About the company
Homesy US is a New York based startup focussed on the user experience of home buying, home improvement, and residential community building and storytelling. The Homesy platform, a mobile first hybrid web application, is designed to facilitate the creation of accurate home data by owners and renters. Using a series of data integrations from commercial data providers, individuals and families are able to claim their house on the platform and create a unique home profile, adding details like accurate valuations, recent renovation details, photos, and more, to showcase their living spaces to friends, neighbors, and potential buyers.
The challenge
Homesy US is a New York based startup focussed on the user experience of home buying, home improvement, and residential community building and storytelling. The Homesy platform, a mobile first hybrid web application, is designed to facilitate the creation of accurate home data by owners and renters. Using a series of data integrations from commercial data providers, individuals and families are able to claim their house on the platform and create a unique home profile, adding details like accurate valuations, recent renovation details, photos, and more, to showcase their living spaces to friends, neighbors, and potential buyers.
The process
Asymm led the custom software development for the Homesy MVP (minimum viable product). The initial phase of building the MVP lasted approximately 6 months and was managed through an agile sprint-based structure. The Asymm team was given designs and product guidance from the Homesy product and design team and was tasked with full-stack feature development for both the user and administrative sides of the Homesy application.
Within the initial MVP build we were faced with several responsibilities, including software architecture planning, front-end development, backend solutions, database development, and infrastructure development and deployment. Our team consisted of 2 full-time software engineers and one dedicated project and quality assurance manager that worked closely with the Homesy team to clarify features, understand the user experience, and consistently deliver new features and functionality.
The solution
The Homesy MVP features a number of features and distinct functionality that make it a usable and viable platform for market success and user adoption. Here are a few of the distinct features of the Homesy platform that the Asymm team worked on:
User sign up
User accounts
Property claiming
Home profiles
Room profiles
Internal social feed
Social Sharing
Valuations
Technologies
React Native
Ruby on Rails
Square Payments
XCode
Android Studio
Lambda Test
Figma
Our impact
With a highly functional and featured MVP, Homesy was able to onboard its first cohort of users and generate additional angel investment rounds to support product design and development. While the Homesy platform is still in a limited access beta use stage, it has a growing user base and key functionality that its base is using to create personalized content and profiles, thus proving product market fit in key markets. Homesy looks to raise a Seed round next and grow its user base further while investing in growth marketing and additional enhancements to the platform.