Roombuddies Avis 

My name is Colin Lafferty

Totally in shock, down £400 but lesson learnt. Fraudulent people on here, by the name of JAYDEN CAMPBELL. So if you see his name, forget it.

SCAMMERS ARE US

Everyone advertising a property is a scammer! I had to pay £19.99 just start contacting people about their advertisements. None of the rooms on there are actually for rent, it's just people trying to scam you out of a deposit!!!
AVOID AT ALL COSTS

After looking for a room to rent in Edinburgh I found what seemed to be like three great options on Roombuddies, and sent the advertisers emails on the site. I was told on each occasion my emails hadn't been received because I wasn't an 'early bird' - aka I hadn't paid a subscription. Then I got an email direct to my email inbox from a Zara Hassan saying the room I was interested in was still available, I just needed to pay my first month's rent and a £600 deposit, and assure her I could keep the flat tidy/clean. Yet I never contacted a Zara Hassan on the site, nor was the room she was advertising in Edinburgh but Brighton! I only realised because I remembered her name from some of the reviews on here so checked out her advert. Clearly a scam to get deposits that you'll never see again. AVOID.

scammers, they kept asking for the deposit to book the room even before checking it and whenever i ask any question, they ignore it and i caught them in couple of times in the same conversation, as they send you a FAKE contract to print out and sign and give it to them , THE BLOODY SIGNATURE did not match his ID as i kept asking for a proof of ID.
then he did another mistake which was mentioning two different prices of the room as he was confused.
i wish i can report them to the police but i don't have enough to proof
of course he did not make any sense for me that is why i have never paid anything to him

Everyone advertising on this site is spam
I have contacted the site on a few occasions, they do not care
Do not use this site

Hello guys. I'm going to the police but they won't do anything they had a sufficient proof to open a investigation and take care of the case that affect more than one people if someone is interested in denounce that criminal I will share my email just contact me in order to open a judicial case against him.

This is not a review, this is a WARNING.

An utterly disgusting website used by utterly despicable people. Like others here, when you are desperate for a room and have had little to no responses from the many adverts you have been after, you will be lured in by the pretty pictures only to have the vile poison injected into you later. ZARA DANIELLE HASSAN will be a common name in these reviews, and I cannot express to you how much I wished I read the reviews before having my 700-pound "security deposit" taken. I was heading to see the room in Edinburgh, however, storm Ali hit and I only got up to Newcastle before being forced to head back home. I had paid the security deposit and received an "invoice" and was heading to receive the keys, and when I informed the person of the situation of my travel, they did not even have the common decency to acknowledge it and began demanding more money. It was at this point it became clear who I was dealing with and they also changed their behavior. Their English began to decline and kept, and after asking multiple times to speak to the solicitor they kept referring to, they refused to give any information regarding them.

After visiting the website after my incident, it became obvious that the website is rife with scammers. I sent emails to many of them after and after some replied, it was with the same gimmick from before. Even IF there are a handful of legit adverts, invest your efforts elsewhere.

My best advice is to make sure that a straight-forward question receives straight-forward answers. I was duped into believing that maybe the persons English was not native level and they couldn't explain their points clearly, however, not once did I receive a straightforward answer to any of my questions, and none of their actions seemed consistent for someone seriously looking to rent their place. They will use tactics such as appearing simple and having some sort of condition such as going deaf (at least in my case) and only wanting to move in with their family. This is all a ruse. If they ever tell you that they are not after your money, they are ONLY after your money.

He wanted £600 before the viewing.

Noone does that.

I cannot express this enough, it is a scam, do not use this site for your own good, created an account with details of waht I was looking for, within an hour I got a response of someone who apparently had a suitable room, they emailed me some pictures of the room and mentioned the address, I said "sounds good, now if I could only have a viewing" (this is something I suggest everyone does for their own good, always ask for a viewing), according to them they have had bad experiences or some kind of crap like that so they don't want to arrange viewings, now I don't know about you but that is super fishy, if they are living there which presumably they are otherwise they would say they aren't currently there, plus there is no real harm is arranging a viewing and he person not turning up, the worst that would happen is they lost maybe an hour.
I should also mention they wanted me to pay a deposit before I even got to see the house which only adds to my suspitions, his last email was one of he funniest things I have ever seen, it was three or four paragraphs of why I shouldn't view it, I didn't even read all of it it felt like I was reading the terms and conditions of any sign up site. It looked like they were desperate for me to give them a deposit and I was not even allowed to look at it.
With that being the case I gave them a peice of my mind and told them to never email me again, I blocked them on both email and mobile, I sent him one last email with three pragraphs of my own and it felt so satisfying.
What to conclude is do not even use this site don't send enquiries and most of all do not create an account on this site at all, not worth your time.

I wouldn't even rate Roombuddies one star, its a scam and poor students are being ripped off with no protection in place. Recently found a room in Bristol address - 22 Baldwin Street, Bristol, BS1 1NR, (note this property does not exist) the landlord Mrs Zara Danielle Hassan insisted on a deposit to hold the flat for £600.00, before viewing the property, sending pictures and fake official documents, including passport picture, record of certificate of title deed, she then asks for money upfront a bank transfer, and then a further one months rent. I transferred £600.00 to her account, then she demanded more, got a little suspicious and started asking further questions, then a Nigerian guy rings and informs me he is her solicitor, cannot speak a proper word of english demanding more money. PLEASE BE AWARE ITS A SCAM, DO NO USE ROOM BUDDIES!

