Internet service by students will celebrate in September one-year anniversary by WGcast have become purpose shared flats and mass auditions to a relic of the past. Since September, 2011, the two students from Heidelberg in the network Portal is finding thousands WG-seekers have found already a new place to stay thanks to the clever idea. Airbnb Rentals is often quoted on this topic. The main difference to other real estate exchanges is that the entire Bewerber-(VOR-)Auswahl with a mouse click – done and through the system at the same time more emphasis on similarities between the WG and the rooms look. Interested parties who addressed a room offer on, in a few minutes create a personal business card: is also the previous WG experience the latest catchy are in addition to age, degree, or hobbies and – more with a smile – the time occupied in the morning bath, queried. Also, the WGs can ask questions to the candidates which they consider particularly important for a harmonious life together.

“Commonalities at the leisure or the taste in music can Sebastian Illing, one of the two founders of the Web site, you often have good estimate, if the potential new roommates with the remaining WG on a wavelength lies”, found on his own body. He and his comrades Felix Klenk live for years in shared flats and have done with so many “roommate-casting”. In the current rush to many student cities – in many places housing student just or simply not financially – often 50 or more applicants for a vacant room come, ringing the phone of the provider without interruption. Often we know not to help, as “to bring people in at five minute intervals by the apartment or to invite to group auditions,” Klenk reports from experience. And at the end it was so annoyed by the whole procedure that you take but the runner-up. All is now much easier thanks to WGcast – and the recently available video function you can give a more clearer picture of himself his / n to/n without equal hundreds of kilometres to the Appointment to travel and to have to compete with dozens of others to the free space. Especially for students from abroad is a great way to find lodging for your stay in Germany. Felix-Klenk, WG-cast.de