We asked students to provide detailed reviews of the houses they lived in, then gave the full data to other students to help them make an informed decision about their next house.
What happened in the pilot
What the students who paid to use it told us
80%
looked up reviews for 5+ houses
57%
said the site helped them avoid bad houses
43%
said it helped them find a good house
100%
said it helps students make better housing decisions
Redland housing league table
Click a row to read the full review, or a column heading to sort.
Redland ranking▴
Property▾
Bedrooms▾
Overall rating▾
Rent per person▾
Would tenants recommend it?▾
About this data
This is real data from an earlier pilot we ran with students in Redland, Bristol. Some details have been amended or filled in to keep the data anonymised and complete.
Street names are real. House numbers and reviewer names have been removed. Each house gets a letter instead (House A, House B…), assigned by ranking, so the letter doesn't reveal the house number. Where a property has more than one review, its rating and rent are the average of those reviews.
Rent is per person, per month, based on prices at the time of the pilot.
Written comments appear exactly as tenants gave them, so not every review has detailed comments.
We're exploring a proper pilot with universities
This page is a prototype, not a live product. We're talking to a small number of universities about running this properly, so let us know how we could make it as useful as possible for your university and students. We'd love to hear any ideas you have.