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I like this very much. I would use you guys at the $600/mo price point for two rooms in a home in Austin, TX that I will be inhabiting for four months.

The lead time is the problem (along with the pricing in CHF). I want this today and not 10 weeks from now (more than half of the period of the rental).

Cool idea. I am concretely interested but not at that lead time.

If anyone has American recommendations I’d be thrilled. I’ll probably use inhabitr otherwise.

> The lead time is the problem (along with the pricing in CHF)

We're currently only available in Switzerland, so the pricing is in CHF. I hope we're un Austin soon though, you're the second person who told us that they'd be interesting in using us there!

> I want this today and not 10 weeks from now.

I very much agree, this is something we're working hard on. Furniture is not a great asset class since warehouse costs very quickly outweigh revenue (large and bulky!), so everyone in the supply chain is incentivized to reduce inventory risk as much as possible, which basically means everything is ordered on demand. This is the reason why you usually have to wait 12 weeks for a sofa when you order it online.

We try and do it quicker, at around 4 weeks (sometimes even earlier, in case of super-urgent apartments, we've even furnished them within one-to-two weeks), but we're exploring ideas to make this faster.

livefeather.com is amazing and available in the US. They don't offer the interior design service part, though.

Thanks. Livefeather is interesting

You should also check out oliver.space – more affordable than Feather, and available in Austin too!

Thank you, you two, for your recommendations.

Lol, I would also like to use this service in Austin for 4-6 month period starting in September :)

Is there a reason you’d rather do this than live in a fully furnished rental?

Very interesting, and something I'd be interested in at the moment.

But I am hesitant on the price point. At ~$4,800 / year as with the sample proposal, it might be a tough sell (or "rent", in this case).

The other options are to hire a designer and buy the furniture. High upfront cost but you still own the furniture and can always re-sell it to recoup some costs. Yes, this is a hassle. But how much is the hassle worth?

I can also just do a long-term AirBnb rental that comes fully furnished, many already with great style. Then I don't have to worry about any of this.

If I had a lot more disposable money than I currently have, and I had to get a place for an extended period of time, I'd do this in a heartbeat. So perhaps I am not the target market.

I wish you luck, there is certainly a market out there for something like this.

> At ~$4,800 / year as with the sample proposal, it might be a tough sell (or "rent", in this case).

Thanks for the feedback, I agree that it's not extremely affordable yet, and we're trying hard to get the price down. We currently work with a retail partner but plan on going direct-to-consumer soon, which should make our package more affordable.

Since we currently only serve the Swiss market, it's common for unfurnished apartments in Zurich cost upwards of $2,000, so adding $400 on top of that for a really beautiful interior package is not that big of a jump, especially when compared to fully-furnished apartments which cost significant more.

> The other options are to hire a designer and buy the furniture.

We also offer a buyout option, so all your monthly payments go toward ownership. Our goal is to ensure that you don't end up paying more during the course of your subscription than the retail price of the furniture if you were to purchase it all upfront.

> I wish you luck, there is certainly a market out there for something like this.

Oops, missed that last one.

> I wish you luck, there is certainly a market out there for something like this.

Thanks so much! We're looking forward to more feedback!

> it's common for unfurnished apartments in Zurich cost upwards of $2,000, so adding $400 on top of that for a really beautiful interior package is not that big of a jump, especially when compared to fully-furnished apartments which cost significant more.

I'd be mindful of that assumption across markets. I'm in London and while furnishing may have an impact on the list price for some properties, list price is almost always a product of the market and it's rarely possible to quantify the _cost of furnishing_. For example, apartments in my building are roughly the same price whether furnished or unfurnished. Furnishing is seen as a convenience here[1], not a financial benefit.

I do think this is a great proposition and that, once prices come down, you'll have a good opportunity in London -- just challenging the assumption that furnishing is universally reflected in price :)

[1] Typically, a furnished property is easier to tenant, so landlords can choose between furnishing (easier to find a tenant, risk of expensive damage) or unfurnished (harder to find a tenant, no risk of damage). Very common to see a furnished property offered "furnished or unfurnished" if someone wants to bring their own furniture, and that doesn't impact the price.

> For example, apartments in my building are roughly the same price whether furnished or unfurnished.

I would question that statement. :) That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense economically. The only two reasons that come to mind why this may be true are a) the furniture in the furnished apartments is super cheap or b) the furnished apartments are located subpar in one way or another. But I may be wrong.

