It is very easy to rent a room in Roommates. The prices are fair.

If I could give zero stars, I would. At lease expiration, the property manager confirmed that the apartment was left in satisfactory condition and that no significant deductions would be taken from my $4,000 security deposit. Both New York State law and my lease clearly state that security deposits must be returned within 14 days of lease termination. It has now been 72 days since the lease expired, and I have received nothing. Property management has stopped responding entirely. At this point, it feels like outright theft.

Excellent platform for finding housemates. User-friendly, free, and encourages detailed profiles for better matches. Also provides a handy draft agreement to clarify expectations. I’ve used Roomies successfully several times.

Very responsive and helpful. Always reverts same day.

Absolutely useless people both in person and over the phone. Every time they come to my house they come “without the correct equipment” needed to fix the problem. They never actually fix anything just come with excuses. Honestly just useless 

I would avoid booking via coliving.com if you can book directly with the host. Part of coliving.com's policy is a 24-hour grace period from when you move into your accommodation, so you can hold payment to the host in case of any issues. 

I had issues on moving in, my initial report was submitted within the 24-hour window defined in their policy, yet I received an email hours later from coliving.com stating payment had already been captured automatically which was in full breach of their own policy. Furthermore, I was asked to deal directly with the host which put the entire resolution burden on me. The policy exists for cases like mine. On pressing for a more acceptable response from them, when they finally got back to me over 24 hours later (the excuse was it was the weekend and they were short-staffed), I didn't get any apology, nor any admission or acknowledgement of breach. Meanwhile, I spent the entire day on Sunday playing a game of ping-pong with the host who was also left completely in the dark as to how best proceed.

Myself and the host both finally received responses. Long story short, I was granted a full refund but I suspect it was only as a result of my initial review on here - once the matter was closed, I received emails from a coliving.com rep asking me to delete or amend what I’d written on here, followed by two more emails on the next two days consecutively, repeating the same request. I found that persistence inappropriate and unnecessary.

I’m updating this to reflect that the problem was resolved, but my rating is based on the complete experience: the initial difficulty, the feeling that I only received quick support after going public, and the repeated requests to alter my review. Whilst I understand businesses wanting to protect their reputation, this approach felt incredibly intrusive and added to the strain rather than repairing it.

Houses drug dealers and drug addicts. If your in need and need a house and your a genuine person who contributes to society don't bother ever looking about getting a house with radius housing. Start doing drugs and drinking and take part in anti social behavior, get your kids taken off your by social services and they will be around to hand you the key to whatever amount of bedrooms you desire. 


AVOID. Will happily fleece you after you've deleted

Cohabi made finding a compatible roommate incredibly easy

7After chasing Lowther for 4 weeks to come and clean the communal gutters that clogged as they are cause water ingress in to my property, as at today, they still haven't done the necessary cleaning. Today the day was dry and not windy, ideal to do hhe work, but despite promising that the work would have been attended today, they did not come blaming miscommunication with City Buildings, the company to whom they outsourced the job. 

I would hope that Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council do create better protection to this factor's customers.

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