samosa

I'm building an open source version of "flat and flatmates"

currently there are following options if someone needs to find a flat in a city:

Websites like NoBroker/99Acres etc.
Twitter posts/bots
Flat and flatmates Facebook groups
Discord/Whatsapp groups
Contact a broker

From my personal experience of looking for flats, I have concluded that none of these platforms are user friendly and they come with a lot of issues.

So I have decided to build an open-source version, which will be free for everyone to use.

I have few basic features in my mind, what all features would you like to have in this tool.

Also if you have any suggestions regarding how i should architect it, let me know in comments or DM.

7mo ago

MakTheGreat

Deloitte7mo

Why not rey integrating chatgpt or gemini into your code or app. Also bugs will be in every application even on yours. Focus on bugs but your bigger focus should be on 'what makes your app different from all those app'

samosa

Stealth7mo

my focus isn't bugs, but features

MakTheGreat

Deloitte7mo

Exactly my point

samosa

Stealth7mo

as per my research, such a tool doesn't exist, so let me know if you are aware of any

TechGuy69

Stealth7mo

Check out myroomie.in and flatmate.in, idk about how well these do. Also, I remember seeing on Twitter a while ago, some dude was building a WhatsApp chatbot or something along those lines for this problem.

Kamlesh

Stealth7mo

I have a contrarian approach to suggest, make it like Craigslist

So simple and easy to use that even boomers can navigate. Simple forum for posting text and media. Let the connections happen on their own, filtered/grouped by cities.

Ad banners can pay for operations.

Good reference video on Craigslist model -

https://youtu.be/QFY8jBTgn8g?si=e-CRWJp1gj5qmeH2

samosa

Stealth7mo

I'll look into it

ShelbyT

Amazon7mo

verify profiles to avoid spam
try to include as many details as possible : brokerage free or not
minimum lock in security photos and videos of property
exact location (maps link) what all amenities are provided
contact details
family/bachelor's
builder floor/ apartment/pg

slot booking for visit etc

ShelbyT

Amazon7mo

would like to emphasize on getting more details and adding filters for the same
and maybe add a layer of AI (maybe AI is not required, vector dbs might do the job) on top which returns closely matching properties

nanKhatai

PhonePe7mo

I had similar motivation to build something similar integrated with gpt for recommendation and scraping from different sources + categoriesing them

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