Roofmate FAQ

Yes. Roofmate is open in Athens, Greece. Log in with Google, create your profile and start matching. Athens has one of the fastest-moving rental markets in southern Europe: room rents in central neighbourhoods like Koukaki or Pagrati range from €350 to €600 per month and compatible options disappear quickly. Roofmate is designed to cut the time and uncertainty from that search. Creating a profile is free and there is no referral or second form to complete.

Roofmate is open in Athens only for now. If you are in another city, leave your email and city on the waitlist page and we'll let you know when Roofmate opens there. You do not need to do anything else, and we will never ask you to pay or refer a friend. Your city also helps us decide where to open next.

Yes — the core matching features are free to use. Creating a profile, browsing compatible roommates and starting conversations through the platform are all included at no cost. Roofmate may add optional premium features at a later stage — for example, visibility boosts or advanced filters — but the fundamental matching and messaging will remain free. There are no subscription fees, no credits required to send messages, and no forced upgrades to see your matches. For reference, most Athens flatshare listings charge landlords or agents, not the people searching. Roofmate is on the searcher's side — free to access regardless of your budget. If paid features are added in the future, they will be clearly optional and the basic access will not change.

Roofmate is open in Athens, Greece. Athens has a co-living market with distinct neighbourhood dynamics — Koukaki, Pagrati, Kypseli, Ampelokipoi and Marousi all have different rent levels, commute times and living cultures. Getting the roommate match right requires that local specificity, which is why we are starting here rather than spreading across several cities at once. If you are in another city, you can leave your email and city on the waitlist and we'll let you know when Roofmate opens there. The compatibility model transfers directly: lifestyle, budget, timing and neighbourhood preference are universal factors in any shared-living decision.

Both. Roofmate covers both sides of the Athens flatshare search. If you have a place and need a compatible roommate to move in, you create a profile as someone with a room. If you are looking for a room in a shared flat, you create a profile as someone who needs one. The matching algorithm works in both directions — pairing people based on lifestyle, budget, move-in timing and living preferences regardless of which side you are on. This matters because the compatibility question is the same either way: can these two people share a flat without friction building in the first few weeks? You can browse matches, see compatibility scores and start conversations only after mutual interest is confirmed. Room listings with photos, rent details and available dates are part of the platform, so you get both the compatibility match and the practical details in one place.

Both. Roofmate is for anyone looking for shared living in Athens — students, young professionals, expats and newcomers are all on the platform. The matching logic is built around the factors that actually affect daily life in a shared flat: sleep schedule, work-from-home habits, noise tolerance, cleanliness expectations and social preferences. A student finishing class at 5 pm and a professional who works from home until 7 pm have different rhythms, and that difference compounds quickly in a shared space. Roofmate surfaces those details before anyone starts a conversation. Students in Athens typically look for rooms in the €300–€500 range near universities or metro lines. Young professionals often prioritise commute time and quiet hours. The platform filters by both simultaneously, which is why it works for different profile types rather than being designed for one user group over another.

No. Roofmate is not a property listing platform and does not replace Spitogatos, XE.gr or any site where landlords advertise available rooms. The focus is on the roommate decision — who you will actually live with — which gets skipped over in listing-heavy searches. In practice, most people find a room through a listing and evaluate compatibility on the spot during a single visit. That rushed assessment is where things go wrong. Roofmate flips the order: you establish compatibility first, then sort out the property details. If both people already know their budgets, habits and timing are aligned, the conversation about a specific flat becomes much easier. For people who already have a flat and need a roommate, Roofmate is where you find the right person to live with — not where you advertise the room publicly. These are different problems and Roofmate solves the one that listings do not.

Yes — lifestyle compatibility is central to the matching algorithm, not optional. When you create a profile, you add your sleep schedule, work-from-home routine, noise tolerance, cleanliness habits, position on guests, smoking and pets. These are weighted alongside budget and area when calculating compatibility. The system scores matches on a scale from 0 to 100. Two people who overlap on lifestyle factors, share the same budget range and prefer the same Athens neighbourhoods score highly. Someone with incompatible habits — for example, a night owl paired with someone who needs quiet from 10 pm — scores low even if the rent works. Athens flatshares fail most often not because of money but because of mismatched expectations around daily routines and shared spaces. Roofmate is built to surface those mismatches before they become problems. Lifestyle data is visible only to your matches — it is not publicly shown on your profile.