Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
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Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#2We've spent the last few weeks building Locatable, a property search website for London. We've integrated lots of transport data (tube/rail/road) to help you figure out where to live. Road travel times are a bit off at the moment, but we're working on it. Just looking to get feedback from other HNers, let us know what you think!
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#3We've spent the last few weeks building Locatable, a property search website for London. We've integrated lots of transport data (tube/rail/road) to help you figure out where to live. Road travel times are a bit off at the moment, but we're working on it. Just looking to get feedback from other HNers, let us know what you think!
I really like this.
Do you think it would be possible to add cycling as a variable?
As in... based on average commuter cycling speed of 14mph including lights, etc.
If so, then great I'll go and tell a load of cyclists about it.
I guess the next problem for you though is the chicken and egg of getting data in there.
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#4We've spent the last few weeks building Locatable, a property search website for London. We've integrated lots of transport data (tube/rail/road) to help you figure out where to live. Road travel times are a bit off at the moment, but we're working on it. Just looking to get feedback from other HNers, let us know what you think!
I really like this. Do you think it would be possible to add cycling as a variable? As in... based on average commuter cycling speed of 14mph including lights, etc. If so, then great I'll go and tell a load of cyclists about it. I guess the next problem for you though is the chicken and egg of getting data in there.
Thanks! Cycling is one of the data points we are planning to add v soon, pretty much as you described (using average speed profile to calculate the travel times).
We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at.
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#5it's nice but the help popup is extreamly annoying.
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#6I really like this project, I'll be going into uni next year and I know this will become useful later down the line.
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#7Nice! My wife and I have been looking in North London lately.
A huge problem is that properties that have sold are still listed a long time afterwards.
We've had to stop using online search helpers because of all of the false positives.
Will your site help with this?
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really like this. Do you think it would be possible to add cycling as a variable? As in... based on average commuter cycling speed of 14mph including lights, etc. If so, then great I'll go and tell a load of cyclists about it. I guess the next problem for you though is the chicken and egg of getting data in there.
Thanks! Cycling is one of the data points we are planning to add v soon, pretty much as you described (using average speed profile to calculate the travel times). We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at.
> We're also planning on integrating a lot more data - there's a whole load of open government stuff (think crime stats, schools data) in particular that we're looking at.
This would be great. I moved to London last year and I had no idea where I should live. I ended up travelling all over the city looking at dodgy flats before I found a place that had all the things I wanted.
I could have avoided a lot of wasted time on thoughts such as "Elephant and Castle sounds like a lovely place"
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#9Nice! My wife and I have been looking in North London lately. A huge problem is that properties that have sold are still listed a long time afterwards. We've had to stop using online search helpers because of all of the false positives. Will your site help with this?
We've been hearing this a lot from speaking to people. Right now, it's a bit difficult as we're just using Zoopla's API (http://developer.zoopla.com/) for the listings. To try and minimise the problem, by default we're showing property listings by Most Recently Published.
Re: Show HN: Our new property search website for London - Locatable
#10Nice! My wife and I have been looking in North London lately. A huge problem is that properties that have sold are still listed a long time afterwards. We've had to stop using online search helpers because of all of the false positives. Will your site help with this?
Yea I've had the same problem looking in North London. Just ended going to every estate agent we could find. Some of the are pretty terrible though