The idea for dwella came from my own experience. At 20, I was moving to London and trying to navigate finding somewhere to live. It was an exciting step, but I also remember how vulnerable and uncertain the process could feel - especially when trying to work out not just where I would live, but who I would be living with.
Finding a decent property was hard enough. Finding a good home to share with other women felt harder still.
When I finally moved in, I learned two more things the difficult way. The agreement I signed turned out to contain licence arrangements I did not properly understand at the time. And the people I ended up sharing with simply were not a good fit. Nobody's fault, but nobody's idea of home either.
That is why I built dwella. I think finding a home should mean more than finding an available room. It should mean finding people you are genuinely likely to enjoy living with, and going into the whole process knowing what you are agreeing to.
So I brought the two together: property search and compatibility-led flatmate matching, in one women-focused community.
Most rental sites show you whoever happens to need a room in the same location. dwella is designed around compatibility instead.
Members answer questions about how they actually like to live - tidiness, routines, guests, working from home and more. dwella then gives every potential flatmate a compatibility score with a clear, honest explanation of what's behind it.
dwella is a women-focused rental and flatmate community. Members who complete an identity check with our verification provider carry a verified badge. It confirms identity and supports accountability. It is not a guarantee of anyone's behaviour or safety.
London is our launch market, but dwella covers cities and university towns right across the UK, from Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow to Exeter, Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge, York, Cardiff and Belfast.
Find flatmates you'd actually want to live with, discover homes together and move with more confidence.
Create a profile, answer the compatibility questions and browse women looking to move. Your score with each person comes with an explanation - what you'll probably agree on, and what's worth chatting about first.
Send a connect request, message once you both accept, and form a dwella Group when you find people you'd actually want to live with - two of you, three, or four or more.
Search rooms and whole homes together, save favourites, vote as a group, and send enquiries and viewing requests without sharing your personal contact details.
Better matches make better homes.
