Housr provides a digital platform for students to manage their housing experience, enabling property searches, viewing bookings, and direct communication with landlords through a mobile app. The service simplifies shared living by consolidating utility payments into a single monthly bill, ensuring equal distribution among housemates while offering exclusive discounts on local venues and brands.
Funding
$2.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Finding suitable student housing can be a time-consuming and fragmented process, often involving multiple platforms and direct communication with landlords. Coordinating with housemates, managing viewings, and ensuring fair distribution of utility bills adds further complexity to the student living experience.
Solution
Housr provides a centralized mobile platform designed to streamline the student housing search and management process. The app enables students to search for properties, coordinate with potential housemates, book viewings, and communicate directly with landlords. Housr simplifies bill management by consolidating utility payments into a single monthly bill, automatically splitting costs equally among housemates. Additionally, the platform offers access to exclusive discounts on local venues and brands, enhancing the overall student living experience.
Target Audience
Housr primarily targets students in higher education seeking shared housing and streamlined management of their living arrangements.
Features
- Property search with over 44,000 listings, enabling students to find housing options based on their preferences.
- Collaborative search functionality, allowing students to invite housemates, view each other's liked properties, and streamline the decision-making process.
- Integrated booking system for scheduling property viewings and syncing with personal calendars.
- Direct communication channel with landlords via in-app chat, facilitating prompt responses and issue resolution.
- Issue reporting feature for logging maintenance requests and communicating them directly to landlords.
- Housr Bills: A utility management service that bundles energy, water, and internet into a single monthly bill, split equally among housemates.
- Access to exclusive student discounts and perks at local venues and brands.
- Push notifications for property alerts, viewing reminders, and exclusive promotions.