At the top end of the market the amount of money involved means it's often more economical to focus on maximising occupation, rather than minimising initial costs. My apartment, for example, is worth around £1m and has around £10,000 worth of furniture in it provided by the landlord: if during the lifespan of the furniture the convenience of the apartment being furnished reduces tenancy voids by a total of 3 months then the furniture pays for itself.

I don't want to expose my address but you can browse "London" on the UK property website Rightmove and find comparable apartments (same building, same floorplan) with furnished/unfurnished prices that are no different.

Ah now I get it. Yeah you're absolutely right. I can imagine that we'll be working with landlords in markets like these instead of going directly B2C. While landlords may not care too much about the financial aspect of renting furniture they may care about the service aspect. We take care of the furniture, insure it, replace it ect. :)

Just a quick follow-up to provide an example, where furnished is cheaper than unfurnished, despite being identical: same building, same floorplan.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110025968

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110204747

That's fascinating! We'll look into this.

>it's common for unfurnished apartments in Zurich cost upwards of $2,000

I'd say that's the lower end, actually. Zürich is indeed pretty pricey.

As someone who owns a 2 bedroom condo and plans to stay for awhile but is still mostly furnished with Ikea, I would absolutely be interested in a buyout option!

Yep, we've seen homeowners or long-term renters especially interested in the buyout option. Fast furniture is a big climate problem, and although IKEA tries to show itself as sustainable, it's really the other thing. This is we only offer high-quality furniture, the kind that you won't replace every few years. That, combined with full insurance, things last longer and can be refurbished when you want to move out.

I paid an extra $500/month with an 11 month commitment for a furnished place over a non furnished. Maybe a little steep, I think I overpaid, but the one thing I will say to anyone reading this:

The benefits of living in a nicely arranged and furnished home can not be overstated. I work from home and my productivity ... and income ... and my peace of mind ... went up dramatically.

> The benefits of living in a nicely arranged and furnished home can not be overstated

Same! Even though we're based in and only service Switzerland for now, I live in Groningen, the Netherlands (we're a fully remote team), and I got a fully furnished apartment. A comparable unfurnished apartment is ~€800 and I pay €1400, but damn -- it's just so much nicer! And that combined with having a cleaning service [1] so you don't have to think about much at all, it's almost like living in a hotel!

[1] Pabio optionally offers a bi-weekly cleaning service (2.5 hours every other week for ~$100/m) through a partnership.

I second the price question.

I might not be the target customer in this case. But I'm not sure how a professionally designed interior is a good option for saving money. I'm cheap, so my first choice is looking for quality used furniture off of places like craigslist. I've gotten some pieces I'm happy with.

But the issue with furnishing an empty apartment that way is that it takes longer to find pieces, especially if you want it to match. My assumption is prices would be more than retail at a minimum. I'm also not usually comfortable with in-store financing offers. They usually aren't a good deal. But your terms could be good, debt seems to be cheap right now.

This does definitely sound like something I would be interested in though if my place was empty and I was happy with pricing.

> I'm not sure how a professionally designed interior is a good option for saving money

If you have to manually hire and pay a professional interior design, it's not very affordable, I agree. At Pabio, we have several in-house designers from eastern Europe so it costs us (and therefore, you) a very small (bundled) amount. This is also because they don't need to spend too much time on each apartment (each designer does multiple apartments per day) as they are aided by our technology, for example our drag-and-drop floor plan design tool and automated rendering engine.

> My assumption is prices would be more than retail at a minimum

You'd think so, but this is excitingly not the case. You never pay more than retail. This is possible because we get a discount from our retail partners much larger than customers would get because of our volume. Also, furniture has huge margins, so we're planning on going direct-to-consumer later this year, which means even more savings for the customer. Either way, our offering is more affordable than buying all your furniture upfront from a retailer, especially when you think of the bundled services, e.g., fully insured furniture (don't be afraid of dropping coffee!), free delivery and installation, and optional paid addons like electricians and cleaning services.

An alternative approach might be to let subscribers browse a warehouse of inventory and select items for you to move into their apartment. That might broaden the appeal of what you are offering to a larger audience, especially families.

I really like the idea of having a company take away all of my furniture when moving out, and if even one third of it didn't get trashed that would be a win.

Finally, a lot of people only buy new furniture because they are afraid of pests hitching a ride. At some point you will need to address that from a quality assurance and liability perspective.

