Rental Issues for Tenants – How Resooma Will Transform Your Renting Experience

We’ve all been there. Scouring Rightmove or Zoopla for rentals that are light years from what we’re actually interested in. Most of the time, there’s very little to go off. In between hundreds of results, blurry images and important info being withheld, it’s no surprise that renters are finding it more and more difficult to land a rental home that they’re happy with. 

Did you know that a whopping 86% of renters don’t trust agents and landlords to fully disclose property information? That’s a seriously high number which helps to paint a picture of the disbalance that currently exists in the rental market between tenants and landlords/agencies.

So where does Resooma come in and how does it benefit renters like yourself? Put simply, Resooma aims to make the rental property process easier and more effective for tenants throughout the UK. The benefits of signing up with Resooma are numerous. We’ve made renting effortless at every step, including bill-splitting services and existing tenant reviews. Finding the ideal property is also a doddle, thanks to our property recommendation quiz and property listings which actually provide you with all the information you’d ever need to make a decision.

What are the Biggest Rental Industry Issues and How Does Resooma Help Tackle Them?

You don’t know what the property is really like until you live there

Much of what may be a deal-breaker – such as noise levels, a lack of parking availability and an overly awkward landlord – only becomes clear once you move into a rental property. Moving into a new home, only to discover your room is right next to a busy road, is a problem that far too many renters can relate to.

Resooma is able to set itself apart from other rental property sites by providing much-needed transparency about an area and its properties. This is done by offering several invaluable data points, including noise levels, air pollution, parking availability, a property’s energy efficiency, and demographic data (such as political leanings and percentage of students).

Within this, cost-of-living data is also provided. This information is especially useful as it allows you to work out how much it actually costs to live in an area (by including bills, council tax, gym prices and average food shops). It’s so much more useful than the conventional format of simply stating how much the rent is.

There’s a shocking lack of property reviews for renters

Despite the large life commitment that comes with moving into a new rental property, it’s really difficult to find trusted reviews. This is crazy when you think about it, given that you can often find more information about a £1 item on Amazon than a home that you may end up spending over 50% of your income on!

At Resooma, we aim to collect property reviews that ask verified tenants about their property’s condition, landlord communication, quality of maintenance and the area they live in. We use this to provide social proofing for the property and enable users to find out what it’s really like to live in a property before they move in. 

Our services also allow prospective tenants to request reviews if there isn’t one available for a property they’re interested in. What’s so brilliant about this is that prospective tenants are then able to ask specific questions they may have about the property. Ever been given the advice to knock on the door of a property you’re thinking of renting to ask the tenants what it’s really like? Our service provides tenants with a digital method of doing just that.

Finding your dream rental is too difficult

Though you’ll find plenty of property results per postcode, a lack of matches for your actual wants/needs has created a ‘tyranny of choice’ in the rental market. One of the biggest struggles that renters face is finding the property which is just perfect for them. Often, you’ll be forced to go on house viewing after house viewing, precisely because of the minimal information that’s available on most listings.

Resooma will ask its users to take a short quiz that poses the right questions to bring up property matches that flawlessly suit your lifestyle. These questions go well-beyond conventional property filters. They focus on lifestyle, including how your free time is spent – such as gyms, restaurants, pubs and green spaces – along with whether you have any pets. These questions also take into account your actual living budget and what style of home you’re after (through a series of image preferences).

Renting has been made needlessly complicated

The renting process isn’t a simple one either. There are several stages, including looking at listings, going to viewings, providing references, setting up bills, putting down a deposit and signing documents.

Through Resooma Bills, we enable all rental properties to be ‘bills included’, by allowing users to set up all their bills for a property with our set-up-and-split service. In the future, we’ll also be incorporating rent payment into this service as well. Eliminating a couple of these stages should make the process a much easier one for renters!

Already sorted your house but need to set up bills? We can help with this too – we set up and split your utilities for you. Get a free quote for your utilities here

Searching for a property? Resooma lists properties across the UK with transparent data about areas and tenant reviews. Search all available accommodation on one trusted website. Find your perfect match property in London here