Share housing · Melbourne first

Never live with a stranger again.

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Rumy matches you with housemates on how you connect: when you sleep, how tidy you are, how you feel about guests and noise. You can see why you matched and who's phone verified, and you get to know the people before the room.

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Starting in Melbourne.

Why now

Uber made strangers' cars normal.

Airbnb made strangers' homes normal for a night.

Rumy does it for the place you actually live.

A room in the Rumy app: a double room in Brunswick with its weekly rent and the person listing it

How it works

Three things, done properly.

Most sites show you the room and leave you to guess about the people. Rumy starts with the people.

Verify.

A verified badge on Rumy means that person has confirmed their phone number. You can't pay for the badge. Photos are reviewed before anyone else sees them.

Phone verification is live

Rumy compatibility dials: sleep window, social energy, tidiness, guests and background noise

Match.

You tell Rumy when you sleep, how tidy you keep things, how often you have people over and how much noise you're fine with. Rumy compares that with each housemate and shows you where you line up and where you don't.

Matched on how you connect

The Rumy match screen, shown when two people shortlist each other

Rate.

This one isn't switched on yet. Once you've lived with someone, you'll both rate how it went, and those ratings will help make the next matches better.

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The long game

People share houses for years now.

With rents and the cost of living where they are, a lot of people now share from uni right through to saving for a deposit. That's a lot of moves, and each one has meant starting again with people you don't know.

Rumy stays with you the whole way. Your profile, your verification and your match settings come with you to the next house, so you're not starting from scratch each time. It's an app you keep after you've found a place.

From your first share house to your last

Trust & safety

Trust who you live with.

Here's what Rumy checks today, and what it doesn't.

Phone verification

Verified on Rumy means one thing today: the person has confirmed their phone number. Look for the badge on their profile.

Photos reviewed first

Every photo is reviewed before anyone else sees it. That goes for profile photos and room photos.

Real numbers only

When Rumy shows a median rent or a count, it comes from real data. If the sample is too small to be reliable, we show the count on its own or leave it out.

Report anything that's off

You can report a listing, a photo or a person from inside the app. Reports are read by a person, and the verified badge is never for sale.

What Rumy doesn't do: we don't run police checks or rental history checks, so the badge says nothing about anyone's past. ID verification is on the way. Until it's live, verified means a confirmed phone number and nothing more.

Know the market

Check the rent before the inspection.

We track share house rents across Melbourne, suburb by suburb: median room rents, availability and timing. It's free to use and updated as new data comes in.

Melbourne share houses, suburb by suburb73 suburbs · rents, availability & timing The Rumy Rent TrackerShare house rents across the whole city Rent split calculatorSplit the rent fairly when the rooms aren't equal

Get Rumy

Get the app.

Rumy is on the App Store and Google Play. Matching and messaging happen in the app, and it's free to join. On the web you can browse rooms, list a room and take the housemate quiz.

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FAQ

Common questions.

What is Rumy?

Rumy is a housemate matching app for share houses. You match with the people first, on how you connect, and then look at the room. You can see why you matched with someone and whether they've verified their phone number.

Where does Rumy work?

Melbourne first. Rumy is open across Melbourne, and you can already see rent data for 73 suburbs.

What does "verified" mean on Rumy?

Right now it means phone verified. A profile with the badge has confirmed its phone number. Photos are also reviewed before they appear. ID verification is coming, and until it's live we won't count it as part of the badge. We don't check anyone's history.

How much does Rumy cost?

It's free to join, match and message.

I've got a room. How do I list it?

List it in the app or at rumy.online. Add the room, then tell people about the house and who you're looking for. Seekers on Rumy see who lives there as well as the room, so it's worth being upfront.

Is there an app?

Yes. Rumy is on the App Store and Google Play. The web version at rumy.online covers browsing rooms, listing a room and the housemate quiz.