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Case study · Hanoi, Vietnam · Student housing

Designed and built Homerun's student-housing platform, from Figma to launch in six months.

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How did InApps help Homerun?

Homerun, a Hanoi startup that runs off-campus dormitories for students, wanted a rental platform Gen Z would actually use, sold by subscription and launched fast. In 2025, a team of three from InApps, a software company in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed it in Figma and built it in React and Node.js on CMC Cloud in six months: the site where students find a room near their university.

Homerun logo Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 3specialistsInApps team
  • 6monthsDesign to launch, 2025
  • 4universitiesPartners on the platform
Industry
Student Housing Gen Z Rentals
Main technologies
Figma React Node.js CMC Cloud

About Homerun

Homerun calls itself a tech company doing real estate. It started from a real shortage: VinUni and nearby universities in Hanoi did not have enough dormitory places, so its founders, who had studied away from home themselves, set out to build managed student housing with a community around it.

The challenge

Homerun needed a rental platform built for Gen Z, on a subscription model rather than one-off leases, with the modern look younger renters expect from the apps they use every day. It also had to reach the market fast, to win early adopters in a crowded proptech space.

Built for Gen Z, sold by subscription, and needed fast.

The solution

We took the platform end to end, from UX/UI to deployment. We designed the screens in Figma around how students look for a room: by university, room type and budget. Then we built it in React and Node.js, with the subscription model in place from the start, and deployed it on CMC Cloud for stable hosting. We worked in short iterations, with Homerun's feedback after each one, and took it from first design to launch in six months.

How we design products
3 specialists
  • UX/UI design in Figma
  • React front end
  • Node.js back end
  • Deployment on CMC Cloud

The stack

Figma React Node.js CMC Cloud
Homerun's building list in a browser window: the heading Chọn toà gần trường của cậu, filters for all schools, Phenikaa and Hanoi Medical University, and four dormitory buildings with photos, distance to school and beds left

The outcome

A live platform where students find a room near their school.

  • Live and in use, listing dorm buildings near partner universities in Hanoi.
  • Search by university, room type and budget, from eight-bed rooms to studios.
  • Subscription model in place, built to grow as Homerun adds communities.
  • Six months from first design to launch, with a team of three.
6 months design to launch 3 specialists

Sources: InApps project records; pictures and listings from Homerun's site, October 2026.

Questions about this project

InApps designed and built the rental platform of Homerun, a Hanoi startup that runs off-campus dormitories for students. Over six months in 2025, a team of three from InApps, a software company in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, took it from UX/UI design in Figma to a live React and Node.js platform on CMC Cloud, with a subscription model built in.
Students search for a room by university, room type and budget, from eight-bed rooms to studios, and see each building's distance to school and the beds still free. Homerun's rooms come furnished, with wifi, 24/7 security and weekly cleaning, and universities can partner with Homerun to offer housing near campus.
The screens were designed in Figma. The platform is built with React on the front end and Node.js on the back end, and it is deployed on CMC Cloud, a cloud provider in Vietnam.
Six months in 2025, with a team of three from InApps covering design, front end and back end. The team worked in short iterations and took Homerun's feedback after each one, so the product stayed aligned with its business goals.
One team designs the screens, builds the product and deploys it, with the client reviewing each iteration. That is our UI/UX design service followed by software product development, as on Homerun.

Launching a product for Gen Z? Design and build it the way Homerun did.

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InApps engineers at their desks in the Ho Chi Minh City office