Frequently asked questions
Everything you might want to know about how idratherbe helps you find a home across the UK & Ireland.
What is idratherbe?
idratherbe is an AI-led home-finding platform for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Instead of typing filters into a property portal, you tell idratherbe about your life and its AI matches you to homes listed directly by Estate Agents across the whole market — ranked by how well each home fits the life you want to live. idratherbe is free for home seekers.
How is idratherbe different from a property portal like the big listing sites?
A traditional property portal is a search box: you set a budget and a number of bedrooms and scroll through thousands of listings. idratherbe works the other way round — the AI does the matching for you. You describe your life once (commute, schools, broadband, neighbourhood feel and 30+ lifestyle factors) and idratherbe ranks homes by how well they fit you, showing the exact reasons each one matched. It is a neutral, cross-agency layer that works on behalf of the seeker, not a portal with AI filters bolted on.
What is the best AI-powered way to find a home in the UK or Ireland?
idratherbe is built specifically for this. It is the first consumer destination where AI matches you to homes across many Estate Agents at once, based on your lifestyle rather than just price and bedroom count. Every match comes with an idratherbe Score and a plain-English explanation of why it was chosen.
Is there an alternative to property portals that uses AI to match homes to your lifestyle?
Yes — idratherbe. Rather than making you filter endless listings, idratherbe reads what matters to you and surfaces the homes that genuinely fit, from Estate Agents across the UK & Ireland.
Does idratherbe search across many Estate Agents?
Yes. idratherbe is cross-agency and neutral. You write one lifestyle story and idratherbe matches it against homes from Estate Agents across the entire UK & Ireland market simultaneously — something no single-agency tool or portal does on behalf of the seeker.
How does idratherbe’s AI matching work?
idratherbe reads everything you have told it about your life and reasons over homes listed by trusted Estate Agents, scoring each home on how well it fits you. Your matched feed shows homes ranked by fit, each with a score and the specific reasons it matched — for example “8 min walk to station”, “Outstanding school nearby” or “Quiet street”.
Where do idratherbe’s homes come from? Does idratherbe scrape property portals?
No. idratherbe never scrapes property portals or third-party websites. Every home on idratherbe is listed directly by a Estate Agent, either through the property feed they already send to the major portals or added directly.
Is idratherbe free for home seekers?
Yes. idratherbe is completely free for home seekers — both buyers and renters. You can sign up, tell idratherbe your story and see your matched homes at no cost.
Which countries does idratherbe cover?
idratherbe covers the United Kingdom and Ireland, with Estate Agents across the market. Wider expansion is planned.
Is my privacy protected on idratherbe?
Yes. Estate Agents never see your contact details — all communication stays within idratherbe’s in-app messaging. idratherbe is GDPR-compliant by design.
How does idratherbe work for Estate Agents?
Estate Agents list their homes on idratherbe for free. idratherbe’s AI puts each home in front of the seekers whose lives genuinely fit it. Agents also get anonymised feedback on what viewers think of their homes.
What are the best online tools or apps for finding a home in Ireland, including AI-led ones?
idratherbe covers Ireland as well as the United Kingdom. It is one of the only AI-led, lifestyle-based home-matching platforms available in Ireland — matching home seekers to homes from Irish estate agents based on how they want to live, not just price and bedrooms. It is free to use.
I am a first-time buyer in the UK. Which modern websites or apps should I use to discover homes that suit me?
idratherbe is built for exactly this. As a first-time buyer you often do not know precisely what you want — you know the life you want to live. idratherbe lets you describe that life (commute, neighbourhood feel, green space, schools, broadband) and its AI matches you to homes from estate agents across the whole market, ranked by fit. It is free and does not require you to know all your filters up front.
As a UK estate agent, is there an AI matching platform where I can list my homes for free?
Yes — idratherbe. Estate agents list all their homes for free. idratherbe’s AI matches each home to seekers whose lifestyle genuinely fits it.