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Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale

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Re: Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale

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Post by travisleestreet »

jspash wrote: post #43
bitforge wrote: post #41

doesn't UK have something like redfin or zillow?

Aye. https://www.zoopla.co.uk/

Yeah there are a couple big property portals. Zoopla mentioned above is the number 2 player, Rightmove is far and away #1

Re: Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale

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Post by travisleestreet »

joosters wrote: post #40

Improvement suggestion: Keep the search text in the search field when you show the results. The 'what are you looking for' box gets cleared when you show the results, it would be nicer if the search text was kept so that you could tweak it.

Thanks for the feedback. We're still working out the ideal way to manage the search, lots of trade-offs depending on what route you go. But there's definitely room for improvement.

Re: Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale

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Post by travisleestreet »

linuws wrote: post #42

Nice one! I would love if it could use coordinates too. Like, "Pool and outdoor shower near me" or "Flower garden with 1h commute to work " I know it's hard to figure out time depending on your transportation but at least that would not give me search results from the other side of the country.

We don't have the drop coordinates part, but you can ask it '...within 1 hour commute by [transport] of [location]' and then it will create a polygon of all the places that match that.

Re: Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale

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Post by Otternonsenz »

itscoops wrote: post #36
sky_rw wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like this site is more EU based. Does anybody here know if there is an MLS equivalent in this jurisdiction and/or if similar copyright holders over there are as litigious?

There’s not an MLS equivalent in the UK, property data is quite fragmented. We’re not looking to display anything an estate agent doesn’t want us to - agents tell us they’re very happy for us to serve as an advertising channel. And we’d immediately action any sort of take down request.

Then this might serve as an interesting opportunity for you to sell leads or direct them towards the info you’re scraping from.

Tho if it works as free advertisement on either side, that’s a win-win.

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