Time to Shop Around

For the customers who haven't found a property yet, the system helps you find a property based on the needs and requirements you have. The listings are brought from Zoopla It is a British real estate platform that agregates properties of different kinds., hence, the symbol on the page, however, any third-party platform for real estate can be used to bring forth properties.

At the top of the page, there are filters based on which the properties are displayed:

• Search area: type the name of the street or city you are looking for

  The search area is automatically completed with the location provided for Buying Status.

• Search radius: select from the drop-down the number of miles from the search area you would be comfortable buying a property

  The search radius is automatically completed with the location provided for Buying Status:

  • Just this area
  • 1/4 miles
  • 1/2 miles
  • 1 mile
  • 3 miles
  • 5 miles
  • 10 miles
  • 15 miles
  • 20 miles
  • 30 miles
  • 40 miles.
• Bedrooms: select from the drop-down

  For the minimum number of bedrooms, choose an option from the list. The default value is Any bedrooms.

  • No min
  • Studio
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10+.
• Price: select from the drop-down the minimum price and the maximum price for a property

  For the field Price Range, the minimum price is set:

  • for increments of 10k for values between 10k up to 500k
  • for increments of 50k for values from 500k up to 1 million
  • for increments of 100k for values from 1 million to 2,5 million
  • for increments of 200k for values from 2,5 million to 5 million
  • for increments of 500k for values from 5 million to 10 million.

  For the field Price Range, the maximum price is set:

  • increments of 10k for values between 10k up to 500k
  • increments of 50k for values from 500k up to 1 million
  • increments of 100k for values from 1 million to 2,5 millions
  • increments of 200k for values from 2,5 millions to 5 millions
  • increments of 500k for values from 5 millions to 10 millions.
• Property type: select from the drop-down the sort of property you are looking for.

  For the filed Property Type, the options are:

  • All property types
  • Houses
  • Flats
  • Land/ Farm
  • New or pre-owned homes
  • New homes
  • Pre-owned
  • Retirement.

Click Search to reveal the properties.

Property Browsing

The data collected before is used here:

• Property budget: it is used as the maximum amount for property search
• Location: data is used from Buying Status
• Range: data is used from Buying Status.

The page displays a search bar to navigate between properties.

There are two filtering possibilities:

There are two buttons available:

• Apply filers: it sets the filters above to look for the properties that match the filters
• Reset filter: it reboots the filters to display the properties without a particular relevance.

The main section of the screen displays the properties available after the search criteria. On the left-hand side of the screen, on top of the properties, there are two icons. The first displays the number or results, and the second displays a map view of where the properties are. Hover over the pins on the map to display the type of property, e.g., 2 bedroom flat.

By default, this section shows six properties with the option to Show more at the bottom of the screen. Every time the user clicks the Show More option, the screen displays six more options if available.

For every property, the system displays the following:

• a picture on the left side
• the name of the listing
• type of property
• location: fetched from Zoopla
• number of bedrooms
• number of bathrooms
• Property price listed.

At the bottom of the page, you have the option to skip the search and progress. This button directs you to the DIP section of the flow and skips the searching for a home.

To continue with one of the properties, select the property in mind and click Continue.

Property details

When clicking on one of the properties, a secondary screen is displayed with all the details of that specific property:

• a photograph of the property
• the number of bedrooms and bathrooms available for the property
• the price
• a map with the location of the property
• Features and description of the property.

The right part of the section contains the following details related to contact details for the property:

• View agent properties: Click this button to view more properties from the same agent
• Call agent
• Email agent
• Share: copy the link for the property
• Save.

To select the listing and navigate to the next step, click I want this one.