How does the marketplace work?

Sellers post their listings, and you contact them or buy directly online. Every listing goes through moderation before it is published.

Is online payment protected?

Yes. The platform holds the money and only releases it to the seller once the transaction is confirmed. If something goes wrong, the payout is frozen while we review.

How do I post a listing?

Create an account, click “Post an ad”, add your photos, category and price. Your listing goes live after review.

How much does it cost?

Posting a listing is free. Optional featured packages are available, and a commission is only charged on sales paid online.

How do I avoid scams?

Never pay outside the platform, be wary of unusually low prices, and prefer in-person handover in a public place. Report any suspicious listing.

What if there is a dispute?

Open a dispute from your order: the seller payout is suspended during the review and moderation decides based on the evidence.

Finding a flatshare that lasts

A well-chosen flatshare cuts your rent by 30 to 40% compared with an equivalent studio — and a badly chosen one is paid for with a rushed move six months later. Among property listings, flatshare rooms go fast: better to arrive prepared than to visit everything that comes up.

Rent is not the whole story. What decides how long a flatshare lasts comes down to three things: compatible daily rhythms, a lease you actually understand, and house rules agreed before moving in. Here is the method, step by step, with the exact questions to ask.

Before viewing: your three non-negotiables

Write down your three absolute requirements. Not ten: three. For example:

quiet after 10pm on weekdays (you get up at 6:30);
a room where you can work from home two days a week;
a real cleaning rota, not "everyone pitches in when they feel like it".

A listing that contradicts any of the three is not "worth seeing anyway": it is a wasted visit for you and for them. This filter eliminates half the listings in ten minutes — which is exactly its job.

Reading between the lines of the listing

Before travelling, ask three questions through messaging: the exact size of the room, what the charges cover (internet, electricity, insurance?), and how long the current flatmates have been there. A complete turnover every six months is a signal. A listing with no photos of the shared rooms is another: the living room and kitchen are where flatshare life actually happens.

Sofa in a warm, furnished living room — The shared rooms are the daily life of a flatshare. A listing that shows neither the living room nor the kitchen deserves a question via messaging before any trip.

The viewing: meet every flatmate

Insist that all the flatmates be present — it is in their interest too. Thirty minutes of conversation reveals more than three tours of the room: schedules, guests, music, attitudes to cleaning. One detail that never lies: ask how the last departure went. A relaxed answer describes a flatshare that works; an awkward silence describes the opposite. Our checklist for viewing a property applies to the flat itself: damp, sound insulation, condition of the appliances, water pressure, the real speed of the internet connection.

The lease: joint or individual?

With a joint-and-several clause, if a flatmate leaves without a replacement, you pay their share. An individual lease protects you, but leaves the landlord to choose the replacements. Ask which one applies, and how a departure is handled: internal notice, who finds the replacement, who approves them.

The charges, precisely

Work out the real total: rent + charges + internet + home insurance. A 450 € room with 90 € of charges costs more than a 500 € room all inclusive.

Fitted kitchen in a shared flat — During the viewing, open the fridge and test the hob: the state of the shared kitchen tells you everything about how the flatshare is really organised.

House keys being handed over in person — Keys change hands after the lease is signed and the inventory done — never against a transfer sent before you have even visited.

The house rules that prevent 90% of conflicts

Flatshares that last agreed their rules before moving in, not after the first blow-up:

a rotating cleaning schedule, posted on the wall, with everyone's zones;
a shared kitty for communal supplies (30 to 50 € per month per person is enough);
the guest rule: how many nights a week, announced how;
the departure protocol: two months' internal notice, return of the deposit share.

None of this is bureaucratic: ten minutes of discussion on moving day, one pinned message in the shared group chat, and everyone knows precisely what they signed up for.

If the room on offer is smaller or darker than the others, a differentiated rent can be discussed calmly — our advice on how to negotiate without souring the deal works between future flatmates too.

Protecting your money and your move-in

Never transfer a cent before viewing: the "landlord abroad" who posts the keys in exchange for a deposit is a classic catalogued in our guide to avoiding scams. Keep the exchanges inside the platform's messaging, insist on a signed inventory and rent receipts, and report any listing that pushes you to pay fast. Prepare your application file in advance too — ID, proof of income, a guarantor if needed — as a single document ready to send: on the most sought-after rooms, the first complete file often beats the best profile.

Find the right one, not the first one

Three non-negotiables, a viewing with everyone present, a lease read line by line, written house rules: that is the difference between six months and three years. Browse the available flatshares and aim right from the very first visit.