Find your place in Sri Lanka

What is IDAKADAM?

IDAKADAM is a property marketplace built only for Sri Lanka. The name comes from the Sinhala word ඉඩකඩම් (idakadam), meaning land and property. It brings together buyers, tenants, owners, agents and developers from every district: a family selling a house in Kurunegala, a landowner listing a plot in Gampaha, an agent letting apartments in Colombo or a developer launching a housing scheme near Kandy.

Everything is local. Prices are in rupees, land sizes are in perches and acres, every listing shows the district it is in, and search works the way people look for property here: by type, town and budget. You do not need an account to browse or to call an owner who shows a phone number.

What property can you find on IDAKADAM?

Only real estate. Listings are organised into these property types:

• Residential: houses, apartments, condominiums, villas, townhouses, annexes and studios.
• Land: residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, beachfront and development land.
• Commercial: offices, retail space, shops, showrooms and hospitality premises.
• Industrial: warehouses, factories, workshops and logistics facilities.
• Hospitality: hotels, resorts, guesthouses and boutique villas.
• Projects: new apartment developments, housing schemes and subdivided land.
• Special: mixed-use, investment and redevelopment opportunities.

Each listing is for sale, for rent, for lease, for short stays or a new development.

Property in every district of Sri Lanka

IDAKADAM covers all 25 districts across the 9 provinces. Choose a district in the search box to see property near you, or search the whole island. Popular districts include Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Kurunegala, Galle, Matara, Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Ratnapura, Badulla and Batticaloa. The full list, grouped by province, is at the bottom of every page.

How to buy or rent safely

1. Search by type, town and budget, for example a 3-bedroom house in Kandy, then sort by newest or set a price range.
2. Read the whole listing: photos, size, price, location and whether it is offered by an owner or an agent. Business accounts are labelled.
3. View the property in person before you commit, and check access, water, electricity and the neighbourhood.
4. Have an attorney-at-law check the paperwork before you pay: the title deeds and title history, the survey plan, and the local authority's street line and non-vesting certificates.
5. Never pay a deposit or advance before you have viewed the property and your lawyer has checked it, and never share an OTP or bank PIN. IDAKADAM never asks for them.

A listing on IDAKADAM is not a check of ownership or title. If a listing looks wrong, use the report button on it. Read more in Stay safe.

How to list a property

Create a free account as an individual or a business, then list your property: choose the property type, add a clear title, the price, the land or floor size, good photos and the district, and say how people can reach you. Listings must follow the listing rules: one property per listing, real photos and a real price.

Your first listing is free with the Free Listing package. For more listings and promotions, choose a package:

You can also pay for a single listing without a package; the price is shown before you pay. See all prices on the pricing page.

Tips for a listing that gets enquiries

• Use real photos in daylight: the front, every room, the garden and the road. The first photo is the one people see in search.
• Write a specific title. "3-bedroom house, 12 perches, Peradeniya" gets more clicks than "House for sale".
• Give a real price and say whether it is negotiable. For land, say whether the price is the total or per perch.
• Add the facts people ask first: land size in perches or acres, floor area, bedrooms and bathrooms, road width and access, water and electricity, and the deed type.
• Answer quickly. Buyers and tenants contact several owners; the first useful reply usually gets the viewing.
• Mark the listing as sold or let from your dashboard as soon as it is, so people stop calling.

Promotions

Promotions put your property in front of more people for 7 days. Featured listings appear in the Featured properties section on the home page. Top and Bump up listings are shown at the top of search results. Urgent adds a label people can filter by, and Highlight makes the listing stand out. Compare them on the promotions page.

Payments on IDAKADAM

Packages and promotions are paid in rupees through PayHere, which accepts Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards, mobile wallets such as eZ Cash, mCash and Genie, and online banking. IDAKADAM never sees your card details. Deposits and payments for the property itself are arranged directly between the parties, through their lawyers and banks; IDAKADAM does not hold or transfer them.

For agents and developers

Real estate agents, agencies and developers can sign up with a business account. Your business name is shown on every listing, people can open a storefront page with all your listings, and larger packages such as Business Pro cover more listings each month.

Planning a purchase?

Use the mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly repayment with the rate your bank quotes you. It is an estimate, not a loan offer.