London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/13/2010 -- u-rooms.com (http://www.u-rooms.com) and Urbanest (http://www.urbanest.co.uk) are pleased to announce a partnership to promote Urbanest’s properties on http://www.u-rooms.com and to enable student flat seekers in London to build a highly personalised search profile that can be linked to popular social networking sites and better enable them to find a flat mate match.

Students will be able to find flats for rent, constructed in the best locations to match their lifestyles, taking into account transport links and proximity to universities and social centres through an intuitive and integrated service. Using social media and the latest technology, u-rooms will enable students to find homes designed, built and managed by Urbanest.

About u-rooms
The company, formed in June 2009 by Mike Peirce (former CTO, lastminute.com) and Mark Davies (former head of online at Unite, FTSE 250 Company), empowers both the tenant and property provider with tools to ensure they have a ‘correct’ match between property and prospective tenant. The team’s experience in property rentals, student accommodation and engaging customer experience will ensure a great service for finding a flat, student house, house share, halls of residence and student home in UK market.

For more information visit: http://www.u-rooms.com

About Urbanest
Urbanest was founded in February 2008 and will soon be one of Australia’s largest providers of student accommodation. They have a great deal of experience providing accommodation designed, built and run specifically for students. The good news for students in London is that Urbanest has just launched in London. Urbanest is student accommodation with a difference. It represents a new standard of living in London where everything is just that little bit better, from the on-site team right down to the finishing touches – even the views!

Press Contact
u-rooms: Vibha Sridhar
vibha@u-rooms.com
+44 (0)203 1788 025

Urbanest: Mark Morgan
MMorgan@cv-intl.com