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Startup No 178 - StartupRealities 2020 series ExperienceHousing is a subscription service that allows prospective house buyers to spend a full week living at a shortlisted location to help them decide if they would want to buy and live in the given house/apartment long-term. The service allows the subscriber to experience the complexity of living at a new place, including facilities, sound and heat insulation, neighbours, transport services and the environment for a week on average. On the other hand, the service also allows sellers to benefit from an income stream while selling their place as houses for sale usually cannot be rented out during such a period. CEO QUOTE "Our service creates a win-win: the buyer has time to explore the details of living at a given venue, while the seller gets some short-term revenue. The annual subscription allows up to five weeks of living at up to 5 different locations. However, for more expensive properties, the allocation of days is red...

StartupRealities No 111 HomeConstitution is a subscription service that arbitrates and adjudicates on family issues and helps discipline children, rein in parents and iron out household conflicts. All members of a household (parents and children alike) are required to sign up to a set of pre-agreed rules, known as the #HomeConstitution, and to abide by the ruling of a panel of volunteer judges when their intervention is requested. LEGAL PROCESS To help draft the rules, templates of common rules are provided, e.g. " Mama Bear will give Baby Boo Boo a monthly pocket money allowance that cannot be spent on sweets" ; or " Boo Boo will write his homework every day" . Once agreed by all household members, these rules are framed and shipped to display on the wall as the family's HomeConstitution. In case of conflict, children or parents can request a hearing and adjudication by a panel of three lay judges. The plaintiff and the defendant select one judge each, whi...