The "new look" myhome.ie

sapper

Sorry is it just me or is the new look myhome.ie absolutely brutal?

Any query input into it takes an age. And they've also gotten rid of the one-click "recently added"

intheclouds

Awful and it doesn't work properly on a tablet so pretty much unusable for me.

68 lost souls

Complete backwards step

Toots

I didn't think it was as popular these days anyway. Daft seems to be more widely used.

OfflerCrocGod

I am shocked their tech team has been allowed mess up to such an extent. Some amateur mistakes been made.

68 lost souls

Toots wrote: »

I didn't think it was as popular these days anyway. Daft seems to be more widely used.

I preferred the old my home to daft and prefer the my home app. I had always thought of daft as for rentals and my home for buying

Mink

It's absolute muck. Unfortunately I'm forced to use it as there are occasionally houses on it that do not appear on daft.

The mobile app is almost completely unusable.

Spanish Eyes

Not as easy to use as the former one for sure.

If it's not broken, why flippin fix it.

Daft and Myhome should merge really at this stage and have ONE BIG site.

sapper

Mink wrote: »

The mobile app is almost completely unusable.

I get the impression they've given up on the app. The desktop site looks like its supposed to optimised for mobile.

I used to like myhome as it was much easier then daft to see new properties - just type in the /recent/dublin (for example) url in your address bar. I mean anyone seriously looking for a new house (to rent or buy) is going on to the site multiple times a day and doesnt want to wait for it to load up and then have to select from 2 dropdowns (one which is very slow to load).

A big cock up - I going to have to train up on daft and say goodbye to it

Gen.Zhukov

68 lost souls wrote: »

Complete backwards step

Totally agree. Where's the map view gone ? And, where is the map view for sold properties/price history ?

Kings Inns or bust

It's all the rage recently, sure everyone is doing it!

/hides from Gordon

whiskeyman

I can't even login on the app anymore.
It asked for 'user field' to be filled, but there isn't one!

Takes an age to search... keeps asking me to login...
How the hell did this get past testing?
Did they even bother?

ThisRegard

I've been getting that user id issue on the app the last week or so, tells me the field can't be blank or something like that despite everything being filled in. The email notifications became non existent until yesterday or the day before when they started to come through again.

whiskeyman

I sent them a mail this morning detailing my problems.
I'll let you know if I hear back!

(and of course, once emailed... the website all of a sudden actually starts working like it should! :pac:)

Macstuff

It's awful - really awful.
When you do a search it takes ages to download the search results - especially if there are a number of search results. If you click on a link to a particular house, that too takes ages to load. The map feature is a huge step backwards - it's impossible to tell where a house is located, even if you know the area.
They have removed the thumbnail images on the results page - I used to use these to decide what houses to look at if I didn't have much time to browse. They have also removed the ability to search by houses added since a particular time period.
I used to check the site daily. Since the change I have checked it about 3 times, but only to see if any of the glitches have been fixed. I have no idea who thought the new site was a good idea. I imagine traffic levels have plummeted.

Pepe LeFrits

Toots wrote: »

I didn't think it was as popular these days anyway. Daft seems to be more widely used.

My understanding from talking to estate agents when I was looking last year is that Daft is more popular for rentals but myhome is more popular for sales.

pinkypinky

The speeds seem a little slow but nothing out of the ordinary. I can see thumbnails of each property on th results page. There's still a map on the individual property page.

whiskeyman

pinkypinky wrote: »

The speeds seem a little slow but nothing out of the ordinary. I can see thumbnails of each property on th results page. There's still a map on the individual property page.

Probably highlights that no cross-browser testing was carried out...

zac8

Search function doesn't seem to work at all on Firefox.

Rew

Its a shambles, I cant comprehend how anyone let that out into production.

I have been using http://oldwww.myhome.ie as a workaround

Pending

Rew wrote: »

Its a shambles, I cant comprehend how anyone let that out into production.

