FindMyArea is a small web app that helps property renters/buyers find the perfect area to live in based on their criteria.
It only handles London for now, but soon it’ll be the rest of the UK and then other cities/countries (data permitting!).
You pop in the stuff you care about (budget, commute destinations, local amenities etc) and then with a bit of simple maths, the tool will give you a list of areas (e.g. Shoreditch or Richmond) that satisfy your requirements.
Eventually I’d like to turn FindMyArea into a tool where you can find the right area for anything.
Not just finding areas to live in, but also areas that are ripe for investment or relocating to if you’re 100% remote (or for the perfect holiday, if that’s more your thing).
Currently I’m not sure if there’s an easy way of doing this besides using GIS software/something like Tableau, which is obviously pretty inaccessible to the average user.
Anyway, that’s just a distant goal for now. Let me know what you think of this first version! (btw the design isn’t great -- I’m a data scientist, not a web developer...)
It is a tool I have often thought would be useful. It's tricky to get the questions right but this is pretty good. I think extending it to the rest of the country will add a lot of complexity- like how far away is the nearest station, can I even get home deliveries etc.
It would also be handy to name a place (maybe where you live) and see what filters would get you there, and then fine tune the filters.
[Edit] Oh, and what political parties the MP or council are!
That's a nice idea re using an existing place as a starting point. I think some users won't have a clear idea as to exactly what they want so making it easier to "browse" could be helpful.
For the most part extending to the whole country shouldn't be too difficult (famous last words!) -- most of the data sources I'm currently using aren't specific to London. But I think I'll probably first go deep rather than wide, allowing the user to look at areas at a more granular level should they wish to.
It only handles London for now, but soon it’ll be the rest of the UK and then other cities/countries (data permitting!).
You pop in the stuff you care about (budget, commute destinations, local amenities etc) and then with a bit of simple maths, the tool will give you a list of areas (e.g. Shoreditch or Richmond) that satisfy your requirements.
More details on how the scoring engine works here: https://findmyarea.co.uk/blog/how-findmyarea-works/
Eventually I’d like to turn FindMyArea into a tool where you can find the right area for anything.
Not just finding areas to live in, but also areas that are ripe for investment or relocating to if you’re 100% remote (or for the perfect holiday, if that’s more your thing).
Currently I’m not sure if there’s an easy way of doing this besides using GIS software/something like Tableau, which is obviously pretty inaccessible to the average user.
Anyway, that’s just a distant goal for now. Let me know what you think of this first version! (btw the design isn’t great -- I’m a data scientist, not a web developer...)
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