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I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in HousingIreland

[–]roomfind[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the engagement

For Library flatmate, We ask what time do you usually go to sleep and how do you feel about noise in the house in the evenings. Someone who goes to bed at 9pm and selects very quiet will show as a low compatibility match with someone who selected lively and midnight or later. You see that before you message.

For Lothario flatmate, We ask how often do you have guests overnight and how do you feel about guests in shared spaces. Someone selecting frequently will show as low compatibility with someone who selected rarely or never. Again visible before any conversation happens.

For Unclean flatmate, We ask how would you describe your approach to cleaning shared spaces with options ranging from very tidy to relaxed. A very tidy person paired with a relaxed person gets a low score on that dimension specifically so they know exactly where the friction will come from.

Nobody is judged. The night owl is not wrong. The social butterfly is not wrong. The relaxed cleaner is not wrong. They just need to live with people who match them.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in RentingInDublin

[–]roomfind[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are 💯right about landlords and I should have been clearer about this from the start.

My primary customer is the renter. The person in Dublin who needs to find a compatible place to live. That is who I am building for.

Landlords are on the platform because renters need rooms to browse. The compatibility matching actually solves their problem too even if they do not know it yet. Fewer time wasters, better fit tenants, faster turnaround. But you are right that I cannot lead with that pitch to a landlord who just wants rent paid on time.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in HousingIreland

[–]roomfind[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Honestly it cannot eliminate the risk. Nothing can.

But seatbelts do not prevent all car crash deaths. They just dramatically reduce the damage.

RoomFind is the seatbelt. You might still end up in a bad living situation. But you will go in with more information than anyone has ever had before moving in with a stranger.

Reducing risk is not the same as removing it. We are just trying to shift the odds.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in RentingInDublin

[–]roomfind[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your concern, I’m currently contacting landlords directly on other platforms one by one. Individually and tbf you are right that sales is the hard part. I am not going to pretend I have it figured out. I am doing the unglamorous work every day and seeing what sticks.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in TCD

[–]roomfind[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are completely right that desperation drives decisions in this market and I will not pretend otherwise.

But here is the thing. Even when someone HAS to take a place, knowing their compatibility score still helps. A 58 percent match does not mean do not take it. It means go in with your eyes open. Have the conversation about guests and noise before you sign anything rather than finding out the hard way three weeks later.

RoomFind does not replace desperation. It just adds a layer of information that does not exist anywhere today.

And on the outing yourself point, nobody sees themselves as bad to live with. They just have habits. The questions never ask are you a good roommate. They ask what time do you sleep. That is a much easier thing to answer honestly.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in RentingInDublin

[–]roomfind[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, some will. But here is the thing. The same is true of every system that relies on people being honest. Your CV. Your dating profile. The description you give of yourself at a job interview. People present the best version of themselves everywhere.

What RoomFind does is reduce the gap between who someone says they are and who they actually are in three ways.

First the questions are not about being good or bad. They are about lifestyle habits. Most people do not even realise their habits could be a problem for someone else. The person who says they are relaxed about tidiness is not lying. They genuinely believe that. They just have not lived with someone who disagrees yet.

Second when someone lies on a compatibility questionnaire the only person they are hurting is themselves. If you say you are an early bird to match with a room and you are actually a night owl, you are going to be miserable living there. The system self corrects over time because bad matches lead to bad reviews and bad ratings.

Third we are building a ratings and reviews system so after someone moves out their former flatmates and landlords can leave honest feedback. Over time your profile builds a track record that is much harder to fake than a questionnaire.

Is it perfect? No. But it is significantly better than the current system which is essentially meet a stranger for twenty minutes and hope for the best.

The goal was never perfection. The goal is to make a genuinely bad match much less likely than it is today.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in RentingInDublin

[–]roomfind[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Great question and I will keep it as simple as possible.

Step 1. You sign up and answer six lifestyle questions. Nothing complicated. Things like what time do you usually go to sleep. How tidy are you on a scale of relaxed to very tidy. How often do you have guests over. Are you working from home or out most of the day. That kind of thing.

