Roomio

Roomio is an accommodation sharing platform that prioritises lifestyle and experience.. The traditional house share sector is growing, with new, nascent markets emerging to supplement the established student, graduate and young professional markets. The existing solution and service, however, has not progressed and is largely an online incarnation of the offline experience, that can be likened to classified ads in the rooms-to-rent sections of local newspapers. No new thinking has been applied and the challenge to align with changing customer expectations has not been met. Roomio aims to address this. By allowing users to upload images from Instagram and Facebook (via the use of APIs), as well as display a Spotify playlist, the customer is able to express the personality of the shared household and offer potential housemates better context and information on which to make very important decisions. We also believe the revenue models adopted by the market leaders is unfair and elitist by allowing access to 100% of the available market only to those who can afford it. Consumer sentiment supports this. Roomio is a beautifully designed user experience set to onboard and scale by developing partnerships with relevant existing networks.