Lintel Residential
Chicago apartments, found on a map
- Completed
- Oct 2025
Overview
Lintel Residential is a concept site for a Chicago property manager renting apartments across eight neighbourhoods: the site a renter actually uses to decide where to live, and the one a landlord needs to fill units without paying a listings portal.
Renters search with the filters that matter (rent, beds, baths, pets, parking, in-unit laundry, move-in date), see every result on a live map, open listings with full galleries, floor plans and a monthly cost breakdown that adjusts for parking and pets, save favourites, compare up to three homes side by side, and book an in-person or video tour into a real calendar slot. Neighbourhood guides and an affordability calculator round it out. The company and listings are fictional; the site says so in the footer and when booking.
Evidence
What it looks like running
Home: search Chicago apartments by neighbourhood, rent and move-in date, with real photography Search: filters kept in the URL, results beside a live map with rent on each pin A listing: photo gallery with a full-screen viewer, availability and tour booking Monthly cost breakdown that adjusts for parking and pets, plus move-in costs Tour booking: in person or video, half-hour slots in Chicago time, calendar file on confirmation Map search on a phone, with a list alternative
Engineering
How it was built
Frontend
- Vite and strict TypeScript, no framework, hash routing
- Filters and sort kept in the URL; favourites and compare in the browser
- Leaflet map with OpenStreetMap tiles, lazy-loaded, keyboard-operable pins
- Tour booking with half-hour slots in Chicago time and .ics export
Performance
- Responsive WebP photography in three sizes
- Lighthouse mobile 96-98 / 100 / 100 / 100
Testing & verification
- 152 end-to-end browser checks at four screen widths
Applied
Skills on this project
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