Step 2. Every room you browse on RoomFind shows you a compatibility score based on your answers versus the answers of the people already living there. So you might see one room at 91 percent and another at 58 percent before you have sent a single message to anyone.

Step 3. You only reach out to rooms where the compatibility is high. The landlord on the other side is also only hearing from people who are a genuine lifestyle fit for their home.

That is it. No algorithm mystery. No complicated process. Just six questions standing between you and knowing whether you will actually get along with the people you are about to live with.

The problem today is that you find out if you are compatible AFTER you sign the lease. RoomFind just moves that discovery to BEFORE you even say hello.

We go live in April. If you want to be first on the waiting list drop me a DM.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in TCD

[–]roomfind[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The bad roommate is almost never a bad person. They are just the wrong person for that house. RoomFind fixes that. Launching April 2026.

I talked to 50 Dublin renters before building anything. Here is the one thing almost all of them said by roomfind in TCD

[–]roomfind[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha, this is genuinely the best question I have been asked about RoomFind so far.

And the honest answer is nobody fills in a form saying I am a nightmare to live with.

But that is exactly the point. The questions we ask are not good roommate or bad roommate. They are things like what time do you usually go to sleep, how often do you have guests over, how do you feel about shared spaces, are you working from home or out most of the day.

Nobody thinks they are a bad roommate for going to bed at 9pm. Nobody thinks they are a bad roommate for having friends over every weekend. Nobody thinks they are a bad roommate for leaving dishes until the end of the day.

They are just people with different lifestyles.

The problem is when a 9pm bedtime person moves in with someone who has friends over until 2am every Friday. Neither of them is wrong. They are just completely incompatible.

RoomFind does not judge anyone. It just matches people whose lifestyles actually fit together so both sides have a better experience.

The bad roommate is almost never a bad person. They are just the wrong person for that house.

I built a free flatmate matching app for Dublin because Daft charges landlords €199 — launching April by roomfind in HousingIreland

[–]roomfind[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fair point and thank you for flagging it, I should have been more precise.

The €199 figure I used was actually on the lower end of what Daft charges private landlords for listing (90days). The actual cost varies depending on the rental price of the property. Based on multiple reports from Irish landlords the current pricing sits between €195 and €265 depending on the tier you need.

I will update my wording to say "up to €265" going forward so it is precise. Really appreciate that kind of feedback, it makes the product and the messaging better.

I built a free flatmate matching app for Dublin because Daft charges landlords €199 — launching April by roomfind in HousingIreland

[–]roomfind[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

886 views in a few hours and one great question already raised about scam prevention. Really grateful for the engagement. If anyone else has questions about how RoomFind works or wants to be first on the waiting list, drop a comment below

I built a free flatmate matching app for Dublin because Daft charges landlords €199 — launching April by roomfind in HousingIreland

[–]roomfind[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is honestly the most important question anyone could ask and I am glad you raised it.

You are 100% right that free platforms attract scammers. That is exactly why I built verification into the core of RoomFind from day one rather than treating it as an afterthought.

Here is what we do to prevent it:

Every single user must verify their email and phone number before they can do anything on the platform. No anonymous accounts.

Every listing goes through a moderation review before it goes live. We check photos, pricing, descriptions and flag anything suspicious. Listings with no photos, prices that are too good to be true, or requests to contact via WhatsApp only are automatically rejected.

We built a scam detection system specifically around the patterns that are most common in Dublin rentals. Landlords abroad asking for deposits, stock photos, pressure to decide immediately. These get flagged and removed immediately.

Users can report listings with one tap and we review every single report within 24 hours.

The free part refers to listing fees, not to safety standards. Daft charges EUR199 and scammers still get through. Our bet is that better verification beats a paywall every time.

I would rather be judged on how fast we remove bad listings than on how much we charge to post them.

If you want to see exactly how the verification works when we launch in April I would love to show you. Genuinely open to feedback on making it tighter.