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HackerHouse: Solving Urban Housing Crisis with IoT

Technology Category
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
  • Buildings
  • Cement
Use Cases
  • Building Automation & Control
Services
  • System Integration
The Challenge
The urban housing crisis, particularly in Paris, has been a significant challenge for millennials seeking affordable, furnished, and community-oriented housing. The traditional process of finding a suitable place to live is often time-consuming, complex, and lacks transparency. The founder of HackerHouse, Stephane Bounmy, identified this problem and sought to create a solution that would simplify the process and make it more accessible for millennials. As a full-stack developer with experience in startups in San Francisco and Paris, Stephane had the technical skills but found building a platform from scratch while running the company to be a daunting task.
About The Customer
HackerHouse primarily targets millennials in urban cities, particularly in Paris, who are seeking affordable, furnished, and community-oriented housing. These individuals are often faced with the challenge of finding suitable housing in a market that is increasingly competitive and expensive. They value convenience, affordability, and community, and are likely to be tech-savvy and comfortable with using an app to find and book housing. The app also serves individuals who have a room to rent and are looking for a hassle-free way to list their space, receive payments, and get support.
The Solution
Stephane turned to Bubble, a no-code platform, to build HackerHouse, an app that helps millennials find furnished, community housing at an affordable price. The app allows users to search for rooms and rent a place for up to eight months. It provides a desk, bed, and community to millennials seeking housing. If a user has a room to rent, they can post their listing as a host on HackerHouse for free and receive payment and support through the app. Users looking for a place can search for rooms, view pictures, read descriptions, amenities, and reviews about the host, and book a room for one to eight months. The move-in process is simplified, allowing users to move in the following day and meet their future roommates.
Operational Impact
  • The implementation of HackerHouse has significantly simplified the process of finding and booking housing for millennials in urban cities. It has also made it easier for individuals with rooms to rent to list their spaces and receive payments. The platform's user-friendly interface and comprehensive features, including the ability to view pictures, read descriptions and reviews, and book rooms, have enhanced the user experience. Furthermore, the use of a no-code platform like Bubble has allowed the founder to focus more on running the company and less on coding, thereby improving operational efficiency.
Quantitative Benefit
  • HackerHouse has achieved 3,000 visits per month
  • The platform handles approximately 15,000 euros worth of transactions per month

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