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New York
1 review
20 helpful votes
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Worked for me
April 30, 2021

This website is the reason why I met my current roommate. Its true of all roommate websites that people will ghost you or not reach out. That says more about how other people are than the actual website. I'm not sure how the verification works, but with the basic account I was able to find people who were willing to live with me. Unfortunately, scammers exist everywhere you look for this time of thing, but the website itself worked out well for me.

Date of experience: April 30, 2021
North Carolina
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Don't not rent here!
February 26, 2023

This home is located in Conyers. The lady in charge has issues and a lot of rules. You can't have guest but once a week. They're cameras all over the place except in your room and bathroom. She watches and monitors your every move 24/7. Parking is terrible because you basically park on the side of a hill and there in no sufficient space if you have a big truck. You can't really use the washer and dryer if you have large loads and have limited space in the fridge. You can't use her oven or stove.

Date of experience: February 26, 2023
Mississippi
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Yikes
July 18, 2021

Over the weekend, I messaged a woman with a strange name, let's just call her "dolphin," looking for a roommate, and after 2.5 days, I had still heard nothing back, despite seeing she was online. I messaged her again to let her know she should've responded in that time. Then she called me a $#*!, which was weird because she was in her 30s, so like, act your age. So, in short, I don't like the website. The only people who have messaged me requesting to live with me are creepy old men & the aforementioned $#*!, dolphin.

Date of experience: July 18, 2021
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Extremely impressive to find a compatible roommate
December 24, 2022

I was extremely impressed with the level of professionalism and overall quality of the site. The design was user-friendly, making it easy to search for potential roommates and connect with them through the platform.

The website also had a variety of helpful features, such as a roommate matching algorithm. This helped me find a compatible roommate in a short amount of time. I appreciate the effort that went into creating such a comprehensive and helpful resource.

Additionally, the customer service team is responsive and helpful. Overall, I highly recommend roomies to anyone looking for a professional and reliable way to find a new roommate. It made the process so much easier and stress-free, and I am grateful for the service this page provides.

Date of experience: December 21, 2022
North Carolina
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Be diligent
April 18, 2022

The site may be fine, but be diligent with who you rent from in here. The lady I drove 2000 miles to move in with, didn't own the property, she leases it. She didn't want the owner to know. Just make sure you're dealing with an owner, not a tenant

Date of experience: April 18, 2022
Maryland
1 review
17 helpful votes
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I legitimately signed up because I desperately need a room as rentals are scarce and rents have been grossly escalated. I was forced out of my place due to high rents and no maintenance or repairs, plus we were faced with 13 pages of addendums which was a totally comply or get out ultimatum. One place wanted $675 in advance as a cleaning fee in case we skip out during the night. Others are forcing renters to set up e- funds transfers from our bank accounts to pay rent, no other options, so next time we have a disaster, you may not eat but they'll have your rent payment. So anyways in light of the current situation, I expect posters to be honest and prompt. If your listing is still up but you already have a roomie, be considerate and take down your posting. If someone inquired about your spot and it's no longer available, be courteous and say so, don't leave them hanging waiting for a response. On 3 separate occasions, I have not gotten a response. This is discourteous and you shouldn't be allowed to post if you can't respond to inquiries. It's the posters' responsibility to remove the add so do so when it is no longer available. Plain and simple- a little respect. People don't like to be toyed with.

Date of experience: October 16, 2021
Arkansas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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This site is not well maintained. Most of the listings are no longer available. It is very frustrating to try to use these listings.

Date of experience: February 12, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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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.

Date of experience: September 2, 2023
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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You need to make a subscription to view messages - I think it's $12 one time and $30 monthly ongoing.
Regardless of that I was scammed on the very first offer.
Other offers were presented in misleading manner.
Stay careful or stay away!

Date of experience: February 5, 2023
Thomas C. Roomies Rep
over a year old

Hi Jakob
You must have confused the Roomies.com with another website. Roomies is free to use and does not have a paywall or any subscription or ongoing payments. We have options to feature your listing but those are not $12 are completely optional so I think it is a case of mistaken identity.
Sorry you had a bad online experience on another website.
The Roomies.com team.

