Every property has a file. Read it before you knock.

A pre-survey intelligence dashboard for UK RICS surveyors. Search any UK address and we resolve it to a single property record, then surface 80+ data points across five tabs: Property (24 characteristics + EPC + broadband), Value (AI-predicted value, sale and rental history), Risks (environmental risks, invasive plants, air pollution, crime), Area (IMD prosperity by 7 domains, MapSentry AI, comparables) and Map (12 amenity layers). Everything you need to scope a job, write an accurate quote, or pre-flight a survey before you ever set foot on the property.

Yes — that is one of its primary uses. The five-tab dashboard surfaces floor area, property type, EPC rating, invasive-plant and flood-risk flags, and an AI-predicted value within 60 seconds of typing the address. Most surveyors use this to set the fee, choose the appropriate survey level, and brief the client on known environmental risks before booking the inspection. No site visit is needed for the pre-quote research stage.

Work through the five tabs in order before every inspection: (1) Property — confirm floor area, EPC rating and construction details to price the job correctly; (2) Risks — check environmental and invasive-plant findings to identify disclosures needed before the fee is set; (3) Value — validate the quoted range against Land Registry history and the AI-predicted value; (4) Area — review the seven IMD deprivation domains and the MapSentry AI narrative for neighbourhood context; (5) Map — assess amenity layers and any crime pins visible around the property. The sequence takes under two minutes and creates a timestamped pre-survey record against your account.

Yes — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all covered. Coverage of individual data layers varies by region (for example, EPC certificates exist only for properties that have had one issued); the dashboard clearly indicates when a layer has no data for the subject property.

Lookups are paid in tokens from your firm's balance. Tokens are inexpensive and bundled with every paid subscription tier. The first lookup on any property is the most expensive (we cache the result for an hour), so re-opening the same property within the cache window costs nothing.

Yes. Every property dossier has a Download PDF button that produces a print-formatted pre-inspection report: estimated value, sale and rental history, 24 property characteristics, EPC with improvement costs, broadband coverage, photos and comparable sales — headed with the address and the date of your lookup. The data also flows automatically into the Section C auto-populator inside the Level 2 and Level 3 report writer.

Twenty-four characteristics: full address, property type, bedrooms (with AI prediction where unknown), bathrooms, habitable rooms, EPC floor area, building height, geometry footprint area, land area in m² and acres, construction age band, number of floors, windows type, extensions, current EPC rating, construction material, roof material, has-garden flag plus garden details, has-parking flag plus parking details, Land Registry title class and estate interest (freehold / leasehold).

An AI-predicted current market value with a confidence indicator, the full sale history (every Land Registry transaction we hold for the property), a sale summary card, a sales timeline visualisation and a rental timeline visualisation. The AI prediction adjusts for property-specific characteristics rather than just averaging the postcode.

Index of Multiple Deprivation across all seven domains (income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers to housing, living environment), MapSentry AI which produces a written narrative risk analysis of the area, comparable properties within radius, and air pollution today as a live air-quality index. The Map tab adds 12 amenity layers — schools, universities, restaurants, pubs, supermarkets, corner stores, hospitals, GPs, pharmacies, green spaces, bus stops and train stations.

Crime data is pulled from data.police.uk over a 1.5-mile radius around the property. Single-month and multi-month requests are both supported, so you can pull a 12-month rolling crime picture for the area or focus on a specific recent month for a current-day brief.

From the same property database that powers home.co.uk's public sold-prices, rental-prices and property-detail pages. EPC comes from the OpenData EPC register. Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Title and tenure come from Land Registry title data. Crime comes from data.police.uk. Deprivation comes from the official Index of Multiple Deprivation. Air pollution comes from real-time UK air-quality data.

If no EPC has been issued for the subject property, Property Viewer shows this clearly on the Property tab rather than leaving the field blank or showing a default rating. The surrounding environmental risks, Land Registry tenure, broadband coverage and AI-predicted value all remain available regardless of EPC status. Properties with no EPC are common in older housing stock — the dashboard flags the absence explicitly so you know to expect a missing energy rating before you arrive.

The AI-predicted current market value is a modelled estimate calibrated against the property's characteristics — floor area, type, age band, room counts, tenure, EPC rating and recent Land Registry transactions — rather than a simple postcode average. A confidence indicator reflects the volume and recency of comparable sales data available for that property type and location. It is designed as a pre-survey sanity-check and quoting aid, not a formal valuation or Red Book opinion of value. For a full comparable-based valuation range, use the dedicated Comparable Tool, which lets you select and weight individual comparable sales from Land Registry records.

Flood (rivers, sea and surface water), subsidence, radon, mining and historical excavation, landfill, traffic noise, train noise, conservation-area constraints and contaminated land. Each risk is shown with a verdict from the 10-step severity scale (Urgent, Extreme, Very High, High, Medium-High, Medium, Moderate, Low-Medium, Low, Not detected) and a distance — including a clear callout when the hazard intersects the property boundary or when the property sits on a landfill site.

