New city, new experiences, and a whirlwind of stress trying to find a place to call home during our placement year. As international students, we were navigating the chaos of endless housing platforms, sketchy online profiles, and flaky housemate situations. The dream of finding the perfect house—safe, affordable, and with housemates we’d actually click with—felt impossible.

We couldn’t go for house viewings, leaving us at the mercy of blurry pictures and vague descriptions. One of us even ended up in a room with…*drumroll please*…no windows?!

That’s when it hit us: there had to be a better way. Why not create an all-in-one platform that brings everything together —the right place, and the right people, all just one click away? And so, hausta. was born—a space where your housing hunt actually makes sense, designed for people like us, by people like us.