American start-uppers had an idea of building an apartment hunting platform for Graduate College Students. As young Graduates are often confronted with a problem of living off campus, the mobile and web applications would come in handy for those, who want to start living independently.
STU's view.
Magora team successfully performed the task of making a mobile app for iPad. Plus a Web version with the same functionality of an apartment hunting service for Graduate College Students.
- Client
- US start-up for graduate students (client unnamed)
- Industry
- Real Estate and Property Management apps
Built by Magora
This STU's view project was designed and built by Magora. We are a London software development company (since 2010) building property and real estate apps for UK businesses, from a free working prototype to launch and support.
01 / Brief
02 / Solution
We worked in close collaboration with our American clients to create a web application for desktop computers and design an app for iPads. Our solution is based entirely on Google Maps, it uses a side widget to set the search parameters. Users can identify their preferences, e.g. location, housing type, rental price, pets etc., and see the results on the map and navigate easily. Registered users are equipped with some advanced options: they can save their favourite listings, take notes, submit apartment rental applications and get pre-approved. From the technological viewpoint, the app is comprised of a client application written in HTML5 and JS, web-service and MS SQL database. The components are linked via Ajax-requests.
Project facts
STU's view, at a glance.
Apartment-hunting platform for graduate students: map-based search with saved listings and rental applications
Client
US start-up for graduate students (client unnamed)
Sector
Real estate: student housing
Platforms
Web (HTML5, JS, MS SQL), iPad app
Scope
Integrations: Google Maps; registered-user features: favourite listings, notes, rental applications and pre-approval; apps: desktop web application and iPad app
Results
Students search housing on a map by location, type, price and pets, then save favourites, add notes and submit rental applications.
ServicesDesign · development
— Tech stack
Built with what holds up at scale.
Google Maps
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