Search result relevance

Status: Under Review
Description

Hi there,
If I search for a property I don't get useful results or at least they are not in a sensible order.
In this example of searching for a house it returns:

1) House (bonus points for coming first).

2) Tenancy that ended 4 years ago

3) Tenancy that ended 6 years ago

4) The most recent one - advertised instructoin

5) Current tenancy!

6) Tenancy that ended last year.
If I do "email xx road" then it presents me with:

1) Tenancy that ended a yar ago

2) Tenancy that ended 3 years ago

3) Tenancy that ended 5 years ago

4) Tenancy that ended 6 years ago

5) Tenancy that ended 7 years ago.
In this case I have to scroll to item 8 to get the most recent tenancy. Under what circumstances are we more likely to email a tenancy from 9 years ago (item 7) than the most recent one which is towards the bottom of the list.
Can the search results be ordered more sensibly.
Item 1 should be (one house search) the house. Item 2 the most recent tenancy and onwards like that going back logically.
Thanks!


Activity
Simon T on Feb. 21, 2024:

Is there any update for this? It's a real issue as you have to scroll through many different items before finding the one you want - if I type in a property the odds are I want either the property or the latest tenancy, not one from 5 or 10 years ago...

Matt D on March 5, 2024:

I'd agree with this but also think "advertised instructions" should be priority 1. Whether sales or lettings, I find sales proeprties are very far down the pecking order even if they are live listings.


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