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Find rental flats based on commute time to your workplace (Switzerland)

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#rental flats switzerland#commute time#train routes#apartment search#homegate

78points
50comments
#342of 2,565 in 2015
Top 14%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

9 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.

Idea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good idea and well executed

    From 3 comments
    • Very cool, what technologies you are using in your backend? For commute times are you using the SBB data during rush hour times? My commute is way longer if I don't go to work…
      sschueller on HN
    • awesome stuff! another entry i really liked took a completely different approach https://kingdom.scapp.io/
      yawniek on HN
    • This is pretty amazing. Great job.
      MadManE on HN
  • Useful for choosing where to live

    From 2 comments
    • Oh this was amazing, I used it a couple of times when I first moved to London to figure out where I needed to live. It helped out massively compared to the complete guesses I was…
      poooogles on HN
    • Dear god, please make one of these for Washington, D.C.
      ckozlowski on HN

Objections

  • Commute times seem too optimistic, connection times not counted

    From 2 comments
    • I'm also curious about the commute time estimation. I've been playing with the app around the Geneva area where I live and work and I think the commute times are a bit too…
      icot on HN
    • Yeah, we are not accounting for connection times right now. However, we have the data to make it more accurate, just needs a bit more coding ;)
      relate on HN
  • Slow to load and stopped responding for some addresses

    From 2 comments
    • I'm one of the creators. This was built in 40 hours at Hackzurich 2015 (www.hackzurich.com) and combines the following: ``` * The largest rent database of Switzerland * A model…
      relate on HN
    • Awesome, I didn't know about hackzurich. Perhaps I can come along next time? Anyway, I put in my address in Zug and it stopped responding. Probably overloaded?
      lordnacho on HN

Requests

  • Show frequency of public transport connections

    From 1 comment
    • Awesome job! Would it be do-able to visualize the _frequency_ of public transport connections too? For example it may take me only 20 minutes from Uster to the center of Zürich…
      harryf on HN
  • Include cycling plus train commutes

    From 1 comment
    • Ideally I'd also want also to have cycling+train - since that is also a feasible option for some people. E.g. I live 1km away from a train station that is well connected to my…
      relate on HN
  • Version for Washington D.C.

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • How accurate are the prices?

    From 1 comment
    • Can anyone comment how accurate the prices are? Because from what I see rents around the Geneva area are even more ridicolous than I remembered!
      hobo_mark on HN
  • What technologies are used in the backend?

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool, what technologies you are using in your backend? For commute times are you using the SBB data during rush hour times? My commute is way longer if I don't go to work…
      sschueller on HN

Alternatives named

  • Trulia commute filter

    From 2 comments
    • http://www.trulia.com/for_rent/Washington,DC/map_v/driving:0%7Ctransit:1%7Cposition:38.924265;-77.027332%7Ctime:60_commute You can filter by commute time to your work address…
      encoderer on HN
    • Trulia does this in the U.S. for a number of cities. Here's New York: http://www.trulia.com/local/new-york-ny/driving:1|transit:0|position:40.681953;-73.959595|time:60_commute
      eevilspock on HN
  • Zoopla travel-time search

    From 1 comment
    • I can't access the OP due to a firewall, is this similar to Zoopla's "time-travel" search? http://www.zoopla.co.uk/travel-time/
      LiquidFlux on HN
  • Route360

    From 1 comment
    • Have you considered using overlays from route360 (https://developers.route360.net)? They are doing some really interesting stuff with multiple transit types (bicycle, car, mass…
      rlease on HN
  • Locatable (UK)

    From 1 comment
    • I started a company called locatable (www.locatable.com) with a couple of mates some years back. The search engine did the same thing in the UK. The site is now offline, but…
      chillydawg on HN

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