Flatmates.com.au Arvostelua 

I have advertised a room and never had anyone is interested! and the idea of not letting people message freely unless paying for expensive plans!

Everyone sends you a message saying they are interested but won't show or inspect. I believe most of these people are fake accounts created by Flatmates to get you to waste your money in signing up. This would explain so many 1 star reviews here and on Productreview. Had better luck with Gumtree and Flatmatefinder.

only 2 gender options, please put some other options

I found a beautiful house and went for inspection. The lady told me that her daughters had moved out and I believed her because I didn’t see her daughters when I go for inspection. I paid the bond before I moved in n paid one month rent when I moved in and only to found out that her two daughters are living with her in the living room in the same house.
When I moved in The landlord lady hand written a rental bond contract for me n we both signed that contract didn’t mention the lease period, only mentioned that I need to give her two week notice before I move out to get the bond back.
And when I did gave two weeks notice, she didn’t say anything. On the day I moved out, she refused to return my bond n said m supposed to stay until the end of the year which did not mention in the contract.

I would not recommend this Flatmates to anyone. The host/landlord can do whatever they want, lied and lure ppl to pay for the room. Flatmates only act as peer to peer listing. No responsibility of how the private landlord mistreat and act toward the tenants. You’re on your own.
For the future tenants, I wouldn’t want anyone to go through this bad experience. Lost time, money and your effort of moving in and out. Not worth it!

Excellent place to find roommates or Flatmates

I had advertise on flatmates and hardly had any people interested, I even brought the price down and I took photos which you didn’t show them on flatmates.com, also they said if I pay extra money then I’ll do more extensive advertising,& all I did was show me pictures of the previous people that were looking for accommodation and when you contact them they don’t bother getting back to you!! The whole system is very poor and not user friendly at all!

Ok I understand that we have to pay but I have had 2 instances of places I was very keen on however the lessor didn’t even have the courtesy of responding to my messages. Now if I am paying for this service shouldn’t there be some accountability from the lessors end to at least respond as a matter of respect?

Every time I have used this website I have been exposed to scam artists, cons and liars.
I would suggest anyone using this website check the details and legitimacy of applicants. Certainly a platform which seems to attract unsavoury customers.

Love flatmates.com.au...33 flatmates so far & counting!!

Just wanted to give some feedback - would love to see an option of ticking “pet-free” for those of us who prefer not to co-habitate with a 4-legged flatmate.

Also, I’d love the option of a 3rd way of tagging properties (currently only 2 - starred or unstarred). It’d be helpful to have a “stop lights” system, where you could tag properties you love green (& they’d go in your shortlist), properties you’re definitely not interested in as red & other possibilities as yellow. Then you wouldn’t have to re-read profiles that you didn’t star to find out why you didn’t star them.

Thanks for your great service & all the fab housemates you’ve helped me find over the years!

This website is very user unfriendly to first timers like myself.
The fact you can't message a person unless you upgrade is pathetic and not necessary and nowhere on the site does it give you a intro on how the website works

Good experiencia, I am looking for private room

I did not have a prompt response of owner property

I can't understand the positive reviews here concerning Flatmates.com.
I advertised my spare room for rent through them, which is in a modern fully furnished home, and had nothing but bad experiences I would rather forget. People constantly rang up asking to view the room and didn't turn up, without so much as a phone call. People hung up on me when I asked for references, and the one's who did turn up were disheveled and dirty looking, which you wouldn't trust with your dog.
I ended up only advertising for students and people with professional background - which were almost impossible to find.
I was lucky that an old friend came into town, and I ended up renting it out to him. I then gave up the idea altogether after he left.
Give Flatmates.com a big miss - they're not worth the trouble!

I don't like the new changes where my monitor is over 20 years old and when you do a search, the photos are way too big. I think I'll stick with Gumtree so I can see the search listing easily.

I've recommend Flatemates.com.au to others. As I've used the service for many years. No issues creating rooms to offer flexible options.

For one, i dont like the way the website is setup. I didn't find a new place to live. I dont recommend.

Messaged numerous people about their rooms to rent and very few had the decency to reply. Trying for 2 months and the few that do offer you an inspection or meet up never get back to you after the inspection. They all have too much choice with so many people looking for a room and hardly any rooms available. just basic good manners as to a yes or no would be good.

I found it very hard to find a place to get an inspection. I found the whole website frustrating to use.

I have paid 4 weeks bond to John Chan, his property is at wattle st, Ultimo. He doesn't give me key and not allow me to move in as agreed time. He is a fraud