Collaborative maintenance tracking for roommates – hold landlords accountable together.
College students in off-campus rentals face unresponsive landlords and tracking glitches in proptech apps when submitting maintenance requests.
RoomieFix enables roommates to co-submit and track requests in shared group dashboards, voting on escalations. It eliminates individual tracking errors by syncing updates across all housemates. Built-in chat keeps everyone looped in without app glitches.
College students renting off-campus apartments or houses
Group-first collaboration with roommate voting on actions.
supportive
Invite roommates to shared property group.
Collaborative kanban for all house requests.
Vote to escalate or close requests.
Discuss issues per request.
Group alerts for responses.
Assign follow-ups to roommates.
Track overall maintenance health.
Schedule landlord meetings.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| name | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| address | text | No |
| landlord_email | text | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| status | text | No |
| group_id | uuid | No |
| votes_needed | int | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/groupsCreate group
/api/groups/:id/requestsAdd request to group
/api/requests/:id/voteVote on request
/api/groups/:id/inviteInvite roommate
No voting
2-4 members
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 200 | 1% | $35 | $420 |
| Month 6 | 1,500 | 3.5% | $1,312 | $15,744 |
RoomieFix lets roommates team up to track and enforce maintenance requests.
Target house-sharing posts on Facebook Marketplace college groups; Partner with student orgs for promo codes; Run Instagram ads to 'off-campus housing' interests in college towns.
Bill splitting
No maintenance
Request-specific collab
Home mgmt
Not group-focused
Roomie voting + chat
Network effects from group invites grow virally among roommates.
Surge in shared off-campus housing due to high dorm costs.
Realtime sync issues
Use Supabase realtime
Solo renters prefer individual apps
Pro tier for solos
Success: 80% want collab features
Success: 4/5 groups active weekly
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