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How HN took it
4 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Shows properties not on Rightmove
From 1 comment
Wish I'd had this a few months back, found a number of suitable-looking properties on there that weren't shown on sites like Rightmove.
kaolinite on HN
Objections
Listings are often already let or scams
From 2 comments
I looked for a flat in London twice in the past year so I've felt the pain and would love to find something that makes the process easier. I'm not sure you're addressing the true…
MehdiEG on HN#1 - ABSOLUTELY. Having recently moved in London, my first approach was to search sites like RightMove, etc. and create a little spreadsheet of 15 properties we'd shortlisted.…
cjrp on HN
Aggregating Rightmove and others may breach terms
From 1 comment
Rightmove's terms of use: "You must not copy, transmit, modify, republish, store (in whole or in part), frame, pass-off or link to any material or information on or downloaded…
grabeh on HN
Requests
Show total costs including council tax and fees
From 1 comment
I looked for a flat in London twice in the past year so I've felt the pain and would love to find something that makes the process easier. I'm not sure you're addressing the true…
MehdiEG on HN
Allow monthly price display
From 1 comment
Really cool! Can I suggest allowing £/month as an option? Most places in Manchester rent by the month, so seeing prices displayed as a weekly value makes the rent a bit harder to…
axefrog on HN
Save search preferences between sessions
From 1 comment
This is really useful, and seems to give better results than PadMapper. One thing though: I get an error "Ad detail not available at this zoom level" when I zoom out too much,…
patrick_t on HN
Questions
Which third party supplies the Rightmove data
From 1 comment
Interesting, what is the name of this 3rd party?
rayhano on HN
When Cambridge coverage arrives
From 1 comment
Thanks for this; I'm in the early stages of looking in Cambridge, have never lived in the UK before whatsoever, and had no idea (yet) of the low quality of the listings on…
jtheory on HN
Alternatives named
Rightmove
From 2 comments
#1 - ABSOLUTELY. Having recently moved in London, my first approach was to search sites like RightMove, etc. and create a little spreadsheet of 15 properties we'd shortlisted.…
cjrp on HNRightmove's terms of use: "You must not copy, transmit, modify, republish, store (in whole or in part), frame, pass-off or link to any material or information on or downloaded…
grabeh on HN
PadMapper
From 1 comment
This is really useful, and seems to give better results than PadMapper. One thing though: I get an error "Ad detail not available at this zoom level" when I zoom out too much,…
patrick_t on HN
OpenRent
From 1 comment
Without wanting to hijack this thread - and detract from the good work of the OP - this is exactly what we are trying to fix with our startup, OpenRent…
dazbradbury on HN
SpareRoom
From 1 comment
I looked for a flat in London twice in the past year so I've felt the pain and would love to find something that makes the process easier. I'm not sure you're addressing the true…
MehdiEG on HN