When you change cities for work or studies, one of the most difficult tasks is find accommodation. If we add to this that we usually try to find a place to live before moving, the option to use becomes an almost essential action.
If we type in a web search engine to look for a flat, the results are dizzying and, in addition, many of the websites have designs and an offer that appears to be very similar.
The essential websites to search for an apartment online
To make the search easier, we present the top (in alphabetical order) with the best apps and websites to find an apartment online in Spain:
Bady
Available in google play and in the app store, this application to find an apartment online focuses above all on the people with whom you share, their characteristics, tastes, ages, etc. more than in the home itself, and already accumulates more than 3 million users.
it is downloaded, installed and configured very quickly and its use is very simple: it has a geolocation map that allows you to find the rooms closest to the point of interest, select the ones that interest you and view the profiles of the flats and once you find something you like marks it. If the floor advertiser confirms and admits you, the negotiation begins. Very much in favor: that the application does not act as an intermediary when it comes to putting landlord and tenant in contact, so does not charge commission.
Since its launch in 2015from the hand of , Álvaro Córdoba and Pablo Pérez-Bonfils, Badi has been growing and becoming a reference when it comes to publishing, finding and reserving rooms from anywhere in the world. A proposal that has had the support of investors, accumulating in 2021 more than 45 million dollars raised over five rounds of financing.
Enalquiler.com
A search engine for rental flats that has a catalog of more than 41,000 flats throughout Spain. The design is simple, it can even be considered basic. Like most websites to search for a flat, it offers filters by geographical area, by price, number of rooms and type of advertiser, which in many cases is a real estate agency.
In the advanced search, it offers little else: by type of home, by number of bathrooms, with or without furniture, presence of extras and search by keywords. Among its strengths we find that it allows you to create alerts And it’s very easy to use. It gives the possibility of contacting the advertiser by phone and email.
Fotocasa.es
It has an inspiring design, with very careful photographs and a very visual interface. It has the largest catalog of all the analyzed websites, with more than 1,500,000 apartments for sale, rent, to share or vacation. The first filter allows you to search for the type of housing by municipality, neighborhood and postal code. It is very easy to use and has a large number of filters: by price, number of rooms, number of bathrooms, extras, state of the property, with the option to buy, etc.
To contact the landlord, the website presents the option for the landlord to include his telephone number in a way that is visible to users. The other way to contact is through a contact form in which you must include your name, email, telephone and indicate, among several options, the reason why you wish to communicate with the landlord. It also offers the option of generate alerts if the selected property drops in price or if similar rental properties appear in the same area and also allows send price proposals to the advertiser.
The product sheet is very complete and has extensive photo galleries. It offers the user complementary services such as a interactive map where you can locate the location of the property and nearby services (such as hospitals or schools), a mortgage comparator and help to get home energy certificate. Fotocasa has apps on Google Play and App Store.
The website itself has a section called «photocasalife» as a blog, where they upload articles of interest to their users, from current news to articles on «how many solar panels do I need for a 200 m2 house?».
Room
One of the oldest on the list, operating since 2004 in its web version, which includes more than 871,000 spaces, among which is the possibility of renting premises, offices, garages or lots. Their apps can be downloaded from Google Play or the App Store and has some very similar features to Idealista and Fotocasa, although it contains a greater personalization of advertisements, since the system is adapting to our preferences and eliminating the options that are not going to interest us.
Housell
This proptech was founded in 2017 by and since its creation, Housell’s goal has been to simplify and automate real estate transactions. Compared to other alternatives that we present in this list, Housell is clearly oriented towards
Through its platform, the company provides buyers and sellers with an innovative way of improve your buying and selling process, that previously represented a problem in the programming of visits, access to the statistics of the announcements or even in the direct communication between sellers and buyers.
