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Greasing up Boliga.dk

Boliga.dk and Me

Searching for a new home I've been using the site boliga.dk quite a lot. The site aggregates a lot of real estate information in one place with graphs, searches and external links. All-in-all a very helpful site.

A Practical Problem

That being said, they are lacking a few things. The main function of the site is to provide a simple search interface for the properties but a few dings and quirks are still bugging me.

Each row in the search result is usually grouped by zip code but when re-ordered by any other column the location/zip code isn't visible without leaving the page. Thus forcing the user (being me) to check out every single item since Brønby isn't a place I want to live.

Also, the external links in the information page for an apartment are always opened in a new window. I keep the search results open and every row that looks interesting gets opened in a new tab. Due to my irresponsible behavior, searching becomes a window-opening hell.

Enter Grease Money

I've created two GM [Grease Monkey] scripts for working with the site. Just install them.

1. Display the city/zipcode on the search results
2. Open external links from apartment info pages in in same window