Yes. We map seven species: Japanese knotweed (origin Japan), giant hogweed (Caucasus), Himalayan balsam (Himalayan region), rhododendron ponticum (Spain / Portugal), floating pennywort (North America), New Zealand pygmyweed (New Zealand) and cotoneaster (China). Each is shown with severity and distance, and "Not detected" species are listed too so you hold a full audit of what was checked. Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed are flagged as critical risks with extra warning treatment.

Yes. Property Viewer checks flood risk from rivers and sea, surface-water flooding, and subsidence on the Risks tab — each with a severity verdict from the 10-step scale and a distance reading. The severity verdict tells you immediately whether to flag it prominently in Section I or note it as low concern. For properties showing High, Very High or Extreme flood risk, the dashboard also indicates whether the hazard intersects the property boundary — the critical distinction for Section I commentary and any referral to a specialist flood-risk assessor.

Yes. Radon appears on the Risks tab with a severity verdict drawn from UKHSA radon potential data. For properties in radon-affected areas the finding supports the RICS recommendation to advise a radon test and specialist mitigation guidance where appropriate. The severity verdict, radon zone classification and distance are all available in the Property Data Drawer inside the report editor, ready to reference when writing Section I or a radon note in Section H.

Yes. Conservation-area status is one of the ten environmental risks checked. Where the property sits within a designated conservation area, Property Viewer shows the constraint with a severity verdict. This is directly relevant to Section H, as conservation-area designation restricts certain permitted-development rights, affects external alterations, and may trigger Tree Preservation Order implications. The finding is shown in the Risks tab and carried into the Property Data Drawer inside the report editor.

A commercial environmental search report is a legal document typically commissioned by the buyer's solicitor during conveyancing. Property Viewer is a pre-survey research tool for RICS surveyors — it draws from the same public datasets (Environment Agency flood maps, UKHSA radon data, British Geological Survey, data.police.uk) and surfaces the results instantly for quoting, pre-flight checks and report writing. It is not a substitute for a solicitor's search report, but it gives you the same environmental picture at the point you scope the job, weeks before legal searches are ordered. For many surveyors it replaces the habit of manually checking four or five separate government websites before every inspection.

Yes. The building may be new, but the surrounding-area data is fully populated from day one: flood zones, radon, invasive plants, air pollution, crime, IMD prosperity and all 12 amenity layers apply regardless of build date. Lookup works as soon as the address is registered, so you can run a full area pre-flight before you arrive on site. Pairs well with the Snagging Report Builder.

The Property Viewer is a standalone dashboard you visit before you create a report — for quoting, pre-flight checks and prospect research. The Property Data Drawer is a compact panel version of the same data, embedded inside every Level 2 and Level 3 report editor so you can reference EPC, risks and comparables while you write. Use Property Viewer when you are scoping the job; use the Drawer when you are writing the report.

When you create a Level 2 or Level 3 report for the same property, the Property Data Drawer opens automatically inside the report editor with the same EPC details, environmental risks, listing history and broadband data ready to reference. In Otto auto-mode, the same dataset is used to synthesise Section C — accommodation details and tenure — automatically, with no re-typing required.

Section H legal issues in a RICS report typically include tenure complications, statutory obligations and third-party interests. Property Viewer surfaces three categories directly relevant to Section H: Land Registry estate interest (freehold or leasehold), conservation-area constraints (affecting permitted development and listed-building obligations), and contaminated-land designation. These appear on the Risks tab and are available in the Property Data Drawer inside the report editor.

Yes — Property Viewer is particularly valuable for older and more complex properties where pre-survey unknowns are greatest. For a Victorian or Edwardian property, the construction age band, floor area, presence of extensions, roof and wall materials, and any mining or subsidence history all surface before you commit to a fee. For a large converted farmhouse or a property with a potential flying freehold, the Land Registry tenure data and conservation-area constraints give you the legal context before you pick up the phone. A two-minute check before quoting helps prevent under-pricing on complex jobs.

Yes. Property Viewer resolves any registered UK address, regardless of tenure type. For a shared ownership property the Land Registry estate interest will show leasehold — shared ownership schemes are almost always leasehold — and the AI-predicted value, EPC data, environmental risks and comparable sales all load as normal. Knowing the leasehold status, any conservation-area constraints and potential invasive-plant findings before quoting is particularly useful, as these findings may directly affect the advice you give in Section H on legal matters your client should refer to their solicitor.

Each lookup is timestamped and stored against your Home.co.uk surveyor account. This creates a dated record of the public data — flood zone, radon designation, invasive plants, conservation status — at the moment of your pre-survey check. If a risk finding is later questioned by a client or their solicitor, you can show clearly what the data showed before you set foot on site, separate from the report document itself.