I have been using http://oldwww.myhome.ie as a workaround

Fantastic! Thanks for the link

sapper

I also can't log in to the app to see and save favourites - telling me it needs username even though all fields are filled. App still has the old style/skin so isn't part of the upgrade plan obviously.

I mean this is a business - the countries estate agents pay good money for eyeballs on the site

groovyg

They made a complete ar** of it. On the old site when you were looking at a house if you clicked on the location you could see other houses for sale in the area, that function doesn't seem to be there any more. Hasn't worked well on my ipad, and constantly freezes on chrome.

Rew

If I was Daft I would be all over this, hitting up the EA's that don't use them to get on board and some marketing to the buyers out there on site...

pork99

I have found that it will not work on Firefox - works ok on MS Edge

quad_red

Where has the map function gone???

Hollister11

i always use DAFT, but the myHome update looks well.

Rew

Hollister11 wrote: »

i always use DAFT, but the myHome update looks well.

Pity about the zero UX

groovyg

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/myhome-ie-enhances-website-with-new-user-friendly-features-1.2790753

Myhome.ie enhances website with new user-friendly features

New elements to allow users to save property searches and to search by commute time
Property website myhome.ie is pinning its colours to the mast of growth in the residential property market with the launch of a number of user-friendly enhancements to its website.
Rolled out on the website in recent days – the app will follow this weekend – new features allow users to save property searches and even to search by commute time. So if you will simply not tolerate a commute time of longer than 30 minutes to/from work just punch the details into the search engine, giving your work location and it will return the properties for sale within that journey time.
Myhome.ie, which is owned by The Irish Times, has also drawn on data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Google for a new Neighbourhood Guide that gives prospective home buyers detailed information such as age profiles and demographic make-up of residents in various areas. Nearby amenities such as schools, public services, sports clubs, restaurants, bars etc can also be viewed based on GoogleMaps data. Users can also improve their searches by compiling a shortlist of favourite properties, and searching for agents either by locality or name.
A year in the development, myhome.ie managing director Angela Keegan says the changes are in direct response to user feedback and engagement. “We wanted to create a one-stop-shop for people planning to make the biggest financial decision they will probably ever make. They’re not just looking for a house, but a place to live.”
Keegan is confident too that the shortage of stock in the second-hand property market in the capital is easing, citing an increase in such houses coming up for sale. Last week, she says, 366 new second-hand properties were placed on the market in Dublin marking a significant increase on the previous five months.

user friendly!!!

cruhoortwunk

We lost the map view just so they could make it look 'nicer' and add the commute time search query. Idiots
Now I have to waste my time clicking on places allegedly in a nice area, but actually in a shít area beside the nice area.

tawfeeredux

I always liked the 'On View' feature on the old site. New site has an option for open viewings but it brings up no results. Still works fine on the old site.

They've basically decided to let the users do the testing, maybe they figured it'd be cheaper from a development point of view :rolleyes:.

ThisRegard

It was working for me yesterday evening on the new site. However the advanced search filters have gone to ****e, and when there's more than 1 page of results and you click on a subsequent page, it won't load and tell you there's nothing more. They seem to be hacking away at it as they hours go by.

carolmon

i can't get past the first page.........i can load the county and price then when i hit search nothing.........useless!!

Also can't click into any of the ads on the home page

mydarkstar

They've added a Recently Updated button onto the main page thankfully. The search result for using this button isn't actually accurate though, some recent properties for Dublin are actually a month old in random counties.

The map view for a property is still awful. It only shows the property in question. Unless u click on the Similar Properties option at the top of the map, but these aren't genuinely comparable properties - even when I know there is a similar two bed a few streets over for €xxx, it won't show it on the map but instead will show 3beds a mile away for +100k.

I've never been keen on Daft for looking up For Sale houses. But I'm finding it preferable to the new improved MyHome.

EmmaMurray2016

I had to email My Home last week as for a few weeks I can't log in and save properties. They said they are aware of the logging in issue but I still can't log in.

