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title: "Can I Search for a Rental on Someone Else's Behalf?"
description: "Learn why Relocify requires the future tenant to manage their own housing search and how direct communication improves the chances of securing a rental in the Netherlands."
url: "https://www.relocify.nl/a/searching-for-someone-else"
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# Searching for someone else
Learn why Relocify cannot search for a rental property on behalf of someone else and why the future tenant must manage the process directly to maximize success.

Written by Hasan Updated 1 month ago 1 min read

**We can’t run the search for a third-party—and here’s why**

- **Preference mismatch** Only the future tenant truly knows their deal-breakers (layout, commute, light, pets, vibe). Acting through a proxy almost always leads to revisions, lost time, and rejected offers.
- **Paperwork bottlenecks** Landlords and agents must see the actual tenant’s ID, income proof, and signature. Chasing documents via intermediaries slows everything and makes listings slip away.
- **Communication lag** Listings in NL close in hours. Extra relay steps (you → us → tenant → us → agent) mean we miss viewing slots and someone with direct access jumps ahead.
- **Legal & privacy limits** GDPR and KYC rules bar us from storing sensitive data for anyone who hasn’t accepted our T&Cs themselves.
- **Landlord trust** Owners insist on meeting or at least video-calling the real occupant to confirm stability and intent. A stand-in raises red flags and weakens the offer.

**Best route**: have the person who’ll sign the lease create their own Relocify account and drive decisions directly. That keeps the process fast, compliant, and far more likely to end in a successful rental.

Read also

[Getting Started](https://www.relocify.nl/a/getting-started-with-relocify) [Services](https://www.relocify.nl/a/employee-relocation-services-netherlands) [We can not help you at this moment](https://www.relocify.nl/a/why-relocify-cannot-help-yet)