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Overview

This page gives you a quick tour of the main areas of Nyumba Zetu. What you see in the sidebar depends on your role and permissions.

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Home

Home (profile) is your landing page after sign-in. It often shows a summary of your properties or key metrics. Use the sidebar to move between sections.

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Leases and units

• Leases – Create and manage lease agreements: unit, tenant, start/end dates, rent amount, and terms. You may see Leases under the main app group or under Lease (with sub-items like Recurring charges).
• Units – Manage physical units (apartments, rooms) and link them to leases.

See Managing leases and Units for step-by-step guidance.

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Residents (tenants)

• Residents – List of tenants and their contact details, linked to leases and units.
• Applications – Lease applications from prospective tenants; approve and then create a lease and resident.
• Security deposits – Track and release tenant security deposits.

See Residents, Applications, and Security deposits for more.

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Finance

Under Finance you’ll find:

• Receivables – Invoices (create and send rent or other invoices), Payments (record incoming payments and allocate to invoices), Adjustments (credit notes, debit notes, write-offs), Recurring invoices and Recurring charges (scheduled rent and fees).
• Payables – Expenses (outgoing payments), Payments (outgoing), Vendors (suppliers and payees).

See Invoices and payments, Receive pay, Adjustments, Recurring charges, Expenses, and Vendors for details.

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Reports

Reports (or Report) provides financial and operational reports, for example:

• Revenue and expense reports
• Trial balance and general ledger
• Tenant or landlord statements

See Reports for an overview of what’s available.

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Documents and templates

• Documents – Generated documents (e.g. from templates) and file storage.
• Docs (or Templates) – Template library and wizards to generate documents.
• Letter composer – Draft and send letters with letterhead and signatures.
• Ad-hoc documents – Quick branded PDFs (e.g. invoices, quotes, receipts).

See Documents and templates for details.

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Settings

Settings (or Config settings) lets admins configure organization-wide options, lookups, and integrations. Availability depends on your role. See Settings for an overview.

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Tenant portal

Tenants can use the tenant portal to:

• View statements and documents
• Submit requests (e.g. maintenance)
• Pay rent (if enabled)
• Update profile and meter readings where applicable

See Tenant portal for more.

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Operations and people

• Service requests – Maintenance and service requests from tenants or staff; track status and assignment.
• Utilities / Smart meters (IoT) – Utility readings and billing (e.g. water, electricity).
• Landlords / Owners / Management contracts – Property owners and owner statements.

See Service requests, Utilities and smart meters, and Owners and landlords for more.

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Next steps

• Follow the Quickstart if you haven’t yet.
• Use the Guides for detailed steps on leases, residents, invoices, and more.