on top of that, very kind.

I recently moved to Amsterdam from the UK. At first, I tried to find an apartment by myself. However, I soon realised how difficult the Dutch housing market is, so I reached out to Connect Relocation. They were really helpful and provided me with lots of useful information. I chose the home finding plus settling in package, which in hindsight was a really good decision. They sent me links to several properties in my criteria, and responded to my feedback on them to narrow down the search somewhat. They also offered to attend viewings of any properties I was interested in. Once we'd found an apartment that I was interested in, they helped me to put in an offer with the letting agent, and chased up any responses. They picked up the keys and carried out the check-in inspection for me. Then, when I arrived in the country, they met me at the apartment with the keys. They also set up appointments for me at the municipality and the bank, and accompanied me to the municipality to help me register. Once I'd registered and moved in, they helped me to set up my utilities. Overall I am very impressed by the quality of service that they gave me, and I'm not sure I would have been able to make my move without them. 10/10!

My family and I have moved to the Netherlands this year. As non-EU citizens, we had a lot of things to take care of, such as the visa process, choosing and renting an apartment, finding a school for our son, registering with a huisarts, applying for a health insurance, creating a dutch bank account and so on and so forth. Had it not been for the assistance we've had from such a dedicated and experienced team, things would've been a lot harder for us. I'd really like to thank the Connect Relocation team (specially Monique and Astrid) for their attention and availability during our entire process! Greetings from Brazi... I mean, from the Netherlands! 

I have been in the process of moving to a new Job in Amsterdam from Egypt . I have had  a bad experience when I tried to Relocate to Germany 3 years ago and I had worries but I was impressed of how Astrid and Monique made things very smooth for me . I didn’t face any problems whatsoever . They helped me find a new nice apartment  before I even moved and finish up all my paper work , opening bank accounts and get my residence card in just one day so I am thankful for everything they did and definitely recommend this company.

First of all, I was very positively impressed by your answer on my first inquiry. Your answer came fast, it was very detailed, well structured and understandable. 

Your first answer was the reason why I decided to trust you with finding an apartment. Also, I appreciated it very much that you informed me about the apartment before I even signed the agreement, showing that you identified my needs and matched them perfectly. During the phone calls you provided detailed information about the location as you knew it would be almost impossible to see the apartment beforehand. And I can confirm that the information was very accurate. In addition to that, all the required steps related to the relocation were explained beforehand. In the end, the relocation went exactly as you told and thus, as I wanted.