SCAM SCAM SCAM
THIS NEEDS TO BE SHUTDOWN

This is a total scam DO NOT TRUST.
They will tell you that their lawyer asked a deposit before viewing and that they need to check your financial ability.
Beware, they also hack!!!

Had the same experience as all the other reviewer.
Price too good to be true compared to all the other studios I have been viewing.
Lady says she wants a deposit first before arranging a viewing. BEWARE do not trust the website!!

Not even worthy of one star, wish I could give 0. Was looking for a room in Edinburgh and found one but the lady refused a viewing saying I had to pay 600 deposit and promised one after, since I was desperate for the room because of price and location I fell into the trap and paid 600. She refused to refund (even after she said she would) and demanded 500 on top for viewing the place and this is when warning bells went off and I kindly requested she return the deposit, but she didn’t. This website is full of scammers I don’t know why the team haven’t made more of an effort to get rid of these horrible desperate good for nothing people. I unfortunately stumbled across this review page after I had been scammed so if you are viewing this before you’re thinking about replying to an advert then GO BACK DON’T DO IT. And unlike me please don’t pay ANYTHING upfront without viewing the place, meeting the person and signing a contract.

I actually wish it was possible to give less than 1star.
I posted an advert for a house a few months ago. Someone messaged me on whatsapp to tell me that he has a lovely 3bed apartment for me. I sent him my email, he sent me pictures. The flat looked nice and all. His name was Chris Bailey.
He said for me to secure the flat, I had to pay a £500 deposit so it can be kept for me. I agree don’t because I was desperately looking for a place. Mind you, I haven’t viewed yet becaus I was very far away from the property which was in Belfast on 10,Ross road. Before paying the deposit, he messaged me every single day reminding me to pay the deposit. I started to suspect why he was sooo pushy about it but I paid the £500 anyway. He stopped disturbing me after that.
He now stated that his lawyer said I needn’t to pay a 2month rent upfront. To verify that I can pay the rent. That was where I was quite sure it may be a prank cause that was not the first terms of the contract. I told him I couldn’t pay any further money as I haven’t viewed the flat and I would pay as soon as I view it and it is what it is. He said there were other people who wanted the flat and o had to pay to be sure I will take it. I still said I wasn’t going to pay...he then said okay. That he will tell his lawyer something else so that I can take the flat. Everything just felt too good to be true. It was
After this, I kept texting him from time to time to be sure he was still reachable. Upon getting to the house, I found out that it was a one bedroom and there is someone leaving there. The person did not even know about any arrangements like that. He clearly wasn’t the landlord. I was scammed of £500. He blocked me on whatsapp and he stopped replying my email. I will be taking this issue to the police but beware, DO NOT HSE ROOMBUDDIES

If I could put less than 1 star I would.
they have no real people looking at the ads.
I paid for "premier" service and my ad was just sitting there. no views, no emails compared to gumtree or spareroom.
I emailed them for a refund, no reply.
money wasted.
total scam,
do not use
do not risk your money

Beware of scam:
1. Deposit will be returned within 4 weeks of stay??? - total lie
2. Deposit to be transferred , but when asked to view the property first . She then not replied.
She on all about her " Lawyers Procedure???"
3. From the start to finish ....scam scam scam.
4. Conditions been too good to be true
5. Wish can upload , conversations that I screen shot and saved.

Yup this is a website rife with scammers.

I made a profile advertisement looking for a room to rent in Bristol and was contacted within a day via whatsapp by someone telling me they had a room available to let.
To cut a long story short, the guy spun me a very long and complicated yarn which basically gave him every excuse to avoid having a phone call with me and pressured me at every opportunity to take the room as soon as possible (i have other potential tenants that are really keen etc, etc) as well as sending me a very convincing looking tenancy agreement form that i would need to "print off, complete and bring with me to the viewing". All seemed fairly legit until finally it boiled down to "if you want to view the place i first need a £500 deposit" at which point I of course told him that was never going to happen and then he promptly stopped replying no doubt to focus his scamming energy on some unsuspecting soul who doesn't have their wits about them.

Maybe they're are some legit advertisements on there but once i realised this guy was full of crap, all the other listings on the site did look far too good to be true so i removed my ad from the site and went elsewhere.

In all honesty, just don't use the site or if you're going to - be overly-cautious, don't be pressured into something you're not comfortable with and most of all, if something looks too good to be true - it is!

Spare room.com seems better although it is expensive to upgrade one's membership.

Hope this helps!

Total Scam. Displayed numerous potential 'tenants' in my area. But after I paid a fee of £20.00 giving me 4 weeks to contact everyone I received one response to my first message and that was it! This site is a total scam and this is a warning to others thinking of using the site. YOU WILL GET CONNED. Try spareroom.co.uk. I did and it is an excellent site where I have had plenty of responses and have already found a housemate within one week!