ABOUT US

An enthousiastic and experienced team

What’s in a name 

First Class Housing is a professional and reliable rental agency focusing on Amsterdam, Amstelveen and the surrounding areas. With our many years of experience and extensive knowledge, we have supported hundreds of lessors in finding great tenants for their properties. Simultaneously, we have quickly and successfully found housing for a large number of tenants.

Our tenants are mainly expats who work in the Amsterdam area; Multinationals hiring expats are therefore a large part of our core business.

Transparent approach

Especially in today's stressed housing market, an experienced guide is essential. First Class Housing takes away your burdens. Moreover, you run no financial risks because we work on a 'no cure no, pay' basis, and you only pay for our services after a transaction has been completed. Because of this approach and our dedication, we can turn almost every client into a satisfied tenant or lessor.


First class indeed!

Managing Partners

Chagall Kersten

After various positions in sales, marketing, and office management at Vitra, FileNet/IBM, and Köning & Neurath, Chagall was active in the travel industry in the Dominican Republic. Because of this, she has eight years of expat experience, both in Europe and the Caribbean. In 2007, First Class Housing was born in an attic and has experienced unprecedented growth since the partnership with Jaimy Lobatto in 2011. Chagall says: 'As a rental agency, we have built a solid reputation, which has made us the preferred supplier for numerous international companies and relocators. In our years as one of the leading rental agencies in the Amstelveen and Amsterdam area, we have earned the trust of many lessors, which has proven to be one of the main ingredients for success.

Jaimy Lobatto

Before entering the real estate business in 2004, Jaimy started off in HR and was an avid traveller. After years of employment at an Amsterdam real estate agency, in 2011 Jaimy and Chagall partnered up and she became one of the two owners of First Class Housing. Besides running a successful rental agency, Jaimy is also mother to two young daughters. In 2022 she gave us Sem, the office dog who has become the First Class Housing mascot.

According to Jaimy, the success of First Class Housings has to do with the teams personal approach, their decisiveness, as well as the passion for the business and providing First Class service. As a rental agent and partner, she believes there is nothing more impotant than both a happy lessor and a happy tenant.



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