FAQ

Yes! In your User profile, you can create a custom “Preferred Search” that offers even more search options and the ability to save the search so that Anikio will remember it the next time you visit. While this has a lot of benefits for tenants in setting their minimum criteria, this feature can also be useful for landlords to keep an eye on similar/comparable properties and make sure that their pricing is competitive.

On mobile, the Preferred Search will appear minimized at the bottom of your profile page as a button labeled “Show Preferred Search”.

You can see the results of your preferred search in the For You section of the homepage. The filters you can add to your preferred search are:

Property Type

This is probably self-explanatory, but you can choose on or more from the following types of property:

• Acreage – A whole property outside but typically near the city with a larger lot than is typically available in the city.
• Apartment – A suite in a multi-level building.
• Basement Suite – A basement in a single-detached home, with the main floor rented or occupied by the landlord.
• Duplex – A side-by-side split of a home.
• Garage Suite – A smaller suite detached from the main home on a property, usually on top of and/or beside a rear-lot garage.
• Main-Floor Suite – The main floor of a home with a suited basement that it rented by another tenant (or landlord occupied).
• Mobile – Also known as trailers, these homes are semi-permanent but low cost and typically rent for less.
• Shared – Roommate seekers with (usually) a private room and shared common areas such as kitchen, entry, laundry, and bathroom(s).
• Townhouse – A smaller home that is often part of a condominium association with limited or no yardwork.
• Whole House – A whole home including main floor, basement, and yard, this typically also includes some requirement for maintenance of the grounds.

Rent

The monthly rent. When you select the property, you will also see what utilities are included with the rent payment. In the case of Shared property type (roommate search), the rent should be for a single room even when multiple rooms are available on the premises.

Included Utilities

Choose the utilities that you want included in the rent above. It may be more effective to simply adjust your rent to the maximum with all utilities that you are able to pay and then factor in the included utilities after you have the results of your search. This is recommended because, for example, if you limit your search to properties that include, for example, electricity, you may miss out on properties that include extras such as internet and cable/satellite TV that you would expect to pay out of pocket.

Property Location

Did you know that you can get a lot more specific in narrowing down the location you want to look in?

There is a small arrow (to the left of the checkbox on a tablet/PC and in the image above, but on the right of the location name on mobile) that allows you to get all the way down from the city to the area of the city and finally down to specific neighbourhoods. For example, within Saskatoon, you can look at the entire city by selecting “Saskatoon”, get a bit more specific to the northeast side by selecting “University Heights Planning Area”, or even more specific by selecting “Arbor Creek” and “Erindale” for example. You can select multiple areas to really refine your search to exactly the neighbourhoods you want to look at.

Contract Type

This provides you with an option to remove properties that have a minimum lease that is longer than you plan to stay at a location or longer than you are comfortable signing.

Size (Sq Ft)

The dimensions of the living space (not the yard) in square feet. Yes, we love metric but this is what most people are used to… still.

Bedrooms

The number of bedrooms being offered for rent on the property. For the Shared property type (i.e. people seeking roommates) this should be the number of rooms available for rent in total in order to let couples or friends looking know how many rooms are still available on the premises.

Bathrooms

Set the number of bathrooms you require as a minimum. A 0.5 bathroom means toilet and sink only (no bath/shower).

Parking

The type(s) of parking included/available at this rental property, from street parking (with or without access to a plug-in) to underground parking at an apartment building.

Pets

Search for property that may allow (always subject to discussion with the landlord/property manager) certain types of pets or that does not allow pets on the premises.

Features

These are specific amenities that a property offers, it may include aesthetic finishing (hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances) or specify if a property is smoking or non-smoking.