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An AI house assistant for iMessage
Homerun is an AI housemate that handles sharehouse admin over text. Add it to your iMessage group chat and it splits the rent, chases the bills, runs the chore roster and remembers bin night, without anyone downloading an app.
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At a glance
- What it is
- An AI assistant that handles sharehouse admin by text message, in the group chat your house already uses.
- Status
- Live. Homerun is in private beta, adding Australian houses one at a time.
- Who it is for
- Australian sharehouses, share flats and group houses, usually two to six housemates.
- What it costs
- Free during private beta. AU$0.
- Where it works
- Australia.
- What you need to start
- An iPhone and your house group chat. There is no app to download and no account to create first.
- Also available on
- WhatsApp, on +61 468 046 300, for houses that are not all on iPhone.
Your house already has a group chat, and it is where the admin goes to die
The chat is where the house actually lives. Plans, complaints, a photo of whatever has appeared in the fridge. It is also where the rent reminder gets posted at 9pm on a Tuesday and scrolls out of sight by Wednesday.
So one person ends up holding all of it. They remember whose turn the bins are. They screenshot the power bill again. They ask the same housemate for the same forty dollars a third time. Nobody appointed them. They just cared first.
How it works in iMessage
Add Homerun to the house chat
Homerun joins the group chat as a contact, the same way a housemate would. Nothing to install, and nobody has to create an account before it starts being useful.
Tell it about the house
Who lives there, what the rent is, when the bills land. You type it in plain words and the assistant asks for anything it still needs.
Let it do the chasing
The assistant posts the reminders, keeps the tally of who has paid and rotates the chore roster, so nobody in the house has to be the one who asks.
What the assistant handles
Splits the rent
Homerun works out each housemate's share of the rent and posts it before it is due, so the split is settled in the chat instead of in one person's head.
Chases the bills
Homerun tracks which housemates have paid a bill and nudges the ones who have not, so whoever paid it is not also the one chasing it.
Runs the chore roster
Homerun rotates jobs between housemates so the same person is not always on bins, and reminds whoever is up that week.
Remembers bin night
Homerun posts the right bin on the right night to the house, every week, without anyone having to keep the council calendar in their head.
Keeps the shared shopping list
Any housemate can add to the house shopping list by message, and Homerun keeps the record so the cost can be settled later.
Answers who owes what
Ask Homerun who owes what and it replies with a running tally the whole house can see, rather than four people comparing bank apps.
A group chat on its own, and a group chat with Homerun in it
| The job | A group chat on its own | With Homerun in the chat |
|---|---|---|
| Splitting the rent | Someone works it out and posts it, then does it again next month | The assistant posts each housemate's share before it is due |
| Chasing a bill | The person who paid asks three times, then gives up | The assistant nudges whoever has not paid |
| The chore roster | A photo of a whiteboard, out of date by week two | Jobs rotate automatically and the assistant reminds whoever is up |
| Who owes what | Four people scrolling back through the chat | A running tally anyone can ask for |
| Bin night | Whoever remembers, remembers | A reminder to the house every week |
What the house sees
Ask it anything about the house
Who owes what
Screens from the Homerun app. Names and figures are examples.
From houses that were running on a group chat
We had a group chat and a running argument. Now the chat just tells us who owes what, and nobody has to be the one who brings it up.
Tash W.Sharehouse of 4, Marrickville I had tried three apps and could never get all five of us to download any of them. This one is just in the chat we already had.
Dan O.Sharehouse of 5, West End The spreadsheet died about eight months into the lease. This has not, because nobody has to keep it alive.
Priya S.Sharehouse of 3, Fitzroy North
Common questions
Does Homerun work in iMessage?
Yes. Add Homerun to your house group chat in iMessage and it answers there. There is nothing to install and no account to create before you start.
What if my housemates are not all on iPhone?
Homerun also answers on WhatsApp, on +61 468 046 300, which runs on iPhone and Android. Houses on mixed phones usually run it there.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Homerun answers in your iMessage group chat. There is a Homerun app as well, and rent, bond, lease details and bank connections live there.
Does everything happen in the chat?
No. The day to day chasing happens in the chat: rent splits, bills, chores, bin night and the shopping list. Rent, bond, lease details and bank connections live in the Homerun app instead.
How much does Homerun cost?
Homerun is free during private beta, at AU$0. There is no charge for the assistant and nothing per message.
Does it work in a group chat with all my housemates?
Yes. Homerun sits in the house group chat, so the rent split, the bill tally and the chore roster are visible to everyone in it rather than to one person.
What is Homerun?
Homerun is an Australian sharehouse management app operated by Sharehouse Pro. It handles rent splits, bill tracking, chore rosters, house documents and house reminders, and its assistant answers on WhatsApp.
Add me to your house chat.
Start a chat with Homerun and tell it about your place. It takes a couple of minutes and there is nothing to install.
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