Post a Room portfolio
Mobile App
UX/UI
2022
Mobile app that helps to find a room to rent
Clients
Didn't want to make the best ever rental app but wanted to research the real estate market in London
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Post-a-room will help our clients to collect statistics on this profitable market
The app aimed to become a place to gather info:
who rents;
what rentals are in demand
what budget people have
Mind Map
The app has a typical renting flow with two user roles: a landlord and a renter
Wireframes
We created wireframes to put the mind map into screens and lay out blocks in the interface
London has soaring rental prices,
so people are willing to get a room instead of an apartment
The landlord and the renter can communicate in the app but they have to meet in person to sign the agreement or secure a deposit
Two roles
The app has two user roles, the landlord and the renter. A user can switch the role at any time. The roles have different onboarding and navigation.
Search for a room
Created an ad
Design
The client gave us a typical real estate reference — Airbnb. So we chose a black and white palette with one accent color as in the example but changed the accent to violet.
Typography and color
Font: Poppins
Color: #69238C
POST-A-ROOM
Looks good ≠ usable
But in the development stage, the slider turned out to be unusable. The real estate market has a wide price range that cannot fit in the slider. We replaced it with manual price range settings so users can set an exact range.
Important details
A chat is a common app feature but we can make it better. When a user opens the chat in Post-a-room, they first see a message that they haven't seen, not the last sent one.
I'm just watching
The app has a guest mode that allows to browse ads in the app without signing up.
This is how we allow users to evaluate the product before sharing their personal data.
Users are asked to sign up via their phone number or other accounts when they want to save the ads, send a message to the landlord, or place their own ads.
Result
This is not our first real estate app, so we don't worry about the app quality. But this app has an unusual purpose. We're waiting for its release to see if Post-a-room fulfills its assignment.
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