Tinder for flatmates? New app will help you find your perfect roomie

The new app pairs up renters with their perfect flatmate using artificial intelligence

Finding a flat in London is nothing short of a nightmare – and finding a perfect flatmate is even harder.

People’s worst habits are on show when you live with them so when you flatshare you need to make sure you’re living with someone you can tolerate.

While there are sites dedicated to helping you find a flatmate, a new app that launched in London this week just made the process even easier.

The free app – called Badi – promises to help pair up potential flatmates using artificial intelligence. It is the fastest-growing flat-sharing app in Spain and works kind of like Tinder in the way that it suggests potential flatmates based on personality, interests and search preferences.

People looking for a flatmate can then swipe through potential candidates and ‘match’ with people who want to move into their house.

The start-up says its AI feature helps to “unveil patterns in characteristics users seek when looking for a flatmate resulting in a perfect match that otherwise would have been missed."

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Once you have matched with someone, you can chat to them and, before they can come for a viewing of the place, they need to verify their profile by confirming their email address, phone number and bank account.

You can also pay a deposit through Badi which will securely hold the deposit from the new tenant for 48 hours after the move in date before releasing to the lister (i.e either the tenant or the landlord).

Badi says it has already attracted 40,000 users in London since April despite only launching this week – probably because Londoners are searching for anything that will help make the moving process easier.

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