> An alternative approach might be to let subscribers browse a warehouse of inventory

This is closer to Feather (YC S17) which is ecommerce + rental furniture. For us, the interior design aspect is a large part of our offering because you don't have to imagine what your apartment will look like with all of these items. Plus, we can offer better prices and spend more on acquisition since we have a large ticket (an apartment or at least a room worth of furniture rather than renting a single chair).

> Finally, a lot of people only buy new furniture because they are afraid of pests hitching a ride

You're right, this is food for thought. We already fully insure all items in the customer's apartment, so day-to-day wear-and-tear and some pest control can be fixed for free. But yes, we'll definitely need to think about this more when we refurbish furniture and put it in another apartment.

In the long term you could develop some best practices around killing pests.

I always thought something like Pabio for used mattresses would be great, so people could easily try lots of mattresses and find one which really helps them sleep.

To do that you'd need a nontoxic process for ensuring the mattress is free of bedbugs (e.g. put it in an airtight bag, then fill the bag with an oxygen-free mix of nitrogen+CO2 for long enough that any bugs will suffocate)

This is all really interesting! We’ll definitely think about this as we come close to refurbishing items (could be a few years away, hopefully!).

This is actually really cool, and something I would seriously consider for my house.

One question about the economics. You are going to get a lot of cases where people stop subscribing after the furnishing, and then decide they don't really want it / don't think it's worth it (think good faith - not abuse).

Would you be able to handle that without too much of a dent in your costs? Would you offer refunds / cancellation, and then own the costs to take the furniture back etc?

> This is actually really cool, and something I would seriously consider for my house.

Thanks so much! Excited to serve you!

> Would you be able to handle that without too much of a dent in your costs?

Since we fully insure the furniture and depreciate it over a longer time, our goal is to refurbish and reuse most items after your subscription is completed. If you cancel sooner, chances are that the furniture is in an even better quality so we can probably use more of it. So it shouldn't be too bad if people start to cancel early, but of course, we wouldn't want too many people to do this.

> Would you offer refunds / cancellation, and then own the costs to take the furniture back etc?

Yes, we allow for monthly cancellation. We're still trying to figure out exactly how this would work because the prices are lower for longer contracts and we're not fully sure how much of a "penalty" we will charge for early cancellation. For now, we've decided that people will only have to pay an administrative fee of $1k-$3k depending on how soon they cancel it, and then we'll take all the furniture back, refurbish it, and put it in a new apartment.

Sorry to be kinda of a "d*ck" here, but looking at the prices: For a 3-bedroom, you charge $363/month but that's for a 4 year duration. For a single year duration, you charge $1219/month. This comes out as $17.4k vs. $14.6k. Not very far off or ie: It costs almost the same to rent 1 year or 4 years. It doesn't seem you have shorter periods, either.

Basically, you are selling the furniture on credit the very same day they leave your warehouse.

Interesting concept. I have an office I could see this being useful for (though possibly a bit out of my price range, if I'm honest). One thing that stood out to me though is that all the examples were similar style (mid-century modern, maybe? I'm not a designer). More examples showcasing a range of styles could entice different clients. Research into styles in various regions (ie beach rentals vs ranch style vs mission/craftsman).

You're absolutely right, we currently only offer three distinct styles (https://pabio.com/get-started), although our interior designers get to know you better and design something that's unique for you. We are currently doing photography for a few more case studies with different styles, stay tuned!

> Research into styles in various regions (ie beach rentals vs ranch style vs mission/craftsman).

For sure! We plan on adding several more styles in the future. The only thing that slows us down is creating the right furniture set and reliably sourcing items that will remain available to us. I love the beach-style idea!

Hi Carlo,

A while back I came across Feather, which seems to be a startup trying to do the same thing:

https://www.livefeather.com/

They were part of the YC S17 batch. Even the styles of the websites are quite similar. What differentiates your services from Feather apart from geographic location?

Feather is only for rental furniture (you can rent individual items) but doesn't offer interior design. Here's an excerpt from a previous comment:

> ...Feather (YC S17) which is ecommerce + rental furniture. For us, the interior design aspect is a large part of our offering because you don't have to imagine what your apartment will look like with all of these items. Plus, we can offer better prices and spend more on acquisition since we have a large ticket (an apartment or at least a room worth of furniture rather than renting a single chair).

I would advise you to think about how to make that value proposition proprietary and defensible. I’m not wholly convinced that offering interior design or offering whole-apartment bundles alone is something you could defend an incumbent from also providing. Although it does sound like your space-visualization technology might be a leg-up here.

