For people searching for long-term housing in Belgium, including newcomers navigating Dutch and French listings.
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Why it matters
Finding a suitable home means switching between sites, languages and similar listings. A large catalogue does not guarantee a reliable match.
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The approach
ArendaBE brings rental cards, city selection, photo galleries and compact alerts into a Telegram bot to shorten the first screening step.
What you can do
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Browse apartments, houses and studios in Telegram.
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See photos and request a description translation.
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Narrow the search by city and receive compact alerts.
The user journey
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Open the Telegram bot and choose a city.
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Review rental cards and their photos.
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Check the original listing and decide whether to apply.
A closer look
An intermediate snapshot of the Russian and Ukrainian campaigns on 9 September 2026. It does not show the later four-campaign totals or the final 5.62 TON spend.
Real Telegram Ads dashboard on 10 September: an earlier snapshot of all four campaigns. The 28,426 impressions, 197 clicks and 60 bot starts in the article are a later 14 September snapshot.
Building in public
Current state
This is an active experiment, not a validated paid service. The published report documents source-freshness risks and no confirmed customers from the advertising test.
Common questions
Are all listings current?
Freshness of the main source is still being checked. Always verify a listing on its original source before making a decision.
Has the paid model been validated?
No. The public report describes the advertising funnel and the absence of confirmed customers at that point.
8,530 listings, 197 clicks and no customers: building ArendaBE
From a small rental parser to a Belgian housing catalogue and a Telegram Ads experiment. The real funnel, 5.62 TON in ad spend, product mistakes and the source-risk now blocking a freshness promise.
