SpareRoom UK

A UK flatshare search app for renters and room owners

SpareRoom UK is the phone version of SpareRoom, a UK flatshare site. The developer says it has helped more than 13,000,000 people find a flatmate or a flatshare. It is aimed at people who want a room in a shared flat, including students starting university, people moving to the UK, and people tired of living alone.

It also suits people with a spare room who want to find someone to share the flat with.

Searching UK flatshare listings by city

The listing names London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and says the service covers the rest of the UK too. Because it runs on a phone, you can look for a room while you are out. The developer says the service is about the people in a flat as much as the flat itself, so the search is meant to help you judge both.

Finding a flatmate for a room you already have

The listing presents the app as a way to deal with an empty room, not only as a place to look for one. You can use it to search for another flatmate or flatshare from the same service. Both sides of the search sit in one app.

Contacting support and sending feedback

The listing says a customer support team can help with a search, a problem, or feedback. Contact goes through a feedback option at the bottom of the home screen.

The developer describes the feedback option as new.

The developer's figure for flatmates found

The developer states that, on average, someone finds a flatmate through SpareRoom every 3 minutes. The figure comes from the developer.