Also note that there are several competitors from the other-side that provide whole furnished apartments for rent such as Blueground. You seem to be in between the “rent single pieces of furniture” and “rent a whole apartment” spaces and need to ensure that the space is carved out enough and the market is there.

Congrats for being accepted into YC! You now have a large journey ahead of you!

You're right, there are several verticals of competition for us. Here are some quick notes:

1. Traditional retailers like IKEA and Wayfair: We don't think they'll be fully pivoting to a rentals because it's a very different business model and requires lots of financing/credit setup. These retailers are motivated to get rid of their inventory as soon as possible (warehouse space!) whereas we look at furniture as assets, so we're happy to take yours back, refurbish it, and put in in a new place.

2. Furniture rental startups like Feather and Fernish already have a rental system in place, but but personalized interior design is a different game altogether, especially when you consider our proprietary rending technology which generates photorealistic renders with relatively little human effort. We think our technology will set us apart.

3. Online interior design services like Modsy and Havenly only focus on human-driven interior design. They might want to upsell you a furniture package, but they don't have the necessary rental and logistics setup to have a full offering as we do. This is only competition for us if people want interior designers but want to buy all furniture outright (say for $20k) and our goal is a more affordable offering.

4. Depending on where you live, fully-furnished or serviced apartments are (much) more expensive than renting an apartment, so we think our value proposition is also the "rent to own" part where each of your monthly payments go towards ownership. We also have optional addon services like electricians and biweekly cleaning, so I think we'll more directly compete with the serviced apartments space, except that it's still your apartment and you can own the furniture if you like.

Thanks for your feedback and making me think about this!

You may also want to look and target companies that have a lot of expat contracts. Expats usually get a good allowance for housing and providing stylish, quality furniture with little hassle might be a big bonus as its one less thing they have to take care off.

Absolutely, this is a great idea! We're in early stages of exploring partnerships with large employers, especially in tech, who typically arrange homes for expats. They sometimes use serviced apartments (which are significantly more expensive than renting and using Pabio) or use short-term rental agencies -- both are interesting channels for us.

Have you guys heard of Fulhaus? I saw them on Dragon's Den (Canadian Shark Tank for you Americans) and they seem to have a similar model to this. Is your business model fairly similar?

CEO here: we actually didn't know them yet. But the website looks awesome. They seem to have a similar business model. We're operating in Europe as of now, though (That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians) ;)

>(That's across the Atlantic for you Canadians)

It's probably safe for you to assume that most Canadians know where Europe is.

As in, draw a map showing where Canada and Europe are, along with what's around them?

I am less confident in that assumption.

yours, an expat Canadian.

Do you really think Canadians don't know that Europe is across the Atlantic?

This was a tongue-in-cheek remark for "Canadian Shark Tank for you Americans" (we're not Americans!).

Great concept, congrats on the launch. I am Swiss myself and I know first hand that (non-Ikea) furniture is very expensive and good interior design advice scarce and even more pricey. There is a clear trend towards an asset light lifestyle, so renting furniture definitely makes a lot of sense. I would particularly use this service for an investment property (buy to let). Lots of success with Pabio, I'm sure it'll be a home run.

Thanks Chris! Really appreciate the kind words! :)

Very cool, two random questions. Can you talk more about how the buyouts work? When you do the move out do you also have shipping for an extra fee? Often when I've moved out of an apartment I have at least a few boxes of personal stuff to ship and it'd be nice if the company already hauling stuff away from my place could just do it all

> Can you talk more about how the buyouts work?

How the buyout works in general is that all your monthly payments go towards ownership. Say you have a contract for $400 per month for 2 years, and your furniture costs $12,000. At the end of this period, you can either (i) pay the difference, i.e., $2,400, and you own the furniture; (ii) continue the subscription until you've paid the amount back; or (iii) you can sign a new contract and get brand new furniture with no extra cost.

> When you do the move out do you also have shipping for an extra fee?

At this point, we don't, but that's also because we haven't had any move outs yet so we didn't consider the person items. We currently only move all your furniture at no additional charge. We can perhaps add a one-time paid addon service where we also move your personal items to your new apartment. Thanks for the great idea!

Sweet, best of luck! I'll look you up the next time I move to Europe :)

If I had more money, I'd definitely do this.

Or at least work with an interior designer to get a sense for what I'd like.

I'd love to hear at what budget/price point you would be comfortable to use Pabio. I ask because our ultimate goal is to make interior design affordable for the masses.

