How it works

If you're looking for a room

Search by town, county or college, in English or Irish. Every room is in a home where the owner lives too.

Create a short profile so hosts can get to know you, then message hosts through Sa Bhaile. Your email and phone number stay private until you both choose to share them.

Meet the host and view the room before you agree anything. Never pay money before a viewing.

If you have a room to share

Our step-by-step listing guide takes about ten minutes. We save as you go, so you can stop and come back.

Before your listing goes live, you verify your identity and that you live at the home. A person checks every new host's first listing.

Your exact address stays private. People searching see the general area only, until you choose to share it.

Agreeing an arrangement

When you're both happy, the host proposes an arrangement with a start date, a trial period, a notice period and house rules.

The lodger reads a plain summary and confirms. Then the owner confirms. Both of you can see the summary at any time.

During the stay, we send each of you a short private check-in. If something isn't right, you can tell us.

Family helpers

A host can invite a family member or friend to help with their listing and messages. The host chooses what they can do and can remove them in one click.

Some things only the owner can do, such as accepting a lodger, confirming an arrangement or changing the rent.