Member
For the first exchange
Browse the Exchange, record what you are seeking and list your first authenticated asset.
- Verified identity
- Up to three listed assets
- Standard valuation visits
House ofPaaro
Where value meets value, privately.
Paaro is where owners exchange what they have for what they want. A car for farmland, a Birkin for a Patek, a plot for a home. Asset for asset, never for cash, and never with your name on it.
pààrọ̀ Yoruba, “to exchange”
The Exchange, live
Members are making offers across Lagos, Abuja and Accra.
A private exchange where Africa's owners trade asset for asset, never for cash.
Pààrọ̀ is Yoruba for "to exchange". Owners of cars, land, homes, watches, jewellery, handbags, art and yachts use House of Paaro to turn what they no longer need into what they want next. Without a sale, without a bank, and without anyone knowing who they are.
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Tell us what you have
Photograph it on your phone. A Paaro valuer visits, sets a reference value and our authenticators verify it.
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We bring the interest to you
Paaro Intelligence knows what every member owns and wants, and shows you who is seeking your asset.
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Exchange, asset for asset
Accept an offer, ask for more, combine assets in a bundle, or join a three-way exchange we arrange.
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Privately, and safely
You are known to us, never to each other. A legal partner holds both assets until title has passed.
Across Africa, great wealth sits still: in cars, in land, in jewellery locked away. Banks will not lend against it, and selling it means a poor price.
House of Paaro is a private exchange where owners trade asset for asset. No cash changes hands. A Range Rover becomes five hectares in Epe. A Birkin becomes a Patek Philippe. A Banana Island plot becomes a home in Accra.
Every asset is inspected, valued and authenticated by our own specialists before it is offered. Every member is known to us. Nobody is known to each other.
Just tell us what you have.
We bring the interest to you.
Paaro Intelligence reads what every member owns and what every member wants. When your asset is listed, the owners who would take it are already known to us, and their offers come to you.
Nobody browses for months. Nobody advertises. Supply and demand meet quietly, and often in three-way exchanges that no one could have arranged alone.
Tell us what you haveMembers across Lagos, Abuja and Accra are seeking assets like yours.
One exchange. No cash, no names.
From the drawer to the exchange, in six steps.
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Photograph
Take a few pictures of your asset on your phone and send them to us from the app.
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Visit
A Paaro valuer comes to you, inspects the asset, photographs it properly and sets a reference value.
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Authenticate
An authenticator confirms that the asset is genuine, that it is yours, and that it carries no lien, dispute or defect.
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List
Your asset enters the Exchange. You immediately see how many members are seeking something like it, and where.
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Offer
Members offer their own authenticated assets. You can ask them to add more, compare competing offers, or accept a multi-party exchange.
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Transfer
An accredited legal partner holds both assets in custody and completes the title transfer. Only then is anything released.
Values rarely match. Exchanges still can.
- Bundles
- Offer a watch and a bracelet for one car. Combine assets until the exchange feels right.
- Competing offers
- When several members want the same asset, the owner sees every offer side by side, and rivals can add to theirs.
- Ask to add
- Close but not quite? Ask the other member to add something from their portfolio.
- Exchange circles
- Our matching finds circles of three or four members, where each gives one asset and receives the one they wanted.
Known to us. Unknown to each other.
Full verification
Every member completes identity and source-of-wealth checks with House of Paaro before they can list or offer.
Complete anonymity
Members see only an alias, a tier and the assets themselves. Names, faces and addresses are never shared between members.
Custody, not trust
Assets move only through an accredited legal partner, who holds both sides until every title has transferred.
Some exchanges begin across a room.
Invitation-only evenings in Lagos, Abuja and Accra. Verified owners gather in a private residence, and before anyone arrives we have read the room: what every guest has brought, and what every guest is seeking.
By the close, introductions have been made and exchanges agreed. Nobody leaves knowing a name they were not given.
October in Lagos: 52 guests · ₦14.6bn in the room · 9 exchanges agreed
- Two weeks before
Declare
Guests confirm what they are bringing and what they are seeking. Everything brought is already authenticated.
- 19:00
The room readout
An anonymised picture of the evening: the value present, what is sought, and where the gaps are.
- 19:30
Introductions
Ask to meet a table. A host makes the introduction only if the other guest accepts too.
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The viewing
Watches, jewellery and art on display beside our authenticators. Cars, land and homes are presented privately.
- 21:00
The sealed hour
Offers are placed quietly from your phone and opened only at the close.
- 22:30
The chain reveal
Exchanges that needed three or four owners are announced without names, and confirmed by the parties.
Forthcoming evenings
Request an invitationInside the Exchange today.
₦—Authenticated value listed
—Assets in the Exchange
—Offers on the table
—Members seeking
What members are seeking
Something in your drawer may be exactly what someone is waiting for.
What changes hands.
What is your asset worth to someone else?
Tell us what you own. A Paaro valuer will arrange a private visit, usually within five working days in Lagos and Abuja.
Three tiers. One standard.
Private Client
For active portfolios
Priority valuations, early access to new listings and invitations to private salons.
- Unlimited listings
- Valuation within 72 hours
- Exchange circle matching
Patron
By invitation
A dedicated relationship director, sealed offers and introductions to the rarest assets before they are listed.
- Personal relationship director
- Sealed and off-market exchanges
- Reduced exchange commission
Exchange commission
Charged once, to one side, only when an exchange completes. Tiered by reference value.
Under ₦25m10%
₦25m to ₦100m7%
₦100m to ₦500m5%
₦500m to ₦1bn3%
Above ₦1bn2%
Every exchange is held, checked and transferred by counsel.
Our accredited partners take custody of both assets, verify titles at the land registry and vehicle licensing authority, and complete Governor's Consent, deeds and registrations. Their fees are shown before you agree to anything.
Asked often.
Can I buy or sell for cash?
No. House of Paaro is an exchange of assets only. The only money involved is our valuation fee, the exchange commission and your legal partner's fee.
What if the values are not equal?
The reference value is a guide, not a price. You decide what an asset is worth to you. Offers can combine several assets, and our matching can propose a circle of three or four members so that everyone receives what they wanted.
Will the other member know who I am?
No. Members see an alias, a tier and the assets. Your identity is held only by House of Paaro and, at transfer, by the legal partner.
Can I join if I have nothing to list yet?
Yes. You can browse the Exchange and record what you are seeking. To make an offer, you need at least one authenticated asset of your own.
How long does an exchange take?
Moveable assets such as watches, jewellery and handbags usually complete within two weeks. Vehicles take two to four weeks. Land and property depend on title, and typically take six to twelve weeks.
Where do you operate?
Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt today, with valuers in Accra and Nairobi. Assets elsewhere in Africa can be valued by arrangement.
Where value meets value, privately.
Enter the Exchange