Find your next home from the people already living in it.
See places before they hit the market, shared by the tenants living in them. No agent, no markups, no games.
Moving out, soon or someday? Get rewarded for helping someone take your place.
List it as early as you like, so the right person can plan around it. Introduce your home to someone who’s looking, help them through the handover, and earn a reward for it, instead of an agent taking the cut.
Browsing is free. No agent, no viewing fees.
Listing is free, always. No agent takes a cut.
Not moving? Share a spare room, or list a vacancy if you own or manage property.
“Love your neighbour as yourself.”
Mark 12:31
It’s one of the oldest instructions there is, and somewhere along the way, renting forgot it. The person moving out and the person moving in are neighbours, not strangers to be squeezed by everyone standing in between.
Criba exists because we think that instruction still applies here: help the next person the way you’d want to be helped, charge nothing for doing what’s already right, and build a circle of people you’d actually vouch for. That’s not a slogan. It’s the only rule the product runs on.
Renting shouldn’t feel like this.
Most house-hunters run into the same handful of problems, over and over, before they ever get a fair shot at a place.
Paid again
Non-refundable viewing fees, charged every time you go looking, whether or not the place is even real.
1–2 years
Advance rent demanded upfront, often well beyond what the law allows, before you've even seen the place properly.
Double-booked
The same listing shown to several people at once, or a place that was never actually available.
Marked up
Rent quietly inflated above what the landlord actually asked for, with the difference pocketed in between.
See what finding a home actually costs.
Same apartment, two very different price tags before you even pay your first month’s rent. Slide to your rent, then compare.
Illustrative example based on common patterns renters report and the Standard plan’s monthly price, which lets you message 10 tenants a month. Actual costs vary by city and landlord.
Regular agent route
Before the keys- GH₵180
Viewing fees
GH₵50-70 per listing, non-refundable, paid again each time you look
- GH₵1,500
Agent commission
One extra month's rent, sometimes called the '13th month'
- GH₵2,700
Rent marked up
About 15% above what the landlord actually asked
On a GH₵1,500 place, that’s usually a difference of GH₵4,350. That money stays with you, not an agent.
Your place is worth more than an empty room.
Agents make money from the place you’re leaving. You know it best, so you should be the one rewarded for helping the next person in.
Rewards for the handover
Help someone take over your place and you earn a reward for it. Think of it as the thank-you an agent never gave you.
People already watching
Watchers following your building or neighborhood hear about it first, so the right person finds you before the open market does.
Verified and trusted
We check your phone and ID before your listing goes live, so anyone who sees it knows a real person is behind it.
List as early as you like
Lease ends in a few weeks or a few months? List it now. People plan around it, and it costs nothing, ever.
How Criba works
Three simple moves, and a lot less waiting around.
Follow a place you love
Following a specific building or a neighborhood means you hear about it first, not after everyone else already has.
Hear when it opens up
When a tenant lists their place, you're told first, weeks before it hits the open market.
Message the tenant directly
Every lister is ID-verified. You talk to the person living there: no agent, no markup, no games.
List when it suits you
Know roughly when your lease ends? List it, even months ahead. We’ll also give you a friendly nudge as the date gets close.
List it, ID-verified
Share your place with photos and details. We check your phone and ID, and your listing goes live.
Help someone in, get rewarded
People following your building or neighborhood hear about it first and message you directly. Help the right person take over your place and you earn a reward for it. No agent in the middle.
Hover a node: people join through people they know, and everyone is verified along the way.
Built on trust, not on strangers.
Anyone can join, but not anyone gets through unchecked. Every member confirms their phone number, everyone who lists a place verifies their ID, and members can bring in people they already know.
That’s what a verified badge actually means: not a checkbox, but a real person whose phone and ID we’ve checked.
Listing is free. Move-out dates and messaging come with a plan.
Tenants list their place at no cost, always. Everyone can browse for free, and you pick a plan to see move-out dates and reach out.
Free
Look around, get alerts, and list your own place.
- Browse every listing
- Photos, rent, area and full details
- Area alerts, within 6 hours
- List your own place, free forever
- See move-out dates
- Save searches with alerts
- Message tenants
Standard
Everything you need to find and contact the right place.
- Everything in Free
- See every move-out date, so you can plan your move
- Message up to 10 tenants a month
- Area alerts within an hour, well before Free
- Save up to 3 searches, each with alerts
- Talk straight to the person living there, no agent
- Pay by mobile money or card. Cancel anytime
Premium
No limits, and you hear first.
- Everything in Standard
- Instant area alerts, before anyone else hears
- Message unlimited tenants, no monthly cap
- Save up to 20 searches, each with alerts
- Priority badge on your messages, so tenants see you first
- Premium badge on your profile
- Pay by mobile money or card. Cancel anytime
Prices are in Ghana cedis. Pay with mobile money or card. Cancel anytime, and you keep access until the end of what you’ve paid for.
Be first to hear when a place opens up.
Create a free account, tell us the area and budget you’re after, and we’ll notify you as tenants list their places.
Find a placeMoving out, soon or someday? List your place today.
It’s free and takes about two minutes. List it months ahead if you like: people are notified as places are listed, and you’re rewarded for helping the next person in.
List my placeNo spam, ever. Early members get recognized founding status.
