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Checked secondhand furniture in good condition, delivered to your room in Maastricht. Beds, desks, chairs, storage and more at student prices. When you leave, we collect your things and pay you 60% of the resale.
Every semester, a city moves out and moves in.
Maastricht takes in the second-largest group of new international degree students in the Netherlands. Many of them land in an empty room, while the students who leave throw out furniture that still works.
new international degree students in Maastricht a year
Nuffic 2026of them move into a room that is not fully furnished
Nuffic, team surveyof students we asked say LuckyDorm would save them time or hassle
Survey, n = 50of furniture discarded in the Netherlands is burned. Only 20% stays in use.
Ministry study, 2023A relay, not a bin bag.
One service for both ends of your stay. Outgoing students hand their things over, incoming students start with a ready room, and nothing waits on the curb.
Book a pickup
Send us your items and your move-out date. Pickup is free when you book two months ahead.
We check and store
Every item is checked for condition, cleaned and held in our Maastricht storage.
Delivered to your room
Order before you arrive. We bring it to your room in your first week in the city.
The seller gets paid
Once the item sells, the student who handed it over gets their share: 60% of the resale price.
Fresh off the moving van.
Practical living and study gear from students who just left Maastricht. Every piece is checked, priced fairly and delivered to your room. Hover a photo to see when it is ready.
You pack the suitcase. We take the rest.
No listings, no viewings, no haggling. Send us your items, we check and sell them, and you get a share of every sale.
What would you get?
Move the slider to an expected resale price. You are paid once the item sells.
for checking, storage and delivery
60% is our standard share for you. We are also testing other splits in the pilot.
Pick your pickup window
Book early and pickup is free. The closer to move-out, the higher the express fee.
Express fees are set during the pilot. 78% of students we asked would pay for faster pickup, at least at the right price.
What leaving students get today
For your furniture, depending on what you do with it.
| Route | Money for you | What you have to do |
|---|---|---|
| Sell it privately online | Whatever a buyer offers. Used beds ask a median €45 | Messages, viewings and haggling, and only if a buyer turns up before you leave |
| Leave it for the next tenant | €0, unless a takeover fee is agreed | Depends on the next tenant wanting it |
| Donate it to a thrift store | €0 | Weekday pickup, items must meet intake conditions |
| Furniture store buy-back | A store gift card at best, beds not accepted | Bring it to the store, assembled |
| LuckyDorm | 60% of the resale price, paid out in money | Book a date. We pick it up and pay you once it sells. |
The full service at a student price.
Renting gives you nothing back when you leave, and buying new costs twice as much once delivery and assembly are added. Take one bed as an example, compared by how long you stay.
Example: a bed for your stay
Choose your stay. LuckyDorm is a one-time price, and you get a share back when you leave.
One academic year, the most common stay for degree students.
Rental prices from a Dutch student furniture rental shop, new prices from a large flat-pack retailer, both collected 28 Sep 2026. Rentals under 6 months add a delivery fee.
What you get, out of 8
Features each way of getting a bed offers.
We asked 50 international students in Maastricht.
Through university international offices, ESN, study associations and residence chats, in September 2026. Here is what furnishing a room is really like.
Transport was their main frustration when furnishing a room.
would pay €180 to €250 for a checked secondhand bed worth €400 new.
have already paid for delivery, assembly or pickup, usually €25 to €100.
find a revenue-share payout fair for the furniture they leave behind.
Used furniture is becoming regulated reuse.
The Netherlands is moving furniture and mattresses out of the waste stream. Every bed we pass on stays out of the incinerator.
of furniture discarded in the Netherlands every year
rise in the median student room rent in Maastricht in one year, to €550 a month
the year producer responsibility for furniture is intended to start
Mattress recycling becomes mandatory
Every producer and importer must help pay for collecting and recycling old mattresses.
The government counts the waste
A study for the ministry finds 939 kilotonnes of furniture discarded a year, 68% of it burned, and proposes a reuse target of at least 25%.
Student rents keep climbing
A room in Maastricht now costs €550 a month. A cheaper start and money back at the end matter more.
A new five-year mattress scheme starts
The next period of producer responsibility for mattresses runs to 31 October 2031.
75% of mattresses recycled
The target for mattresses placed on the Dutch market.
Furniture follows
Producer responsibility for furniture is intended under the national circular economy programme. LuckyDorm is built to collect what the semester move-out leaves behind.
Good to know.
Still unsure? Send us your items or order a room set, and we will answer everything before your move.
Moving soon? Start here.
Arriving in Maastricht or leaving it, LuckyDorm handles the furniture so you can focus on the move.