A property search engine in the UK(cravify.com)
cravify.com
A property search engine in the UK
http://cravify.com/rent/
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> Rightmove and friends are still on a different level
Maybe, but Rightmove is nevertheless lousy, apart from having the most properties. I'd really like to see something better.
Maybe, but Rightmove is nevertheless lousy, apart from having the most properties. I'd really like to see something better.
I'm currently looking for a house in the UK so I gave this a go. I found the interface incredible buggy.
The search tools didn't work correctly, adjusting the price either made no difference to the properties shown or just came up with an error, "Ad detail is not available at this zoom level."
The photo only thing doesn't seem to do anything.
When navigating around my city every I would have to wait for the search results to repopulate which only took a second but was very annoying.
https://aboutmybrowser.com/1VABv1jf
The search tools didn't work correctly, adjusting the price either made no difference to the properties shown or just came up with an error, "Ad detail is not available at this zoom level."
The photo only thing doesn't seem to do anything.
When navigating around my city every I would have to wait for the search results to repopulate which only took a second but was very annoying.
https://aboutmybrowser.com/1VABv1jf
"Ad detail is not available at this zoom level" is not an error, it means you have to zoom in to see all the properties because there are too many properties at that zoom level.
When you click on a photo, shouldn't it be zoomed in ? I am surprised that the price filter doesn't work. Could you tell me which city you were looking at ?
When you click on a photo, shouldn't it be zoomed in ? I am surprised that the price filter doesn't work. Could you tell me which city you were looking at ?
The first thing I noticed about this is that it feels slow. If you want people to use it, navigating around the map needs to feel smooth. This could be something as simple as putting in a little delay between the user moving the map and you starting to load your pricing data.
The second thing I noticed is that it was, by default, zoomed in somewhere in Germany. I am not in Germany. Why not centre it based on the user's IP? Or, just have it zoomed out to start with?
I like the idea though.
The second thing I noticed is that it was, by default, zoomed in somewhere in Germany. I am not in Germany. Why not centre it based on the user's IP? Or, just have it zoomed out to start with?
I like the idea though.
nah it is initially centered in London because it has only data from the UK.
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You cannot search by postcode -- worse, any time it won't recognise whatever search term you input, it will just reload the same page without any sort of warning/sorry message.
When you happen to enter a recognised name, you get sent to a "town centre" which is anything but -- it looks like it's just being calculated, and over a very wide area. For example, Stockport town centre is close to the M60, but the borough is technically quite wide, so the "central" pin is dropped somewhere out in the sticks.
Zoom out to see the entire country, and it looks like only London, Edinburgh and Glasgow have properties; but if you click at random, you'll see that it's not the case.
It's incredibly slow and non-intuitive, and looks like a side-project. Rightmove and friends are still on a different level.