Manipal: An architect and two engineers who graduated from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and work in Bengaluru, have used pandemic locking induced as an opportunity to overcome the real estate problem of Manipal students.
Manipal welcomes around 30,000 students from all over the country, and many students prefer to stay in rental accommodations instead of hostel.
Adithya Shetty, an architect, along with Shetty and Bharath Alapati, who is an engineer, who graduated in 2018, has launched a real estate technology platform called Wolpa.
At present, Startup has registered 204 properties, where 48 verified properties in various zones, including Eshwar Nagar, Ananth Nagar, End Point Road and Road Maids.
“We filter budget, zone, type of accommodation and our facilities, to get matches according to your needs.
We charge a ranging fee from Rs 500 to see the property.
The house is blocked after paying the number of tokens, and if the text, customer, customer.
Placed in the list Wait and be intimidated in 72 hours of booking.
We also have options, where customers pay one-time fee of Rs 1,000 per room as a service fee, and the room can be cleaned and arranged before moving, “Adithya said.
Sampat said that they also helped with rent and documentation agreements, and further steps, until the tenant moved.
Students have the option to pay a deposit to an escrow account with more security and easy withdrawal access, when moving.
“We launched this platform about a week ago, and we get an average of 25 questions per day, especially because students tend to return to campus from next month,” he said.
According to Bharath, the property is carefully chosen to meet the requirements of students or students.
“We plan to expand to other education cities soon.
There is transparency in the whole process.
We plan to introduce smart and blockchain contracts at the end of next year.
We have been tied with Clean & Connect as management, and organize partners, and manage partners, and set partners, and and are considering offering smart furniture options, “Bharath said.
In the past week, they have closed around 12 lease offers, and in the next 10 days, plans to introduce your Flatmate feature, based on courses, colleges and interests.