Have you thought about trying to sell this to new build developers/people buying new builds? Or even just people buying houses. I would happily pay more than what you're charging for someone to just sort my whole house out (including finding a decent decorator).

Yes! We've been focused on B2C, but we already worked with our first B2B housing complex in Bern, but that's it. This is an avenue that we still have to explore, but you're right, this could be a great channel for us.

I really love this idea- I can think of 10 of my friends in SF who would love this and would more than happily pay for it, including myself. Have you launched there yet? Also are you currently hiring for marketing roles? I would love to work on a product like this

Thanks! We're currently only available in Switzerland and plan to grow in Europe first before launching in the US [1]. We are hiring for design and operations roles [2].

[1] https://pabio.com/country-waitlist/

[2] https://pabio.com/careers/

Very cool! Smart to automate part of the rendering service. That can take a ton of time manually. What's the experience been like for users to upload floor plan and photos? Any best practices or lessons learned you could share?

Great question, this has been something we're thinking about for a while now. We can do a much better/more realistic render if people upload floor plans, but not everyone does that (maybe they don't have one and don't know how to use those floor plan apps), which is why we are currently exploring ways to generating proposals without the strict need of a floor plan.

People usually drop out of the funnel when we request a floor plan. This has been the main reason we're unable to convert some customers. For now, if you upload a few photos from different angles and the dimensions, we can probably work with that too, but we need more data before we're sure!

Congrats! I thought of launching something very similar when I went through the hassle of moving to a new apartment. Honest question: why did you launch to HN, if your service is only available in Switzerland?

Honest answer: YC encourages you to launch on HN, not only because some of your users might be on it (in our case, HN is not a great lead generation tool), but because investors scout new startups on HN too. We plan on raising a seed round in August/September.

I truly hope you make it to your seed round. I think your biz is ultra solid. Happy to chat if 1. you happen to expand in Berlin, 2. you wish to fundraise around here. I have some data [1] that you might benefit from. Also: I think you'd rock in cities like this :)

[1] https://giansegato.com/essays/how-i-beat-the-berlin-rental-m...

This is super interesting! Yes, Berlin is the next city we're expanding to, likely within 2021 or early 2022. I'll hit you up on Twitter DM.

Sorry to be a downer, I like the concept but the renderings on your website look so cold and impersonal to me, like tired clichés of their styles. I personally wouldn't want to live in a WeWork

We try to furnish your apartment based on your taste and needs, the two case studies or the sample proposal on our website aren't the full picture (we're working on more photos from some of our other apartments). We first get to know you better (do you work from home? live with a partner? like colors? etc.) and try to send a very personal proposal.

That being said, I agree that the Scandinavian style (warm, wooden, etc., what you refer to as "WeWork") is overrepresented in our photos, so we'll definitely work on changing that.

> Why work at Pabio?

> You’ll work mostly with cool people (Not all of us are cool, but the majority are.)

Seriously wondering who the uncool people would be and what it would be like to work with them

Why would they even say that: "There are uncool people here, beware." Obviously not everyone in a workplace can be "cool" but I see no point mentioning it.

Explain away social awkwardness/weird interactions? Cool would not be a word I associate with myself for that reason.

Because it's funny and implies that they don't take themselves too seriously?

A lot of workers are suffering from PTSD from abusive managers who were "uncool" and micromanaging the living hell out of them. I wouldn't call that funny. Not saying that's what's happening at Pabio but that was the first thought in my mind.

You won't find any abusive managers at Pabio... I'm just not very cool, that's it, I promise!

Agree with that statement once again.

I'm the uncool one

Agree with that statement.

I as well.

Are you planning on expanding to houses? I’d love to send someone details on my house, a budget, and have them design the interior and buy all the furniture for me.

Yes, we do serve houses too, but we don't currently offer straight-up buying options. You can get a Pabio subscription for your house and buyout the furniture at the end of your subscription. We're not considering the buying upfront part because we really believe that the subscription models makes our offering much more affordable (think $20k of furniture upfront vs. $400 of monthly payments which all go towards ownership).

Excerpts from https://pabio.com/pricing/:

> Pabio is for both tenants and home owners

> After your subscription period ends...you can pay the difference and purchase your furniture

> We're not considering the buying upfront part because we really believe that the subscription models makes our offering much more affordable (think $20k of furniture upfront vs. $400 of monthly payments which all go towards ownership).

How is this different (functionally, or financially) from financing that is pretty standard fare at most furniture shops?

