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HousingAnywhere

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HousingAnywhere Reviews Summary

HousingAnywhere has a rating of 2 stars from 200 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with HousingAnywhere most frequently mention customer service, bad experience and cancellation policy. HousingAnywhere ranks 6th among Student Travel sites.

service
69
value
64
shipping
37
returns
53
quality
59
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France
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Really bad
January 7, 2019

Be careful!
They will force you to start the payment to book the room and when it's done will tell you that the room is already booked.
Even if it seems hopeless finding accomodations in some cities don't get Fooled like I was.

Date of experience: January 7, 2019
France
1 review
16 helpful votes
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They cheat people, get lots of money in advance and never show the apartment before to pay. Probably that apartment only exists in pictures. Many students have informed the police against this platform for having been scammed
BE CAREFUL! DON´T PAY ANYTHING.

Date of experience: September 10, 2018
NL
1 review
19 helpful votes
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I will never use houseanywhere anymore. It charges fast but does not provide any guarantee to ensure I can get the house. After the householder rejects my rental request, houseanywhere just did not reply to my email to cancel the booking, even if I just want my first month rental back (I have not lived there for even one day!) They are just greedy and indifferent.

Date of experience: June 11, 2018
Canada
1 review
18 helpful votes
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I dont suggest going with housingeverywhere. I got scammed with them. First of all, their advertisers are rude and their. Second of all, their policies are fake. I am a student from Canada and was looking for a place in Amsterdam and my i didnt have any options other than to go with housingeverywhere. I was not able to go to Amsterdam due to permit issues. The housingeverywhere policy is It is possible to cancel your booking within the first 24 hours after the payment is confirmed and receive the first month rent back. However, the service fee won't be refundable. If after those 24 hours there is no valid reason for your cancellation, the advertiser is still entitled to the first-month rent and the refund is not possible. I have a valid reason yet they refused to refund me my money. From the terrible experience I had with them, I dont recommend renting with them.

Date of experience: April 18, 2018
Italy
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Super!
January 16, 2018

Ho utilizzato questo sito per trovare casa mentre ero in Erasmus in Spagna e devo dire che, pur essendo un po' scettico inizialmente, mi sono trovato veramente bene! La casa era esattamente come me l'aspettavo! Arrivare e sapere di avere già la casa è proprio una bella cosa! Consigliato

Date of experience: January 15, 2018
Austria
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Keep the good work up!
December 28, 2017

Innovative platform. Helped me in finding a room in Vienna while other dorms were full.

Date of experience: December 27, 2017
Italy
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Housing Anywhere is a good solution for students looking for the perfect room, especially abroad. The platform is user-friendly and intuitive
Sometimes landlords don't update the announcements. That's the only flaw

Date of experience: December 22, 2017
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great platform
December 15, 2017

Housing Anywhere is very helpful for those looking for short-term housing, but wish more listings were available

Date of experience: December 14, 2017
Germany
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Highly Recommended
December 13, 2017

This webpage has been really helpful for finding an apartment in Munich!
The city is packed with people, and reasonable apartment offers are hard to find. I tried different means to find an apartment, but HousingAnywhere has been the most secure and the most user friendly page!

Date of experience: December 12, 2017
France
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very good platform, super efficient. With Housing Anywhere, I could rent my room in Lille before leaving for a year in Finland. It allowed me to have enough money to pay for my rent in Finland, and I left without worries, Housing Anywhere being a sort of "guarantee", that I needed because I couldn't give my room to a random student for a year. Few days after I posted my ad, I already had a few messages of people interested.

Date of experience: November 27, 2017
Denmark
1 review
2 helpful votes
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All best!
November 27, 2017

A great way to get a room fast when you are in need. It was very helpful for me. It gives enables secure transaction of the rent payment to the person renting the room. Easy to use. However, the choice of rooms seems quite narrow.

Date of experience: November 27, 2017
Spain
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Useful and easy!
November 27, 2017

Useful for finding a room in a lot of places! I used it in Amsterdam and Madrid as well. On the second one I had a problem because the room was not what the person announced and they reimbursed me all my money back!
Finally I could find another place through it! Easy and much cheaper than other alternatives! Thank you Housing Anywhere!

Date of experience: November 26, 2017
Sweden
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Pros: Good platform, Easy to find room in budget, secure and easy
Cons: Finding room near university campus in budget could be difficult

Date of experience: November 24, 2017
Marina N.
Switzerland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Good platform
November 24, 2017

Through housing anywhere I found accommodation for my stay abroad in Switzerland. Very happy with this platform! Thanks to housing anywhere I could get a room in a shared apartment with local students, rather than staying in the student halls. My room was even much cheaper than the ones of the student halls!

Date of experience: November 23, 2017
NL
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Good, but could improve
November 19, 2017

Positive things:
1. Easy to use and understand
2. Helpful customer service

Negative things:
1. Sometimes there is a lack of choices in rooms

Other than that, pretty good website, safe to use.

Date of experience: November 19, 2017
NL
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A great platform!
November 18, 2017

I think HousingAnywhere provides a great service! Personally it is a great platform for students like me who want to go on internship and want to rent or find their room temporarily. I also got really surprised how well publishing a room was thought through and how safe it makes me feel knowing if I rent a room I can always get my money back if it was not what I was advertised.

Date of experience: November 16, 2017
Slovenia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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User friendly platform that will help you find your new place to live, Big choice of rooms everywhere with reasonable prices. Unfortunately, the website is provided only in English

Date of experience: November 10, 2017
Ireland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great platform
November 9, 2017

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

Date of experience: November 8, 2017
Austria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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As a student living on a modest budget, Housing Anywhere is the best solution to my need for accomodations. It is simple to use, registration is free and there a lot of rooms and apartments to choose from. However the quality of available accomodations can range from excellent to absolutely horrible. Nevertheless, I still recommend this website to any young person starting out in another city.

Date of experience: November 5, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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HousingAnywhere has helped me find my current house which is in a great neighborhood and Im renting from a trusted person which I'm very grateful for! It did take a little time but it was worth the wait.

Date of experience: November 2, 2017

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The international student housing platform for exchange and internship students


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Rotterdam, 11, Netherlands