Two people, one home, infinite Rightmove tabs.
Roost gives you a single place to keep the shortlist, weigh up the trade-offs, and read each other's notes without sending another link at midnight.
N° 01London rentals, refined
The best London flats don't hang around.
Roost is a quiet iOS app that watches London's listings and brings the ones matched to your taste to the top of your feed. Bring your partner or your flatmates in when you're ready to decide.
Download on theApp StoreBuilt in LondoniOS first
N° 02The problem
Renting in London means fourteen identical search alerts and a dozen open browser tabs, and the good ones still reach you late, usually because you happened to be looking somewhere else.
Roost is built to put the right properties in front of you, then give you a calm shared space to make the call. One place to discover, track and decide, all the way through to the day you collect the keys.
day 13
is when a quarter of London's homes have left the market, counted from the day they appear
£2,500
is the median London rent across the city, and the second bedroom is where it climbs
81%
of the price changes we recorded were cuts, so the asking rent is rarely the final word
Not a slogan: figures from the 28,527 London listings Roost has tracked across 33 boroughs. See what London actually costs.
N° 03How it works
Four steps. No spreadsheets.
01
Set your taste
Tell Roost what you actually want: commute, light, layout, neighbourhood, ceiling height. The Match learns from every swipe.
02
See it first
Every new listing across London's agents is scored against your taste, and the strong matches rise to the top of your feed.
03
Track
Anything you save lands in the Tracker. Its stage moves from Saved to Contacted, Viewing arranged and Applied. Bring your household in when you want them.
04
Go and see it
Record the viewing, add it to your calendar, set a reminder and keep your questions in one place. Then say how it went.
N° 04The feed
A Match that knows why.
Every property carries a Match, with the reasons spelled out. Light from the east. Twelve minutes to the office. Quiet street, with a loud high street round the corner. You see why a flat fits before you tap in.
Scroll down and Roost lists what matches your search, and what doesn't. Double-tap a photo to save the ones you like.
N° 05Tracker
One Tracker, all of you.
From Saved to Applied, every flat lives in one shared pipeline. Move a stage forward and the household sees it. No forwarded links, no lost screenshots.
Your Tracker looks after every home you save: record a viewing, add it to your calendar, set a reminder, keep your questions in one place, and say how it went.
N° 06Insights
Insights no other app gives you.
Insights shows you how your budget fits into London's market, and lets you tweak it to give you the best chance.
Drag the budget and the figures follow. Then compare your areas for the same-sized home, cheapest first, with your budget drawn across them.
N° 07Places
The places you go, on every home.
Pin the places that matter to you, like work or family, and every home shows the door-to-door journey to each one.
Choose the neighbourhoods you'd happily live in. Pick a borough and its neighbourhoods appear underneath.
N° 08Notifications
The good ones rise to the top.
Roost watches new listings across London's top estate agents and scores each one against your taste. The strongest matches come straight to your feed, with a notification so you can enquire while they're still fresh.
The alert carries the price, the area, why it fits and a photo of the home.
N° 09Who it's for
Two people or four. Same problem, same Roost.
Three or four of you, all on different timezones of a Tuesday.
Say what you think when you can, add a note when you've thought about it, and watch the Tracker move forward without anyone having to chase. Built so no one ends up the project manager.
N° 10Built in London
- Independent and built in London, by renters who got tired of the search.
- Every property ranked on Match alone.
