Casa Amarela
Lisbon · Alfama · Period building · 5 rooms
4 people
Azulejos
from …
Free · worldwide
You find the room together.
Looking for a flatshare today works like a job application: a PDF dossier, forty emails to one address, then silence. Culmeno turns that around — a profile instead of a cover letter, and the flat decides together.
Free. No dossiers, no agency fee.
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places in 245 countries are on file — with a radius, not eight big cities to choose from.
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is the longest a vote runs. After that the server closes it itself — so that an answer comes.
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dossiers, credit reports and payslips are needed for an enquiry. A few sentences are enough.
There is no such thing as the one flatshare.
Stucco ceilings in Berlin, azulejos in Lisbon, tatami in Kyoto. Culmeno doesn't pre-sort by square metres — you see what becomes free within your radius, wherever that is.
Hinterhaus 3
Berlin · Kreuzberg · Period building · 6.5 rooms
5 people
Stucco ceiling
from …
El Terrat
Barcelona · Eixample · Period building, 4 rooms
3 people
Roof terrace
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Machiya Nishijin
Kyoto · Nishijin · Town house · 4 rooms
3 people
Inner courtyard
from …
Casa Roma
Mexico City · Roma Norte · Period building · 5 rooms
4 people
Roof garden
from …
Le Plateau 4
Montreal · Le Plateau · Triplex · 6 rooms
4 people
Brick wall
from …
Vicolo Lungo
Naples · Centro Storico · Period building · 7 rooms
6 people
Vaulted kitchen
from …
Kastanienhof
Zurich · Wipkingen · Period building · 4.5 rooms
3 people
Balcony to the courtyard
from …
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It's about a home, not a listing.
A room is quickly described: square metres, rent, available from. What really counts is on no form — who sits at the kitchen table, how loud it is on Sundays, whether anyone cooks. That's why it isn't a dossier that decides here, but the people who live there.
How a decision is made
Step 1
An enquiry arrives.
Selin has seen your room and written a few sentences. No dossier, no credit report — a person.
Step 2
Everyone votes for themselves.
Everyone in the flat gets the same enquiry. And nobody sees what the others chose.
Step 3
The reveal happens together.
Only when everyone has voted do the cards turn over. The talking comes after — not before.
Step 4
The answer gets written.
Acceptance or rejection, in your own words, with templates to get started. No button that dismisses someone with a single click.
Selin, 23
Internship at a publishing house
“I'm looking for a room where people still sit at the kitchen table in the evening. I love cooking, and far too much for one person.”
Mara
Yes
Jonas
Yes
Lea
Maybe
Kastanienhof to Selin
just written
“We've voted and would really like to meet you. Would you come by for a coffee on Thursday?”
Give it a try.
This isn't a video. Vote and see what the app does next — and why it does it.
- Nobody sees your vote until everyone has voted.
- A no ends the round without anyone knowing who cast it.
- After 72 hours the round closes by itself.
Selin, 23
Internship at a publishing house
“I'm looking for a room where people still sit at the kitchen table in the evening. I love cooking, and far too much for one person.”
Cast a vote — this is how it looks in the app.
Why looking for a flatshare feels like a job application process
Today
One listing, one inbox, no answer
- Application by email, with CV, credit report and photo
- One person in the flat reads everything and pre-selects alone
- The others find out in passing who was invited
- Whoever hears nothing never knows whether the email even arrived
- In the end what counts is who wrote fastest
With Culmeno
One profile, one shared decision
- A profile with pictures and a few sentences — no dossier
- Everyone in the flat sees every enquiry at the same time
- Voting is blind: nobody follows whoever went first
- A deadline makes sure an answer comes
- Acceptance and rejection are written, not clicked away
Two rafters, one roof.
Culmeno comes from culmen, the ridge — the topmost beam on which the two sides of the roof rest. Two rafters that hold nothing alone and together span a room: that is the whole idea, and it is the reason why nobody here decides alone.
The name is pronounced the same in German, Italian and English. Handy, if it should ever reach beyond Chiasso.
For seekers: a face instead of a dossier
A profile that tells something
Pictures, a few sentences, music, languages, habits. Anyone who gets up early says so — instead of hiding it in a cover letter.
Place and radius freely chosen
Every place in the world, plus a slider for the radius — from “right here” to “anywhere, as long as there's a room”.
You see who decided
After an acceptance the chat opens with the whole flat — not with an anonymous address.
Found one? One button is enough
One tap cancels all open enquiries at once — and the flats know straight away, instead of waiting for you.
One profile. Then you see what's free.
Signing up takes a minute and needs no password: enter your email, type in the code from your inbox, done. After that you see the rooms within your radius — and your flat can answer enquiries together.
- Runs in the browser — on your phone as well as your computer.
- No dossier, no credit report, no agency fee.
- Account and data are held on European servers.
Frequently asked questions
What does Culmeno cost?
Nothing — neither for seekers nor for flats. There may be optional extras later; finding and filling a room stays free. There are no agency fees.
Does the whole flat have to take part?
For voting, yes — that's the point. One person sets up the flat and invites the others with a code. Whoever is in the flat when a vote opens is entitled to vote; whoever joins later votes from the next enquiry onwards.
I already live in a flatshare and am still looking. Is that possible?
Yes. You can be in a flat and be looking at the same time; in the app you switch between the two sides. Your flat doesn't see that you're looking.
Does the applicant see how the vote went?
No. They only learn the outcome — and only once the flat has written and sent the answer. Who voted how and what was discussed internally stays in the flat. That isn't a setting; it sits in the server in separate tables.
What happens to my data?
They are held on European servers, are not sold and are not used for advertising profiles. The account can be deleted in the app; profile and pictures disappear with it. Details are in the privacy policy.
Do I need an app from the store?
No. Culmeno runs in the browser — on your phone just as on your computer. You can add the page to your phone's home screen, and then it behaves like an app. Versions for the Play Store and the App Store are in the works.