SpareRoom Scraper: UK & US Rooms to Rent, Flatshares and House Shares

SpareRoom Scraper extracts room listings from SpareRoom, the UK's biggest flatshare site (spareroom.co.uk) and its US version (spareroom.com). Every room includes the title, rent and rent period, normalised monthly rent, room type (double, single, en-suite, studio), availability date, neighbourhood, postcode, property type, number of rooms in the property, advertiser type (agent, live-in landlord, current flatmate), agent name, description, main photo, photo count and verified flag. Search any city or area in the UK or US, filter by rent and availability, and export to CSV, Excel or JSON. Large cities like London are split automatically by rent band, so you are not limited to the first 1,000 ads.

What does SpareRoom Scraper do?

• 🏠 Rooms to rent and flatshares in any UK or US location: London, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, New York, Boston, San Francisco…
• 💷 Rent: as advertised (per week or per month) plus a normalised monthly rent for easy comparison.
• 🛏️ Room type: double, single, en-suite, studio, whole property.
• 📅 Availability: available-now flag and move-in date.
• 📍 Location: neighbourhood, postcode district and location label.
• 🏢 Property: property type (flat, house) and number of rooms in the property.
• 👤 Advertiser type: agent, live-in landlord, live-out landlord or current flatmate, plus the agent's business name for agency listings.
• 📸 Main photo, photo count, video flag, featured and verified flags.
• 🔗 Paste SpareRoom search links to reuse any filters you set on the site.
• 📈 Automatic rent-band splitting for big cities to collect far more than 1,000 rooms per search.

What data can you scrape from SpareRoom?

Field	Description
ID, title, link	SpareRoom listing ID, title and page
Rent	Advertised rent and period (pw/pcm)
Monthly rent	Rent normalised to per month
Room type	Double, single, en-suite…
Availability	Available now / move-in date
Location	Neighbourhood, postcode district
Property	Property type, rooms in property
Advertiser	Agent, landlord or flatmate; agency name
Description	Listing summary
Photos	Main photo link, photo count, video
Flags	Featured, verified, days since posted

Use cases for SpareRoom data

• Rental market research: average room rents by city, neighbourhood and postcode.
• Landlords and HMO investors: benchmark room prices before letting or buying a house share.
• Letting agents and property managers: monitor competing room listings and agencies.
• Proptech and relocation services: feed room availability into apps and newsletters.
• Students and young professionals: track new rooms in your price range every day.
• Academic and housing-policy research: analyse shared-housing affordability over time.

How to scrape SpareRoom

1. Click Try for free to open SpareRoom Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Choose United Kingdom or United States and enter locations.
3. Optionally set minimum/maximum rent and available now only, or paste SpareRoom search links.
4. Set Max rooms and click Start.
5. Download the rooms as CSV, Excel or JSON.

Input

Example input

{
  "country": "uk",
  "locations": ["London", "Manchester"],
  "minRent": 500,
  "maxRent": 1000,
  "availableNowOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 2000
}

Field	Description
Country	United Kingdom or United States.
Locations	Cities or areas, one search each.
Minimum / Maximum rent per month	Monthly rent range.
Available now only	Only rooms available immediately.
SpareRoom search links	Any SpareRoom search-results link. Overrides locations and rent.
Max rooms	Stop after this many rooms (0 = no limit).

Output

Room example

{
  "id": "18452657",
  "url": "https://www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/london/brixton/18452657",
  "title": "Looking for a Weekday Lodger - 2-4 days per week",
  "rent": 600,
  "rentPeriod": "pcm",
  "rentMonthly": 600,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "rooms": ["Double room"],
  "availability": "Available 19th Oct 2026",
  "availableNow": false,
  "neighbourhood": "Brixton",
  "postcode": "SW9",
  "location": "Brixton (SW9)",
  "propertyType": "flat",
  "roomsInProperty": 2,
  "advertiserType": "current flatmate",
  "agentName": null,
  "description": "I am looking for a weekday lodger who needs a place to stay in London for work in my modern, secure and well located apartment in...",
  "photoCount": 6,
  "hasVideo": false,
  "imageUrl": "https://photos2.spareroom.co.uk/images/flatshare/listings/unmodified/10/17/101771426.jpg",
  "featured": false,
  "verified": true,
  "daysOld": 0,
  "site": "spareroom.co.uk",
  "search": "London"
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
id, url, title	string	Listing.
rent, rentPeriod	number, string	Advertised rent and period.
rentMonthly	number	Monthly rent.
currency	string	GBP or USD.
rooms	array	Room types offered.
availability, availableNow	string, boolean	Move-in date.
neighbourhood, postcode, location	string	Location.
propertyType, roomsInProperty	string, number	Property.
advertiserType, agentName	string	Advertiser.
description	string	Listing summary.
photoCount, hasVideo, imageUrl	mixed	Media.
featured, verified, daysOld	mixed	Flags.
site, search, scrapedAt	string	Source info.

How much does it cost to scrape SpareRoom?

SpareRoom Scraper uses pay-per-room pricing: a small fixed price per room, with automatic discounts on higher Apify plans. See the Pricing tab for the exact price.

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FAQ

Does it work for SpareRoom US? Yes. Choose United States and enter US cities, or paste spareroom.com search links.

How many rooms can I get? SpareRoom shows up to 1,000 ads per search. For bigger searches without a rent filter, the scraper automatically splits by rent band to go past that limit.

Are weekly rents converted? Yes. rentMonthly gives every room's rent per month, alongside the advertised rent and period.

Can I monitor new rooms? Yes. Schedule the scraper daily; daysOld shows how recently each room was posted.

What formats can I export? CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, HTML and RSS, or read the results through the Apify API.

Can I integrate SpareRoom Scraper with other apps? SpareRoom Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JS/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Is it legal to scrape SpareRoom? The scraper only collects publicly listed room offers and does not collect "room wanted" profiles. You are responsible for using the data in line with SpareRoom's terms and the UK GDPR.

Related Actors

• Rightmove Scraper
• Airbnb Scraper

Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Returns only public data. Not affiliated with SpareRoom.