HousingAnywhere

HousingAnywhere's pricing practices are deliberately deceptive to trick tenants. Anyone booking a property on this site for the month of February based a daily rate calculation is charged a PREMIUM per day.

A "monthly rate" for daily rate calculated properties should only be advertised if the daily rate is based on the monthly rate being annualized and then divided by 365 to get to a daily rate. Doing this any other way is DECEPTION. Why should I have to pay a premium per day, just for the joy of staying in a property in the depths of winter and during a 28 day month? It's ludicrous.

The lack of accountability and customer service by this platform after the booking is horrendous. I will be telling every landlord I know about this experience and recommending that she look elsewhere to serve her tenants. And I will never use or recommend this platform again.

I am a student who was supposed to live abroad for some time. I booked a flat through this website and I paid a "Tenant Protection Fee" of 175e, which said precisely: "If anything goes wrong with your flat, you are able to cancel your reservation 48h after your move in." So, it went wrong in the end, and the agency told me that my conditions for cancellation are not valid for their Terms and Conditions, and they never refunded me my money back, neither the rent payment or the protection fee. Also, when you are making a cancellation at the end you have to upload some pictures and which was never mentioned as a condition for cancelation. Classic cheat for the people, especially for the students who usually have no money.

Dont rent by housinganywhere.com its a scam
We also been scammed, house in Barcelona full of mold anywhere in the shower in the refrigerator and in some clothing cabinets. I have cancelled the room in the 48 hours cancelling window,i try to phone to housinganywhere.com but i could not reach anyone, i emailed to housinganywhere.com to cancel my renting house, they say you have to sort it out with the contact person. I dont want to sort it out i want my money back. The contact person had to fix the mold issues on first hand before i rent the room. We will order legal assistance. So dont rent with housinganywhere.com, its a big scam

Booked a flat in Spain for June 2025 on Nov 24 on Housing Anywhere. Had to cancel on Nov 25 when wife's dad went into hospital and we had to take care of him. On Dec 2, we got wife's brother to agree to take care of her dad in June so we could honor the rental, and informed Housing Anywhere of that. They refused to provide the rental OR return our payment. Total rip off, dishonest company and people.

If you're considering using HousingAnywhere, think twice. My experience with them has been extremely disappointing. I informed my landlord of a cancellation more than 50 days in advance—well before the contract even started—and both HousingAnywhere and the landlord refused to issue a refund. Their customer service has been completely unhelpful, showing no regard for the rights or concerns of tenants.

Despite multiple attempts to resolve the issue and providing ample notice for the room to be relisted, HousingAnywhere has sided with the landlord, leaving me with no support and a significant financial loss. It's clear that HousingAnywhere prioritizes its advertisers (Laura) over the rights of tenants, offering little to no protection in cases like mine.

If you value fair treatment and responsive customer support, I strongly advise against using HousingAnywhere. Their policies are rigid, and their lack of empathy for customers is beyond frustrating. I am still waiting the refund of my money.

Shura Apartments, Elena Nardella advertised Tortona Stylish Studio having a dryer in the unit. (since taken down) I wired Elena $2100 euro the day before my stay per her request. The next day I arrived and there was no dryer in the unit and I immediately notified them stating I could not stay there for months without a dryer so I needed to cancel. Elena is keeping my deposit even though Housing Anywhere states if the unit is not as promised you are entitled to a refund. They are both playing a game saying I should seek the refund from the other party, although the wire was sent to Elena. Do not send her any money as you will not get a refund if the unit is not as advertised! Now we need to seek legal counsel.

I had an absolutely terrible experience with HousingAnywhere, and I cannot recommend this service to anyone. This platform claims to provide protection and a "stress-free move-in," but my experience was far from it.

The landlord actively encouraged me to move our conversations off the platform, claiming that HousingAnywhere takes a 25% commission. She offered me a "special offer" through the platform just so I could get her contact information and finalize the booking privately. This is a direct violation of HousingAnywhere's policies, and the platform failed to protect me as a tenant despite charging me a tenant protection fee.

When I arrived, the apartment was in appalling condition. The room was dirty, with unmade beds, a bad smell throughout the apartment, drying sheets scattered around, wet towels left behind, and even open water bottles that were not mine. The advertised "full closet space" was nonexistent, as the closet and drawers were full of the landlord's personal items, such as paint buckets, brushes, and clothing, leaving me nowhere to store my belongings or university materials. This was not only misleading but unacceptable.

I reported these issues within 24 hours, as HousingAnywhere's policy states, and provided photographic evidence. Despite this, I was told that my situation did not meet their criteria for a refund, even though the conditions were clearly poor and differed from what was advertised. I had no choice but to find alternative accommodations that same night at my own expense, as the space was unfit for living.

The lack of accountability from HousingAnywhere is shocking. They did nothing to address the landlord's blatant policy violations, nor did they ensure that I received the protection I paid for. This platform offers no real security to tenants, despite charging fees for tenant "protection."

Do not trust HousingAnywhere for your housing needs. Their policies are poorly enforced, their customer service is unhelpful, and they leave tenants vulnerable to exploitation by landlords who break the rules. My experience was stressful, costly, and utterly disappointing. Save yourself the trouble and look elsewhere for accommodation.

Don't believe them. I ask them for help, follow their guidelines, and finally they tried to kick me out of place right away despite I have paid rent for a month. They are total tricksters and fraud oriented only for provision from booking.

