Features
Everything a month of rent takes, in one place
Collecting, reminding, recording, water, tax and the people who help you. Rent goes straight to your bank or M-Pesa; Nyumba never holds it.
Collect rent
Tenants pay the way they already do. The money goes straight to you; Nyumba keeps the record.
- Your bank paybill or M-Pesa numberEvery plan
- Tenants pay your bank's paybill with their account number, or your M-Pesa number, and send the M-Pesa code. You confirm it in one tap.
- Automatic confirmation
- Bank payment notifications and statement uploads match payments to the right unit for you, so nobody has to check messages.
- Your own paybill or tillFrom Wakala
- Rent paid into your own M-Pesa paybill or till is confirmed the moment it lands, and tenants can get an M-Pesa prompt.
- Cash and bank transfers
- Record them with the date and reference. They're applied to the oldest unpaid rent, and the same reference can't be entered twice.
Reminders and receipts
The messages you used to send one by one go out on their own.
- Rent reminders by SMS
- Before the due date and on it, with your paybill and the tenant's account number in the message.
- A receipt for every payment
- By SMS, and in the tenant app. Tenants without smartphones get everything they need by SMS.
- Arrears and late fees
- Worked out for you each week, with an optional late fee after the grace days you choose.
Tenants and leases
A lease is an agreement between two people, so the tenant accepts it before anything is billed.
- Lease offers tenants accept
- The tenant gets an SMS link or opens the app, checks the terms and accepts. Their details and ID are confirmed by them, not typed by you.
- Bulk upload from Excel
- Move your existing tenants in with their units and lease dates. Tenants already living there are billed from this month or next, with any arrears you enter.
- Tenancy agreements
- Write your property's agreement once. Each tenant agrees to it when they accept, and you can download the signed copy.
- Tenant blacklist checkFrom Mkubwa
- See reports other Nyumba landlords have filed before you sign a lease.
Water and other charges
Metered water without the month-end spreadsheet.
- Month-end meter readings
- Enter each unit's reading in the last days of the month. Usage times your rate goes on the next invoice, with the breakdown.
- Fixed charges
- Garbage, service charge or a flat water fee on every invoice, set per unit.
KRA rental income tax
Monthly rental income (MRI) tax worked out from what you actually collected.
- Worked out on the 1stEvery plan
- 7.5% of last month's rent received, with a reminder before the 20th and a tracker for what you've filed.
- iTax-ready reportsEvery plan
- Download the figures in the format iTax asks for. Read our KRA guide for how MRI works.
Running the buildings
For landlords with caretakers, agents and more than one property.
- Caretakers and agents
- Give each person access to their own properties only, and only to the jobs you choose, like recording payments or entering water.
- Maintenance requestsFrom Biashara
- Tenants report repairs in the app; you and your caretaker track them on one board.
- ReportsFrom Biashara
- Rent roll, receivables, income and payments, as PDF or CSV.
Fill empty units
Vacant units can be listed on Nyumba Homes for free.
- Free listings on Nyumba Homes
- Photos, rent and location, shown to people searching for a home. Verified landlords get a badge.
- Enquiries to leases
- Turn an enquiry into a lease offer in two clicks. The unit is held while the tenant decides.
Try all of it on your own buildings for 14 days
Automatic confirmation and reports are switched on during the trial, whatever plan you pick.