In some ways, the UX is pretty similar to financing, with the difference that:

1. We offer personalized interior design. Yes, it's theoretically possible that we interior design your apartment and then outright sell the furniture package to you using a financing setup like Affirm, but:

2. The customer doesn't necessarily want to own the furniture. For example, at the end of their subscription, they can return all furniture and get a new brand new style and continue the subscription, or if they move sooner; we take care of all delivery, installation, moving, etc., and:

3. We offer add-on services like electricians and biweekly cleaning. I personally really believe in the "living as a service" part where the goal is to have a subscription that takes care of all aspects your living. Furniture is only the first step, there's lots more we can do there!

Impressive tech given you only started recently!

Hey Carlo, nice to see see you guys on here and great to see a Swiss company in YC! Congrats. Cheers, Can (from Chimpy).

Hey Can! Thank you so much, man! Really appreciate it! My phone is docked to a Chimpy right now (no joke).

Haha, glad we can be helpful :-)

Iwan here from coderfit.com

Joining Can: lovely to see a Bern-based firm at YC and on HN!

Finally, we get access to a cool startup offering FIRST before Americans/everyone else!

Would you consider doing only a single room? Dining room/livingroom only?

Would be much more compelling, at least for me.

Not OP, but they do offer that.

[0] https://pabio.com/pricing/

Thanks! Yes, we do, because we found out early on that people may already have some furniture in their apartments that they want to keep, so we offer individual rooms as well. You can always start with a one room and then get your entire apartment furnished as well.

I think the idea is great.. but it would only be attractive to most users if the furniture was rent-to-own.

It (optionally) is! Here's an excerpt from a previous comment:

> All your monthly payments go towards ownership. Say you have a contract for $400 per month for 2 years, and your furniture costs $12,000. At the end of this period, you can either (i) pay the difference, i.e., $2,400, and you own the furniture; (ii) continue the subscription until you've paid the amount back; or (iii) you can sign a new contract and get brand new furniture with no extra cost.

Oh thank you! That makes it more interesting. As I'm in Switzerland, I would try this service out if I wasn't a broke college student.

Thanks! Just curious: At what price point would you consider this? Say you have a student room (like a studio), how much would you like to pay to furnish it to your taste? I'm asking because we want to make this as affordable as possible!

Well, let's consider the cost of a student "room" or flat first. In major cities like Zurich or Bern this would range between 500 and 850 CHF for enrolled students under the age of 28, usually with any additional costs already included. Now most of these rooms are already furnished (poorly), it is actually harder to find unfurnished rooms. So I think personally, I would probably not pay over half of the rent itself, so if I had a place for 700 CHF, I might pay an additional 350 CHF a month to get furniture I like. So if I stayed in the apartment at least 6 months, I would have paid 2100.- which would be about the same as if I had just bought new furniture, considering that a student room is probably small.

I think that at the end of the day, students are probably not your target audience, because they also see furniture as more disposable. So they would sell their furniture too, when they get a new room. Now you could use that opportunity to offer a very cheap rental fee specifically for students and then they could give back the furniture when they move on.

I guess my point is, the price point is okay, the fact that it would take two years to eventually own it isn't attractive to a student. The alternative of paying for some time (e.g. 6 months) and then dropping the subscription without owning anything at the end is also unattractive.

Thanks for the insights! I believe that if you have a small studio/room as a student would, a four-year plan would cost closer to CHF 150. I know that a 1-year one would be much more expensive, but we're working hard on changing that.

I agree that unless we offer significant savings, students are not an ideal market for us, but maybe when we get furniture back and we renovate it, students might be especially interesting since we can furnish their rooms for a big discount.

This is super cool, I'll be happy if this extends to Germany at some point

You're in luck! Germany is next in line and we're planning to start operations late-2020 or 2021!

I wonder if Hacker News has ever considered making OP content readable.

What do you mean by "OP content" and "readable"?

Not the original commentor, but I guess what they were talking about was the low contrast of the description text of text posts on HN with the background.

@pblithier8, maybe this could be a feature for your much-loved Refined HN browser extension!

PS: Mihir is also our first engineering intern at Pabio! :D

Thanks Anand, I'll consider that! Meanwhile you can use the extension's "Custom CSS" field to take care of it :).

Like this a lot, congrats guys!

Thanks so much!

cool concept :)

thank you!

Launch HN: Pabio (YC S21) – Interior design and furniture rental as a service