rentersPlus.com Website

Client lastbyte.ca

Project rentersPlus.com Website
Circa 2003

Statement of Problem
Searching for an apartment has been the bête noire of a great many people. It takes an awful lot of time, and work. It requires you to travel great distances to see prospective lodgings, many of which aren't even close to being suitable for you.

The advent of the Internet was supposed to improve the situation for apartment seekers. Apartment sites proliferated, promising efficient searches of available digs. Instead, most of them are little more than brochure-ware for large high-rises. There is still no guaranttee that when you call one of these places with specific requirements, they'll have a place available that meets your criteria.

Solution
Enter rentersPlus. It offers a wide range of features for both landlords and tenants, to streamline the apartment rental experience.

For Landlords:

Log in anytime to activate or deactivate apartments in properties
Ample space for descriptions of apartments, properties, images and galleries
Fine-grained, formal list of amenities for properties and apartments
Comprehensive statistics: number of times property was viewed; time-to-rent
Comparisons with similar apartments in the area by price, amenities, etc.

For Tenants:

Accurate apartment listings
Listed by apartments, not buildings
Fine-grained, amenities-based search tool
Allows saving of custom search criteria
Hotlist feature, allows bookmarking of interesting apartments
Free e-mail of new additions which match criteria
All services for tenants are free

Tools and Technologies
PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux, Paint Shop Pro, Dreamweaver MX, HTML, CSS, JavaScript