Roommates.com

It's a waste of time. There are few individuals on it, that's assuming they are real profiles. You can't message anyone to find out because you need to pay for all contact with anyone. It's not free. It's not useful. Use Facebook, Craigslist for roommates. Both free both more chances of finding someone.
This is the 2nd time I tried using this site. I have never received a message. I get 10 a day or more on Facebook.

You'll create a profile and then see a bunch of others. Most of them are lame, no surprise, but some people put real effort into creating them. If you want to read messages or reply to them you have to pay. I paid $10/mo and have now messaged about 50 people. I wondered why nobody replied, but then I realized they would have to pay to reply. It's basically a scummy scam of a website. This pricing model sucks, and it makes it nearly impossible to actually use the site. They should at least give paying users a way to filter to only see other paying users, if those are the 1% we'll actually be able to contact.

Chloe Cruickshank and Emily Fleur Butler are completely untrustworthy. I was their roommate/landlord for three years, was understanding when they were frequently late on rent and didn't pay bills for months, and when they first moved in allowed them to pay less than a month for their deposit. At the end of their tenancy they stopped paying rent and bills entirely a month before they were scheduled to move out. They said their deposit would cover the rent. I was understanding again, because I trusted them, and they promised they would pay the outstanding bills.

Then, they stayed longer than their scheduled move out date, thereby owing the remaining rent missing from their deposit as well as an extra week's rent. Again, they promised repeatedly to pay the difference before they moved out.

Lo and behold, move out date arrives and they leave while I'm out, without paying me. They have been ghosting me ever since, in spite of texts, emails and calls begging them to pay me the nearly £1000 they owe me.

Not to mention, they left their room completely disgusting, the walls were covered with mold, the floor was littered with dirt, dust, trash, dirty socks and press-on nails. I honestly don't know how they were comfortable living like that, it was truly gross.

I'm a student without a lot of money myself, and have been left high and dry by two women whom I trusted. Don't make my mistake! They will lie if they want to get out of paying, and they are just plain gross.

Please, avoid Emily Fleur Butler and Chloe Cruickshank.

I've used Roommates.com 3-5 times in past years and up until now (2019) it was fine. But they've changed it and severely watered down the search criteria. Aside from what I say in my profile, if I simply want to conduct a search on my own, I cannot narrow it down to "female" for example nor can I narrow it down to a particular dollar amount for the rent or a particular age range. If I'd known about these changes, I never would have spent the $20 this time. Also, when I play the role of someone looking for a room (I am offering a room) and do a search that SHOULD turn up my posting, it does not show up!

Inviting someone to share your home is stressful and risky for both parties. This is a nice way to get to know a little about the person without letting everything out all at once. This was my first experience with finding a roomer. Now, I have the extra funds I need to keep my household above water, and she has a safe comfortable place for much less than extended stay. My only small complaint is you must register every time you want to open a prospects profile. Not a big problem but it seems a little unnecessary.
Overall, this company reached the people who might be interested in renting where I live. I will use them again.

4* for not making everyone pay and the limited number of people I can communicate with inside the app. I used roommates.com to find a roommate to move into my place in 2005 and again after I moved in 2007 (14 years, then he moved out and got married). I'm looking again and pickings are a little slim since I am looking for only a mature/no drama male. I am a woman and prefer not to tell someone my name and where I live until my fiance and I have had a chance to meet and chat with them, so Facebook is not an option. So, I'm resigned to paying $15 a month and staying on top of the new listings so I can contact potential renters before they get jaded by the scammers. It isn't perfect, but I don't blame the site for that and they do have a report button and you can block people from messaging you. If they can't read my message and aren't willing to pay $15 to find a place to live, they probably aren't going to pay $45 for a background/credit check or pay their rent either so I won't contact them off-site. As far as paying, do you work for free? I'd love to find a roommate site that does a background/credit check as part of the sign-up process, would get rid of the scammers and some of the non-paying and violent/dishonest roommates and well worth the price.

Waste of time. You spend some time making a profile to list your available room, get excited about it, but you can't actually see messages from interested tenants without paying? I feel they should make it more obvious from the get-go that you have to pay to actually read messages. Thank you for wasting my time.

Once again, Roommates.com was an awesome help. The last roommate I found through this site three years ago still is very responsible, mature and easy to get along with but her company is moving and now so is she. My new roommate certainly seems to be the same and I found her within two weeks. Much better "selection or roomies" - I'd hesitate to write that but we both felt that way - than with the free online ads. Thanks for so improving my life; for turning what could be a nightmare process into something of a breeze.

I've used Roommates.com twice in the past year, and have had excellent success both times. Yes, there are scammers. (Just use your common sense.) Yes, it costs money. ($20 is a great investment to find someone you're going to be living with for a year!) Yes, it works. I would highly recommend it. Not everyone you email will respond, and not everyone who responds to your post will be someone you emailed. But by using the website's mail feature to communicate with potential roomies before giving out any personal information, you should be able to find a great match. It's worked for me twice, and I'll definitely use them again when the time comes! Good luck, be safe, and enjoy your new roommate!

Step 1: Make a profile. If you want to go to Step 2, you have to pay. Would be nice to get a few free messages to try it out. I have a feeling some of the emails I'm receive are from fake accounts trying to contact me, so I will pay for roommates.com's upgraded services to read the messages. The term "upgrade" should really be "basic" services. You can't even view other members enlarged profile pictures. This is the only review I've ever made on a service. I feel that this business model is sooo poor, I had to comment. There have been so many complaints about this and the company still hasn't changed it's business model. Shows what Roommates.com really care about. $$$

A free account is great for everything (except actually communicating with potential roommates or looking at pictures - you have to pay for that). Outdated site, no mobile app, limited abilities... and when I deactivated my account by selecting "Not satisfied with Roommates.com" I received a congratulatory email wishing me luck with the roommate I definitely didn't find on their site. Horrible site.