• HousingAnywhere

HousingAnywhere

Overview

HousingAnywhere has a rating of 1.84 stars from 177 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about HousingAnywhere most frequently mention customer service, bad experience, and month rent problems. HousingAnywhere ranks 7th among Student Travel sites.

  • Service
    47
  • Value
    44
  • Shipping
    26
  • Returns
    34
  • Quality
    41

This company responds to reviews on average within 7 days

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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • A really handy platform for international and exchange students to find a room!

Critical highlights

  • I would advise to avoid renting a room using this platform, since they do not protect you from getting scammed.
  • Please be aware, they told us in 48 hours charge will be canceled but that never hapenned.
How would you rate HousingAnywhere?
Top Positive Review

“Reliable. So far so good”

Mohammad H.
2/9/22

So far so good. Found my flat using this platforms. The 48 hrs guarantee period is higher than what other websites offer.

Top Critical Review

“Robbed of €960 in 6 hours”

Stefanie V.
2/16/24

DO NOT USE. They are refusing to refund a €960 booking fee for a reservation that was canceled within 6 hours because the reasons are "not valid." This site is a far cry from AirBnb where the tenant is protected. Anyone who has been robbed by this company, we should find each other and launch a class-action lawsuit against them. I don't see how they aren't shut down by a European consumer protection agency.

Reviews (177)

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room (57) exchange students (4) 48 hours (4)
Thumbnail of user mohammadh165
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
February 9th, 2022

So far so good. Found my flat using this platforms. The 48 hrs guarantee period is higher than what other websites offer.

Thumbnail of user manojt25
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 31st, 2022

Based on my personal experience

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Thumbnail of user anushad2
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 8th, 2017

A really handy platform for international and exchange students to find a room! Navigation is really easy! Makes life easier!

Thumbnail of user igak
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 12th, 2016

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!

Thumbnail of user valerior
1 review
0 helpful votes
April 24th, 2016

All my friends have always been in trouble for finding a room when they had the chance to leave and study abroad. A few days ago a friend of mine at the university suggested me to check this platform, I found many options and contacts in a very short time and the staff immediately answered my questions

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Monika M.
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 20th, 2016

Really cool opportunity for both groups of students going abroad: incoming and outgoing. You can either easily get a room without signing up long-period contracts while being incoming student or rent out your room and earn some extra money without loosing your contract while being abroad. Safe system and easy-to-nagivate platform.

The only downside is that the platform is not well known in some of the places yet so the range of the offered rooms can be smaller.

Thumbnail of user fabiob21
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 9th, 2016

The platform is very easy to use and really user friendly. I appreciated the fact that my money was within the platform until my ok when I came to my new room. So the service is really safely, but the the landlords here are really trusted too. I don't wanna be scamed and the platform helped me a lot.

Thumbnail of user giacomoa
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 30th, 2016

I found a room without problems and in a safe way. Maybe it's a bit long, but i recommend it to every erasmus student!

Thumbnail of user saadr
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 30th, 2016

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.

Thumbnail of user emmap33
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 3rd, 2016

Housing Anywhere is an easy and really safe option to find a room abroad. The staff is helpful and I really recommend it to everyone!

Thumbnail of user gauthierd3
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 11th, 2016

It is very easy to use this platform and there are a lot of offers in order to find a room abroad. Moreover this website helped me a lot in order to rent my own room. However, it happens that sometimes you can't find a room that suits you. But this problem will be solved when the website will gain in popularity.

Thumbnail of user alixj3
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 3rd, 2016

Safe and easy to use! I recommend it!

Thumbnail of user cristinar4
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 3rd, 2016

I had really good experience with HousingAnywhere, I found quickly a home and it is quite easy, however the renting is quite expensive.

Thumbnail of user annad77
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 27th, 2016

I was quite desperate for a room because I was very late to start looking and I found a place for my exchange! Very helpfull!

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