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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.
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