I liked a place and contacted advertiser, Mr Alexander. I gave him all the documents he wanted. Then he sent me booking request which I accepted and paid 945 euros. After few hours he cancelled the booking without giving any reason. I got message saying my money is refunded, but I don't know when will I get it. This is full of scam. Please avoid it.

I booked an apartment for a couple of months, starting on 30th September, only to realize that the property is paid on a monthly basis, meaning I was being charged €550 for a single night!

The so-called "tenant protection fee," which is supposed to offer also support in situations like this, was completely useless. I reached out immediately to change the dates, but despite paying so much for this protection, no one responded the entire day. This left me with no option but to cancel and rebook, hoping they would be understanding about the situation.

I was wrong. Instead of offering any understanding or resolving the issue they had failed to address, they dismissed my request and laughed at the idea of refunding any of my money.

So with one small mistake I ended up losing €220 in their horrendous tenant protection fee and, honestly, I'm relieved I canceled. I can't imagine trusting them with larger sums, given how unprofessional and uncaring they've proven to be.

Maybe this company could be reliable for something as simple as ordering groceries online, but please stay far away from them when it comes to something as important as renting property. They don't care about their tenants, their money, or basic decency.

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Absolutely disgusting platform, supporting scammer landlords. I moved in a totally disgusting apartment unlike it was shown on the pictures, I paid a large deposit so I had no choice but stay there, after I cleaned this outrageously disgusting apartment and moved out the landlord even blamed me of poor conditions of the apartment and refused to pay back the large deposit, HousingAnywhere did absolutely nothing to protect me even after contacting them several times. Didn't even take down the scammers account even thou another people also complain publicly.

They've charged 200 euros but did not provide absolutely any security.

- I was denied viewing of the apartment.
- I've had to transfer a deposit **before** move-in day to some bank account that was not refundable.
- I've had to transfer a fee **before** move-in day to some bank account (illegal in the country I was moving to) that was not refundable.
- I've had to pay first month's rent **before** move-in day without having any chance to see the apartment beforehand.
- I am asked to sign a contract stating that I am moving in on the 1st day of the month, despite specifying move-in date 1 week later.
- HousingAnywhere support was unsupportive, basically telling me that it's fine that I have to transfer over 1 thousand euros, without any protection.

They provided absolutely no service, except take 200 euros from me and then give me scammy conditions.

If you are a student doing an internship or you find a job and want to live before you move, then you have to be absolutely sure that the internship or job will work out. Because if you can't take up the internship or job, you will lose ALL the money you have transferred to "Housinganywhere" in advance.
Almost all small apartments are offered with a "strict cancellation policy". You sign the contract, transfer the money in advance, but the money is held by "Housinganywhere", NOT the landlord.
If you do not cancel within 24 hours of reserving the apartment, "Housinganywhere" keeps ALL the money. Without any service. The landlord gets nothing either. They steal the money! What are these Dutch people smoking! And that in the EU!
If you rent in May for August and they cancel your internship or job in June, you will also have lost ALL your MONEY to these stoned thieves if you cancel "strictly".

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I had an extremely disappointing experience with HousingAnywhere!
I was shocked to discover that they charge a CANCELLATION FEE of €390!
This hefty fee was not made clear at the time of booking; instead, it was hidden in the fine print, easily overlooked until it was too late.
This lack of transparency in disclosing significant costs upfront is misleading and unfair to consumers.

I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST USING THIS WEBSITE FOR YOUR NEXT FLAT RENTAL. Look for more straightforward and honest platforms that won't surprise you with excessive fees!

After my stay there has been an issue of the deposit refund. Housing Anywhere states that this is not their concern and they can do nothing to aid me. More so they do not make reviews of the landlord visible on their page making it impossible to truly know if there have been prior issues with a landlord making my review and many others meaningless as well as attempting to mitigate these issues impossible

This extremely unreliable and breach of contract person has now been written to for the 6th time by HousingAnywhere. Nothing happens on the part of the defaulting tenant.
Now HousingAnywhere (HA) has contacted me with the statement that I have the contract with the tenant and not with them. Therefore, they can do nothing further. However, I have the contract with the platform and now feel left alone. Unfortunately HA is so cheeky and takes their fee right away in full with the first month's rent. If a problem then arises, they are fine. I will never book or rent anything through HousingAnywhere again.

Initial booking turned out to be with a landlord which has numerous public complains regarding the return of the deposit. As I tried to cancel the booking (providing both evidence of customer complaints and additional requirement to pay the deposit without signed contract), Housinganywhere refused to return the fee on the basis that this is not a scam, as apartment really exists. De facto, the site that purports to protect tenants from scam is a scam itself, charging fees irrespective of the quality of listings.

My destination for Erasmus exchange was - honestly - I wild shot. I had no idea what it's like in Slovenia, didn't speak the language - nothing. Moreover I spent the whole summer abroad, thinking very little about what I was gonna do next. And suddenly I found myself a couple of days from the departure with no place to stay once in Ljubljana.
We all hear the same when contacting the landlords - don't we? 'Oh, but you are a student... and a foreigner... and just for a couple of months?... No, no, I don't think so'
Then - thank God I came across HousingAnywhere. Well, number of rooms offered is limited, but those advertising them are ready to give them away quite cheaply and for short term. Also - the company addresses my biggest fear - that the money will just disappear. Owing to the 'safe payment' method you are 100% sure the landlord will not escape with your deposit, leaving you homeless.
Certainly - trustworthy!