The Get My Home Story: Why We Built a Smarter Way to Find a Home Abroad
Most rental platforms treat housing as a transaction. We never agreed with that. Get My Home was born from a different idea: that finding a place to live abroad should feel like finding a home, not booking a hotel. This is the story of how the app came to life — and the conviction that drives it.
It Started Far From Bali
The idea of Get My Home didn't begin on a beach in Canggu. It began at a brunch with friends, in Bilbao, Spain.
Lucie, our co-founder, was staying in an Airbnb for a few days. Nothing extraordinary on paper. But there was something different about this place — the light, the smell, the way the kitchen had been set up. For the first time in years of traveling, she didn't feel like she was renting. She felt at home.
And during that brunch, she said something simple to her friends: "How amazing would it be to find places that feel like this — anywhere in the world."
The Problem We Saw
That sentence stuck because it pointed to something real. Most rentals today, especially in destinations like Bali, are impersonal. Beautiful in photos. Practical to book. But empty of soul. They're optimized for the click, not for the life.
And on top of that, the search experience itself is exhausting. Fragmented listings. Untrusted agents. Photos that don't match the property. By the time most renters find a place, they're not picking the best villa — they're picking the least bad one.
The Bali Coincidence
A month later, on the other side of the world, Christian — our other co-founder — was in Bali. He met a developer who had just finished building a mobile app architecture. It clicked instantly. The idea was obvious: build an app that helps people find a home in Bali — not just a villa, but a home.
When he called Lucie about it, she went silent. She had had the exact same idea a month earlier, in Bilbao, without telling anyone. That coincidence wasn't a coincidence — it was the signal that the problem was real, and the solution was overdue.
What Get My Home Actually Does Differently
Get My Home isn't another listings platform. It's a matching app. You take a short test about your life — your budget, your rhythm, your favorite areas, whether you work from home, what kind of neighborhood energy you want — and the app returns villas with a compatibility percentage, not a price-sorted list.
Every villa on Get My Home is verified: ownership, availability, photos, agent identity. No copy-pasted listings. No ghost villas. No surprises on arrival.
Why It Matters
Because a home isn't four walls. It's a feeling. It's the moment you walk in and your shoulders drop. It's the smell of the morning coffee in your own kitchen, even when you're 12,000 kilometers from where you grew up.
Get My Home was built to help more people find that feeling — far away from home, but still at home. Starting in Bali, with a vision to scale to every destination where people want to live differently.
What's Next
Bali is the launchpad. Our roadmap includes Lisbon, Mexico City, Marrakech, and other destinations where international families and remote workers are reshaping their lives. The principle stays the same: verified villas, lifestyle matching, real homes.
If you're considering Bali — whether for 3 months or 3 years — start with the matching test. It takes 4 minutes. The villa you've been picturing is probably already on the app, waiting for you to find it.
Discover the Get My Home matching experience and find a villa in Bali that actually feels like yours.