HousingAnywhere

I found my house using Housing Anywhere. It was fast, convenient, and secure. I'd recommend it to any student.

One problem is that the platform has a shortage of listings compared to the demand of people searching. (However, that's less of an issue with Housing Anywhere and more so an issue of a student population that is outgrowing the city). I hope more and more people will make their rooms available on Housing Anywhere so that more and more students can find housing more easily.

The payment was made and money was deducted from my account, but the status of my request on the site was still waiting for payment. I lost the studio... and after two months I was able to get my money back after lots of follow up. They didn't even apologize! Absolutely scammer!

Horrible experience - Took 5 weeks to contact me after they assured me 2 - 5 business days to process a refund for a booking cancellation request
Was emailed once by the so-called financial team and then told they had given my 1800€ away to the advertiser despite never staying there. Beware: they do not care one bit about contract terms and will scam you
AVOID and save your money

After moving in to find the place was Infested with CAT piss n strays building about to fall down to get no refund never rent anything from the host DESPINA SHE'S A THEIF and the company stands behind her the pictures isn't what you get, be careful who you rent from and where it's located,this place was in Athens Greece beautiful country dirty nasty places to stay and housinganywhere rent them scam scam scam

The people ar ehighly repsonsive but nothing can happen. They literally ask you to pay and then no transfer it to the landlord. In my case, my rent and deposit was debited wrongly twice and Housing anywhere couldnt even help in this case by informing the landlord. They just get angry and cut your call. Dont fall in this trap. I feel ashamed that I paid money to housing anywhere for their services.

When we got there it didn't take long to see that the building wasn't in a good condition (there was a lot of rubbish inside big plastic bags next to the front door). When we stepped into the apartment, the floor was so dirty it was sticky (not only in the common areas, but also in the room that was supposed to be mine and theoretically had been cleaned that same afternoon). The room wasn't as the pictures showed, there wasn't even the desk that the pictures showed, and not only was the floor dirty, but also the walls and the door. The bathroom had mold on different surfaces and there's poor water pressure. The kitchen was disgusting, it was messy, and so dirty that there were flies and other insects all over the room.
The man that I was in touch with from the company blocked me, and didn't take responsibility of the situation.

Finding housing in Stockholm, Sweden could be very challenging. Housing Anywhere quire beautifully addresses this gap and facilitates students like me to find exchange in the exchange country. I was really satisfies with the quality of the process and the room quality because usually on other housing platforms, you are not guaranteed about the quality of the room. Housing anywhere takes care of this problem as the rent is only transferred to the landlord once the renter of the room gives a thumbs up. One thing that could be improved is to increase the supply of rooms on the platform so there are more options to choose from.

I had to move in to Rotterdam in the beginning of July 2016 and I was having big troubles finding a room since I was not still in town. Housing Anywhere was a great solution for my issue since I was very scared of online scams and traps. It took me a bit to find the apartment I wanted but at the end everything worked fine, I made my deposit and I got to the house, which was totally great and everything since then worked perfectly. I would totally recommend the platform.

Housinganywhere demands money for booking without doing anything they validate scammers as trust worthy. I have been scammed by a partner they have and they said it is a trusted partner. When I came back to them they did not say anything and could not return my money back.

While the service members were nice I feel that the properties in Valencia were substandard. I did not get the first apartment they showed me was a replacement for a covid case in the first apartment and it was substandard. I could not stay there for an hour, much less a night. I paid about $700 waiting for one that they promised would be perfect and it was a waiting room from a lawyers' office with cheap flooring and lawyers books. I lost more than $700 with this horrible service. DO NOT USE.

HousingAnywhere has not behaved correctly.
Tenants are promised protection from bad housing or unfair landlords. But the tenant is not protected from unfair, hidden contractual conditions vis-à-vis HousingAnywhere:
1. Temporary employment contract signed in another city, 6 weeks before the job starts.
2.6 weeks before the new job, arranged an apartment through HousingAnywhere. Deposited 800 euros rent + 266 euros fee with HousingAnywhere.
3.4 weeks before the new job and 4 weeks before the planned move-in, I receive the rental contract from the landlord, but I don't sign it yet (forgot). The landlord says that the money is still with HousingAnywhere.
4.3 weeks before the new job, the company wrote that the job was not going to work out.
5. so I canceled the apartment 3 weeks before the new job and 3 weeks before the planned move-in. I have not yet signed the rental contract from the landlord and sent it back.
6. but HousingAnywhere pays NOTHING back because there is supposed to be something like a Strict Cancellation Clause, but I haven't found it.
7 Today, 2 weeks after the planned move-in, I find out from the landlord that he has nevertheless rented the apartment to someone else.
8. despite the notice and confirmation from the employer, I get nothing back from HousingAnywhere! They have collected twice without any service.
Now I'm looking for help from a lawyer. If anyone is also in this situation and knows a lawyer, please post here. Maybe we can reach a class action lawsuit and take action against this dishonorable behavior?)

I tried to use this to rent out two rooms in my house but decided this wasn't for me. I appreciate the need for safety, both for the person offering and the person looking for accommodations, but I found the concept unusable. It is not possible to make contact via phone or email as all personal information is removed from the messages. It seems from the descriptions that they expect you to first be able to contact each other after the booking has been made. But there is no way I am going to rent out my rooms to people I haven't had a chance to meet and get to know. I also did not agree that rent payment had to go through them. I am sure that anyone having a chance to meet me at my home would know that I am not scamming.

In short, web site seems good, idea may be good, but this is not what I can use.

This was my worst experiment about renting a room. I had to pay way too much for the cleaning services and compared to the money nothing actually happened. My room and even the shared areas were disgusting and everytime I wanted a personal appointment to talk about something which I am bothered I always got refused. I do not feel like I got some kind of help in anything and they were a 100% unpersonal because they did not show me the house and they did not apear in my departure as well. Only 1 time I saw somebody when I collected my keys...
I do not recommend to anyone!

Oh, and I almost forget to mention that I asked a lot of time to extend my staying and in the end they said they did not get anything from their platform and I had to leave my room in the middle of the month and go to a hostel while I was paying for the whole month!