Canada
1 review
25 helpful votes
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Don't go for Verification or document verification with Roomies because only they will loot your money & they will say roomies have chosen to cancel your request, without any reason. Moreover, they don't even have customer support so eventually, you will end up with nothing but losing money. I spend money twice but no results. Go to any local agency for a background check or even for finding a room.
And yes, they'll say write us an email but GOD knows in which decade they'll respond.

Date of experience: March 16, 2021
Virginia
1 review
22 helpful votes
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So sketchy
April 19, 2020

I honestly don't know where to begin. I've been looking for a roommate for the past month on here. Out of the replies that I get, once I try to access them by phone off the website they go MIA it's so weird! I ended up finding a roommate off Facebook! I had someone reach out to me and worked out her move in date around early June. Then once it was time to exchange phone numbers, she wouldn't reply. I began trying to directly reach them by phone or reverse google them on linked in and such. I think they are all fake profiles honestly don't waste your time!

Date of experience: April 18, 2020
Virginia
4 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Happy Household... AGAIN! And AGAIN!
July 25, 2022

Due to life's circumstances a longtime roomie left to move on to another life with a partner. Shortly thereafter another longtime roomie passed, I was devastated. I placed ads on several sites which were free to use without requiring you to pay extra! I placed the ad on Roomies and found 2 new roommates here! Sparks flew and we knew! Its truly been a good situation for all concerned! Personalities have blended well and everyone truly likes the others! It's a great environment! Thanks Roomies! Great site!

Date of experience: July 25, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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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

Date of experience: July 31, 2023
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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The set-up - structure of the website is excellent. The function of it could be greatly enhanced by the Site Mgr. Conducting a timely removal of people's ads for a room that have been up there for over 2-months. Required Identity Verification is a plus. Aside from that, great job.!

Date of experience: September 11, 2022
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I found last year a roommate who stayed 13 months with us, a hardworking, decent guy, his stay worked out fine, but a lot of recent roommates who contacted us to rent room are not compatible, that is not Roomies.com's fault. Thank you Roomies, you are doing a good job! We recommend you to everyone.

Date of experience: September 8, 2021
Ohio
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Useful site
June 11, 2021

I found my new roommate on this site. It is safe and secure. About half of the people I messaged didn't reply but you'll run into that on any site. I found 2 potential roommates on this site and one worked out and we move into our new place. I would recommend this site to anyone looking to rent a room or find a roommate!

Date of experience: June 10, 2021
Alabama
1 review
6 helpful votes
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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.

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Date of experience: June 2, 2023
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Roomies will ban your account for no reason. I have subscribed 3 times and verified with a legit phone number and immediately get banned. I am doing nothing wrong but messaging prospective roommates and follow all the rules. Message tech, get zero support. I guess this is a way of them hoping youll pay in order to use their site

Absolutely do not pay. Its supposed to be free but whats the point if you get banned for no reason.

Date of experience: March 30, 2023
Texas
1 review
30 helpful votes
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Fraudulent Site
December 14, 2020

Fabricated profiles of landlords and roommates here. No one is real her. One roommate ( Female) reach me to check my flat, I found her very suspicious and nontruthful, couldn't consider her as a tenant. It haunted me when i noticed same girl after few days stalking me with two more guys. After that I immediately deleted my account from this site. Huh

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Virginia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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I paid 30$ on this site to get my property posted. I waisted my money after a week or so and didn't get any offer at all. Sone one lied about me and the support sucks team banned my account. It's so so frustrating and waste of time. Be careful guys this crap will take your money abd waste your time. I emailed the support team to get my account back and still never heard from them.

Date of experience: November 1, 2022

Overview

Roomies has a rating of 3.7 stars from 114 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 1st among Roommate sites.

service
39
value
35
shipping
14
returns
15
quality
30
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