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●Built by students, for students

Home begins
with people,
not another listing.

Rent near campus keeps climbing and good roommates are getting harder to find. We got tired of waiting for someone else to fix it — so a few of us built the matcher we wished existed.

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Run by a small team of current and recent students
Why we started this
Every year, thousands of students sign a lease with a stranger and hope for the best — or give up and pay more to live alone. We think that's backwards. The right home starts with the right people in it, so that's the problem we decided to solve first.
— The Nesteries founding team
The problem, plainly

Student housing wasn't built for how students actually live.

Rents near campus outpace what part-time jobs and loans can cover. Dorms fill up fast. Off-campus listings rarely say who you'd actually be sharing a kitchen with. So people settle — for bad roommates, bad locations, or paying alone.

70%+

of students say they've considered leaving a shared apartment early because of roommate conflict

3–4x

more group chats and DMs it typically takes to find a roommate the "old" way

1 in 5

students end up paying more to live alone rather than risk a mismatch

What we built

A matcher that asks the questions your group chat never does.

No swiping, no guesswork. Just a straightforward way to find people you'd actually get along with living beside.

Step 1

Tell us how you live

Sleep schedule, cleanliness, budget, guests — the real stuff that makes or breaks a shared home.

Step 2

Get real matches

We surface people who actually fit your routine and budget — not just whoever posted most recently.

Step 3

Talk, then decide

Chat inside the app, ask what actually matters, and only move forward when it feels right on both sides.

What we stand for

A few things we won't compromise on.

No fees to browse

Free to search and match

Finding a roommate shouldn't cost you money you don't have. Matching stays free.

Real people only

Verified student profiles

Every profile is a real person, checked before they can message anyone.

Built with you

Shaped by feedback, not focus groups

Most of what's here came from students telling us what was missing. We're still listening.

Your next home starts with a person.

Answer a few honest questions and see who you actually match with — it takes less time than another group chat.

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Nesteries

Home begins with people. Started by students who were tired of the same broken way of finding a roommate.

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