Getting sorted with accommodation when you’re a student can be a daunting task. Being able to locate a room close to your studies, whilst being affordable and adequate for your needs can be a task in itself.
South Point allows students from all over the country to locate rooms in South Point approved hostels, with fair payment options, price points, and with sizes and amenities to fit your budget.
With a vast selection of hostels across the country, South Point caters well for the safety, hospitality and comfort that students benefit from within their amazing whilst staying with a cohesive student community.
Client
Stay South Point
Role
UI Design, UX Designer, User Research
Company
Dotslash Digital
Design a user-friendly web application that serves as a streamlined student accommodation platform, offering a secure payment system accommodating various budget ranges, simplified hostel room selection with tailored amenities, and an intuitive interface allowing students to carefully select their accommodation by providing detailed floor plans and layouts, thus ensuring an efficient and satisfactory accommodation selection process.
All too often students are faced with stress when trying to locate a comfortable living space when searching for places to stay nearby their campus or college
This can lead to anxiety for both parents/caretakers and students.
Traveling from long distances daily can be costly as well as dangerous when in unfamiliar territory or when far away from home with no clue how to navigate through a new town or state
Searching for affordable apartments that cater to your needs and budget can be a painstaking task when you’ve already got so much to do before your academic year even begins. This includes finding a living space with the students desired facilities, budget, size and accommodation needs
- Assess student accommodation challenges: Understand pain points in affordability, safety, room selection, and amenity availability.
- Analyze existing platforms: Identify strengths, weaknesses, and UX improvements in payment systems, room selection, and user experience.
- Investigate budget diversity: Determine payment methods and budget options to meet various financial needs while ensuring platform sustainability.
- Understand amenity preferences: Assess student priorities to develop customizable selection filters and tailored recommendations.
- Evaluate presentation methods: Explore effective formats like floor plans and virtual tours for informed decision-making.
- Identify decision influencers: Assess factors such as location, transportation, social environment, and safety in accommodation selection.
- Address usability and accessibility: Ensure inclusive design for diverse users’ needs and backgrounds.
- Address security and privacy: Build trust in payment systems and data protection measures.
- Enhance user satisfaction: Learn from existing platforms to offer added value and improve user experiences.
-Streamlined registration process allowing students to quickly create accounts or log in.
-Robust filtering options to search for accommodations based on criteria like location, price range, amenities, room size
-Integration with maps to display available accommodations near the college campus with details like distance, transportation options, and nearby amenities.
-Comprehensive listings for each accommodation option including high-quality images, rental prices, room sizes, available amenities, lease terms, and contact information
-Integration of reviews and ratings from previous tenants to help students make informed decisions about accommodations.
-Tools to help students manage their budgets by showing estimated costs, allowing them to set spending limits, and providing alerts for rent payments or expenses.
-Easy payment options with the option for payments to come through from personal bank accounts, as well as student bursaries and scholarships, with safe payment gateways
