We help individuals, families, or diasporas find verified housing through trusted and verified real estate property owners, right from the comfort of their homes.
1k+
Booking Requests
500+
Verified Properties
100+
Trusted Agents & Landlords
Zero
Payment Defaults
Our mission is to make finding and securing accommodation simple, transparent, and stress-free for everyone. This includes students searching for hostels in Yaba, young professionals needing service apartments, families upgrading homes, and diaspora Nigerians booking from abroad. We connect tenants with verified real estate agents and trusted property owners through a secure digital platform. This eliminates the exorbitant agent fees, fake listings showing wrong locations, and the humungous inspection fees charged by multiple agents for the same property.
We envision a future where every Africans can find and secure quality housing online, no matter where they are. From Lagos to Dubai. Be it a hostel, a flat or a 2-bedroom apartment. Our vision is to build a continent-wide network of verified agents, verified landlords, and escrow-protected transactions that make housing accessible to all.
Four principles that guide everything we do at Cribnect
Every agent is verified. Every landlord is confirmed with government documentation. Every property is inspected before listing. Even after that, any money you pay (as an homeseeker) is protected through escrow until you inspect and approve your accommodation.
Browse verified hostels in Yaba, shortlet apartments, and service apartments from wherever you are. You have the free option to chat with verified landlords through our platform and schedule inspections without paying tens of thousands.
For a typical ₦600,000 apartment, agents charge around ₦150,000 in fees (agency fee). We charge ₦5,000. Property conditions are shown with real photos and videos verified by our team.
In Lagos alone, 87% of students need off-campus housing. This translates to over 56,400 students from UNILAG, YABATECH, and FCET Akoka searching for hostels around Unilag every year. When you add young professionals seeking service apartments, families needing 2-bedroom flats, and diaspora Nigerians booking from abroad, you're looking at a ₦33.8 billion annual market. Surprisingly and unfortunately, this market is currently plagued by broken trust, fake listings, and exploitation in Nigeria.
The result?
The clients are disadvantaged, causing them to lose their yearly savings.
That's exactly why we built Cribnect.
Toward building housing infrastructure: From hostels to verified housing across the continent
Cribnect was founded with a mission to make finding safe, verified housing as simple as booking accommodation abroad. We are committed to eliminating the exploitation
We launched in Lagos, presicely Yaba, and other major areas. Building 100+ verified agents and 500+ verified properties with ₦127M+ rent processed and zero defaults.
We are planning to expand with the same transparent pricing, and zero exploitation in the real estate industry.
Building trust through expertise, transparency, and shared mission to end agent exploitation
Experienced firsthand the power of verified digital housing platforms while securing accommodation in France from Nigeria: complete transparency, verified listings, secure online payment, and zero stress. Founded Cribnect to bring verified, escrow-protected, 1%-commission housing to every Nigerian.
Driving operational excellence and ensuring seamless property management experiences across verified hostels in Yaba, service apartments, and family homes throughout Nigeria.
Building tech solutions that eliminate exorbitant agent fees and fake listings plaguing Nigeria housing market. Our goal is to make housing accessible for all Nigerians.
Marketing verified housing through strategic branding via SEO and SEM with proper attribuition.
On-ground expert ensuring quality property listings and exceptional landlord-tenant relationships. Personally verifying every property, from hostels in Yaba to family homes in Lekki.
Whether you're searching for hostels in Yaba, listing service apartments, or tired of paying over ₦1M as agent fees alone, this is the place for you.