Sarn

I can't login either. Password has been reset a few times but no joy. The whole site update is a big step back as far as I am concerned. The map view is very poor.

daheff

whiskeyman wrote: »

I sent them a mail this morning detailing my problems.
I'll let you know if I hear back!

(and of course, once emailed... the website all of a sudden actually starts working like it should! :pac:)

I sent them a mail too...no response.

I think the new site is poor and very slow. They only part thats somewhat interesting is the new info about a town.

I also couldnt get the commute time part to work either.

Teyla Emmagan

I hates it.

astrofool

Broke all my saved searches and map functionality has been a huge regression. Most dropdowns also don't render right, and I'm not sure how commute times would make much of a diff for buying a house (surely people would investigate themselves and work out the areas they like rather than rely on a website which will always give the best times possible).

However, myhome has always been the best place for sales, daft for renting.

EmmaMurray2016

astrofool wrote: »

However, myhome has always been the best place for sales, daft for renting.

I would agree.

Don't forget to look at the likes of DGN Auctioneers etc also, I would have only looked on Daft and My Home only and forget about the auctioneers. Saw a few different houses not on daft etc
You might find your dream home elsewhere.

How do people release something thats not fit for purpose?? Is it developed internally and they're using feedback to find the myriad bugs...or did they contract it out to somebody in India, give poor specs and not check the delivered product??

Or perhaps they've built a new program thats incompatible with the existing databases... Sounds a bit like the first Obamacare program roll-out.

Either way, its either incompetence or a cynical approach to costs.

ixus

Impressive. This is still not running. Hanging on searches, of you can enter the criteria for a search. Hadn't checked in a couple of weeks as I was using oldwww.

Assume everyone has given up on it and using oldwww or daft. Wonder how bad their traffic is now.

Shedite27

I'm all for updating look and feel every so often, but I can't find the two features I use most often...
map search
On view list

mydarkstar

Shedite27 wrote: »

I'm all for updating look and feel every so often, but I can't find the two features I use most often...
map search
On view list

If you click on Open Viewings on the home page it'll give you a list of on-view properties.

The map search isn't there anymore from what I can see. There is a Similar Properties option to tick when you have opened a map for one selected property - unfortunately the results it gives are not 'similar' at all.

youcancallmeal

I emailed them 8 days ago asking what the story with the map search functionality was. They replied and said it would be back in a few days. Still no sign of it.

This is your standard website upgrade nonsense. They contract in some crowd who charge them a huge amount of money. Result is usually slicker looking with less functionality. The contractors then charge more to replace the 'missing' features because someone forgot to put them in the original spec which was part of the contract. Boards.ie have done this a lot over the last few years too i.e. ui overhauls for no apparent reason

EmmaMurray2016

ixus wrote: »

Impressive. This is still not running. Hanging on searches, of you can enter the criteria for a search. Hadn't checked in a couple of weeks as I was using oldwww.

Assume everyone has given up on it and using oldwww or daft. Wonder how bad their traffic is now.

I'm just on Daft all the time now as I save as I go along. Can't even log in to save houses.

mydarkstar

mydarkstar wrote: »

If you click on Open Viewings on the home page it'll give you a list of on-view properties.

The map search isn't there anymore from what I can see. There is a Similar Properties option to tick when you have opened a map for one selected property - unfortunately the results it gives are not 'similar' at all.

Map View is back! It 'seems' to be working okay.
If you select an area/postcode on the main page and then 'Search' it'll bring up the results as List View - this can then be changed to Map View using the options along the top.

EmmaMurray2016

I was able to log in this morn for the first time in months. Brill. Back to saving properties now

cruhoortwunk

Map view from oldwww.myhome.ie is now redirecting to the map view standard myhome site.
Is it just me or is the new map view shít

TRS30

Anyone able to log in on the iphone app? Still saying 'User name should not be empty'!!

MaudL

TRS30 wrote: »

Anyone able to log in on the iphone app? Still saying 'User name should not be empty'!!

Same for me!