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Roomies has a rating of 3.5 stars from 118 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Roomies most frequently mention background check and potential roommates. Roomies ranks 2nd among Roommate sites.
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Owner Francisca wants someone to control...has cameras everywhere. Ordered me around doing chores that her or her son could do but she is sooo lazy, very loud and very deceptive. A wily personality. Police have been here twice already and I have only been here 2 weeks...said she doesn't get along well with women but I am a man and trust me, she's off her rocker. I am studying yoga, that's my demeanor! Good luck to the next victim. Room was great though with adjacent bathroom. Can't say anything bad about accommodations. If you don't do all her housework for her...you're toast. She's a real hypocrite...I don't judge because I have been unstable at one point...and karma is a $#*!! Hope this helps. Namaskaram!
I rent out rooms in my house and several of my tenants have reached out to me from Roomies. Definitely one of the top three useful sites when renting
No one gets back to a potential renter. This business is a scam. The rooms that seem legit are never available.
I posted a room for rent, and I found the good applicant for this room. My room was rented out after I posted a couple weeks.
The Roomies site is really helpful. I will definitely spread the words to friends.
I had quite a lot of interested renters. I like that roomies verified the Identity of these renters and also thier criminal background & credit checks. Makes me feel at ease. Easy to use.
Overall the app is really user friendly, good to use, the matches sometimes were hit or miss. Truly though I would recommend this app for anyone that's seeking a room to rent you you can see if they're verified not verified so it gives you some sense of security
My daughter rented a room from this woman. She broke into her room several times while she was doing her internship. Doors were left open, camera was installed to stop her. Stole mail from her boyfriend and behave strangely odd. Do not rent with this woman, she is moving to another apartment; RENTERS BEWARE!
Easy to use, and quality of users exceeded my expectations. I was able to quickly navigate the site, and felt that the integration with credit checks led to a secure way to share sensitive information
This site is awesome! It's up to date and easy to use! Highly recommend!
Just be sure that who you search for has same values and interests.
Everything worked out for us. Thank YOU! We found the roommate we wanted and she's with us now. Thank you for all your help.
My daughter used roomies.com to find a room and had an absolutely traumatizing experience! Her landlord ended up being a nightmare and their ad was completely misleading. When she reported the landlord's behavior, the customer service ignored her and behaved as though my daughter was inconveniencing them! They have continued allowing the landlord to keep their ad up. Terrifying when you realize any scammers or abusive landlords are not only allowed, but supported and encouraged by roomies.com to continue to prey on trusting renters.
I have had good experiences with this site a couple of times in the past, many years ago, so I decided to use it again.This experience however, has been horrible.I contacted customer service to let them know that the home I found on their site and ended up moving into, was not safe for future renters. Several things about their ad were not accurate or truthful. The landlord had been inappropriate and aggressive from the moment I signed the lease, and was attempting to rent out other rooms as well. I was concerned another renter would be duped. Customer service I told me if I sent them proof they would address it. I sent them several screenshots of weird, aggressive texts sent by my landlord and didn't hear back from roomies.com for several days. When they finally responded they told me it wasn't their problem, they weren't going to help me, and I should go to the local courthouse to find out what my rights were. They allowed my landlord to keep her ad up and it is still up several months later. The staff at roomies.com is astoundingly unprofessional and completely negligent in their consideration for the safety of renters. I can only imagine how many thousands of terrifying landlords they have been warned about all over the country and they allow them to keep their ads up. This site is horribly unsafe for renters because of the behavior of roomies.com employees. Your safety is at risk if you use roomies.com!
Update: Inappropriate behavior by a landlord towards a tenant is not a disagreement. Deceitful ads are not monitored or reviewed by the roomies team at all when reported-that is a lie. After asking for evidence and it was provided, it was specified to me by a roomies employee that you only care about their on site activity-not their behavior in the home with a tenant. That can be horrible and roomies.com will happily still leave the ad up. Your response should tell the public everything they need to know.
First off,I moved in on the 10th of the month and he claimed I owed him for the whole month. Not to mention he asked for the rent a week before it was due.
He failed to mention that he had his daughter living there,shooting up and leaving needles and blood all over the house.
My belongings came up missing.clothes,cologne and food.
He let me slide on paying half the deposit and I over payed by a week on the last month I stayed there. He refused to pay my deposit back and claims I stole hair dryers from him. I don't have hair.
I wouldn't recommend letting my animal stay there. Much less a person.
This isn't a mark against this man,personally he and I were ok with each other.but I'm still missing my stuff and he hasn't paid me my money that he owes me. It's been 2 months since I left.
It was smooth and the app has all the resources you need from screening to rental agreement One stop shop
I literally did nothing wrong. Just logged in, and got banned out of no where. I tried emailing them and no response. Oh well. Im going to use FB groups.
So this is a very big issue. I was in desperate need of a place and my roommate on Roomies failed to tell me she's a drug and alcoholic user. This site needs to be removed post haste
This girl is not only my newfound best friend but she's willing to pay for all my debts! Thank you roomies! Thank you Jesus!
An excellent program for finding a roomie. Once I caught on it was easy to check in with potential roomies who were interested in my bedrrom for rent. I contacted several through this safe site and finally chose one.
It isn't very thorough, considering i had to relocate 4 months into the lease. Just made the experience a little less enjoyable.
Roomies provides a great site to list your rooms for rent. The selection of tenants is amazing and it's easy to use the website.
Answer: Legit. It does offer a place for roommates to find someone to share an apartment or a house
Answer: Hi Kathleen, Credit checks are generally completed within 24 hours. Background checks can vary depending on the county courthouse. Some users experience a faster turnaround, and others may experience longer delays. Most do receive their results within 3-5 days. Hope this helps, The Roomies Team
Answer: Hi Kathleen, Thank you for your inquiry. There are two ways users can initiate background checks. Option 1. A person can purchase the check and assign it to a potential roommate. The potential roommate can then submit their information and they will both receive the report once completed. Option 2. The person completing the background check can purchase and submit their info. (This can be either the person posting a room or a potential renter). Once the check is completed, they can share the report with others. At the moment, our credit checks can only be initiated by the person who wants to complete them. Keep in mind that some potential renters may also request that the person renting a room have a credit check or background check completed if they will be living in the home. I hope this answers your question. If you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our support team via email at hello@roomies.com. All the best, The Roomies Team
Answer: I was on a lot of different rooms for rent apartments for rent a lot of different apps. It's super frustrating roomies was really easy to use it was user friendly. Just put in what you're looking for and it will bring up matches for you at the same time you do have to be careful cuz sometimes there's scam artists out there
Answer: Nothing, in fact I used it in conjunction with other sites to further broaden my search for a place to stay. And although I didn't find it through Roomies in the end, I still had a pleasant experience—and made some new friends along the way!
Hi Rebecca,
Roomies puts a lot of time and effort into keeping the community as safe and secure as possible. When reporting another Roomies member, we ask for supporting evidence to ensure our security team makes the proper decision. All reports are reviewed and noted. We understand how frustrating it can be to have a dispute or disagreement with another roommate. We will continue to monitor the account reported.
All the best,
The Roomies Team