One of Housell’s strengths is his virtual tours: Anyone interested in a house or flat can tour it without having to go in person. Housell will put sellers in contact with potential buyers so that they can show it to them virtually at the established time. In this way, they will be able to get to know the house and get an idea of its distribution without having to travel, in addition to having the possibility of asking all the questions that may arise. Currently, Housell has almost 3,000 homes for sale on its website and on its apps.
Furthermore, Housell offers various real estate services such as qlipsupplier and supply management service, or Edifya service of reforms and comprehensive follow-up of the same, among others.
housfy
offers a technological platform for real estate services that allows individuals to sell their home three times faster than other websites, according to them in an average of 60 days, without paying commissions and with the personalized advice of experts in the sector. Despite the fact that the company is specialized in buying and selling homes (more than 2,000 a year in Spain), It also has a rental housing search engine, designed to help its users find an apartment online.
They also offer a wide range of services divided into four categories: real estate services, financing, care of your home and to enter to live.
idealista.com
It is the reference of the sector in Spain, and also has a presence in Italy and Portugal. After being surpassed by Fotocasa.es, it has the second largest catalog of properties among all the websites to search for flats online analyzed, with more than 1,400,000 ads. has a website and appsalthough the first has a somewhat less attractive design than others such as Fotocasa.es or Habitoom itself.
Allows you to filter by purchase, rent or share; type of home or geographical area, size, price, condition of the property, number of rooms, number of bathrooms, floor plan, characteristics, date of publication of the ad. It is easy to use and offers a lot of information to the user.
In addition, you can also sort the properties by relevance, cheap, recent, luxury, old, with the greatest reduction in price, more expensive and cheaper in euros/square meter. Offers the option of mark favorites and appear as both private and real estate advertisers.
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indomitable
In you will find more than a million ads published by individuals and real estate agencies that include photos, videos and descriptions. In addition, it allows the possibility of managing our profile not only in the appsbut also in other media such as tablets or computer.
Indomio makes use of technology to offer an easy and pleasant search experience. Among the possibilities offered are: save searchesif you save your searches you will receive a notice when there are new ads that match your interests, save adsyou can save your favorite announcements and insert notes, or hide ads, with this option you can discard the ones you don’t like and prevent them from reappearing. In addition, it also includes a service to compare and even acquire mortgages.
Flats.com
Another of the great alternatives to find an apartment online, has a website and app, which can be downloaded from Google Play, App Store or AppGallery. Its clean design, the many search filters it offers, its search engine with an interactive map indicating outstanding places near the search point and a multitude of additional information make it an excellent option.
It allows search in Spain and in the south of , the product sheets are very careful and with abundant information about the town in which the property is located. Searches can also be saved and alerts generated and it offers additional useful information such as mortgages, news, services, home, outstanding promotions, information about the area, etc.
Its services include its mortgage calculator. It also has a service exclusively for renting rooms and shared flats: Pisocompartida.com. You can contact the advertiser by email and by phone.
flatshare.com
Although it is a “spin off” of Pisos.com, it has a more customer-oriented approach. young publicvery marked by its cheerful and attractive aesthetics. Allows you to search for a room and/or roommatein this case only in Spain, and has a catalog of 46,000 flats and rooms.
It can be filtered by room / entire floor and by price and includes a map that makes it easy to locate the properties. It is a very successful website among students.
Roomgo
, formerly known as Easypiso.com, has a catalog of more than 800 rooms for rent available, although it also allows you to search for a flat or roommates. Their main search filter is geographical and they have highlights with the most searched areas.
Roomgo also works as a Flatmate Tinder, allowing you to publish your profile and consult that of other people in your same situation, with the aim of making a perfect match. These profiles work as presentation sheets in which you can include the budget you have, a personal description, preferences and description of the “ideal roommate” you are looking for and the area in which you are interested.
Spotahome
One of the newest ideas on the list. With we avoid going to visit the property so that it goes personal of to fulfill this task, making an analysis and telling us your opinion for us to decide whether or not to rent the house. It offers real photos and video of each property instead of using third party materials and even shows the inside of drawers and cabinets to show you every corner of the house.
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