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Side-by-side comparisons between HouseCheckup and the other UK property-report providers buyers consider. Each guide is updated from the providers' published consumer pages. We sell one of the services compared, so this is our assessment. Follow the source links to confirm current prices, coverage and terms before deciding.
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Landfill, permits and incidents nearby
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Buyer decision guides
Which check answers which question: reports, surveys, searches, warranties and indemnity policies, side by side.
- Pre-offer report vs conveyancing searchesWhat your solicitor's search pack covers, what a pre-offer screen covers, and why the timing differs.
- Property report vs RICS surveyOne screens the land and the public record, the other inspects the building. Why most buyers need both.
- Lite vs CompleteExactly what each HouseCheckup report includes, side by side.
- What a property report should costHow pre-offer reports are priced against the other checks in a purchase.
- Checking it yourself vs a reportThe free public sources you can check yourself, and what a report saves you.
- Subsidence: surveyor, structural engineer or report?Who to call when you suspect movement, what each costs, and where a desk screen fits.
- Missing building regs: indemnity or regularisation?What each route actually does for a buyer, and what neither one proves.
- No-search indemnity insurance vs searchesWhat the policy pays for, what it never tells you, and when it is a reasonable trade.
- Scottish Home Report vs a property reportWhat the seller's Home Report covers, what it leaves out, and how the two fit together.
- LPE1 management pack vs a property reportWhat the leasehold pack tells a flat buyer, and what only the public record can.
- New-build warranty vs a property reportWhat a ten-year warranty covers on a new home, and the risks it was never designed for.
- Auction legal pack vs a property reportWhat the seller's pack contains, what it does not, and what to check before the hammer falls.
- Listed building survey vs a property reportWhich survey a listed home needs, and the consent questions to settle before you offer.
- Cheap property checkers vs a full reportWhat a £4–£7 automated postcode check gives you, where it stops, and what a full pre-purchase report adds.
- Street check sites vs an address-level reportWhat the free street and area directories show about a street, and what only an address-level report can.
Provider comparisons
Landmark Report Costs: Homecheck, RiskView and Buyer Screening (2026)
Landmark publishes several residential environmental reports rather than a single product: Homecheck from £62 + VAT, Envirosearch from £89 + VAT and RiskView
Read comparisonConveyancing Searches Cost: What Each Search Buys
What conveyancing searches cost: LLC1 certificate £15, council LLC1+CON29 about £54–£392 observed, environmental from £62+VAT. Dated per-council fee table.
Read comparisonBest Property Reports UK: Published Prices and Buying Uses (2026)
There is no single best property report for every purchase. A free neighbourhood lookup, a £4.99 consumer report, a professional environmental search and a s
Read comparisonRightmove vs Zoopla: Listings, Sold Prices and Estimates (2026)
Rightmove and Zoopla both help buyers research homes and recorded sale prices. Their public house-price pages also direct buyers towards valuation or estimat
Read comparisonRenting vs Buying in the UK 2026: The Complete Financial Comparison
Should you rent or buy in 2026? Compare costs, deposit, stamp duty, maintenance and flexibility. Includes break-even framework for UK buyers.
Read comparisonHomedata API Pricing and Explore Credits: What You Buy (2026)
Homedata's current pricing page gives a free 100-token monthly API allowance and paid plans from £49/month. Its Explore reveal credits are separate from API
Read comparisonProperty Passport UK: £19 Buyer Report and Current Scope (2026)
Property Passport UK's current pricing page advertises one public paid product, the Buyer Intelligence Report at £19 per property. Search and public property
Read comparisonPostcodeCheck Review: Free Area Data and £3.99 Buyer Report (2026)
PostcodeCheck describes its area report as free and advertises an optional £3.99 address-level buyer report. That is below HouseCheckup's £9.99 Lite and £24.
Read comparisonHomeThink Review: Free Quick Reads and £10 Pro (2026)
HomeThink currently advertises free quick reads and Pro at £10 per month. Its Pro page lists fuller analysis, valuation and offer-related features, and a pub
Read comparisonCrystalRoof Review: Subscription Prices, Valuation and Coverage (2026)
CrystalRoof publishes subscriptions at £7.99/week, £12.99/month and £29.99 for three months. Its site also advertises a free automated valuation service, so
Read comparisonPropertyChecker.co.uk Review: Access Prices and Report Alternatives
PropertyChecker.co.uk advertises one-off Full Access passes at £2.99 for seven days, £8.99 for 30 days and £16.99 for a year. Its business subscription is se
Read comparisonSprift Pricing and Reports: Professional Plans and Move iQ (2026)
Sprift markets a professional property-data platform, while its Move iQ portal also sells consumer reports at £14.99, £19.99 and £24.99. It is therefore wron
Read comparisonMove iQ Property Report: £14.99–£24.99, Contents and Alternatives
Move iQ's Sprift-hosted portal advertises Key Facts 1 at £14.99, Key Facts 2 at £19.99 and Full Spencer at £24.99. The published checklist covers property re
Read comparisonStreetCheck Has Gone. Here Are the Best Postcode Area Report Alternatives (2026)
streetcheck.co.uk now redirects to CrystalRoof, which sells full access as a subscription. Compare the free, no-signup postcode-report alternatives for 2026.
Read comparisonHouseMetric Review: £/m² Data and £14.99 or £10 Premium (2026)
HouseMetric combines recorded sale prices with floor-area information to support price-per-square-metre research. Its current Premium offer is £14.99 for one
Read comparisonUpMyStreet Closed in 2012. Here Are the Best Replacements in 2026
UpMyStreet.com was acquired by Zoopla in 2012 and shut down; the domain now points to Zoopla. Free replacements for crime, prices and schools by postcode.
Read comparisonMyPropertyScan's £9.99 report: sources, scope and alternatives
MyPropertyScan's £9.99 report and free preview compared with HouseCheckup. Understand its published 1:1 million geology method, report contents and source limitations.
Read comparisonGeobear subsidence checker: how to use the free result
Compare Geobear's free England-and-Wales district checker with HouseCheckup's BGS ground screening. Understand area ratings, tree inputs and when further investigation is needed.
Read comparisonCheckMyStreet: price research and the other property questions
What CheckMyStreet publishes about valuations and street sold prices, and how that differs from HouseCheckup's human-reviewed property screening. Sources and limits explained.
Read comparisonRightmove 2026: It Names 16 Property Risks and Answers None of Them
Rightmove is free and unbeatable for listings. But its Material Information block names flood, erosion and mining risk with no answers, while Rightmove sells subsidence and flood alerts to lenders.
Read comparisonZoopla 2026: The Most Data-Forward Portal, and Where Its Risk Layer Stops
Zoopla is free and the most data-forward UK portal: crime, planning counts and rivers-and-seas flood risk on listings. Here is exactly where its risk layer stops, and what a £24.99 address screen adds.
Read comparisonOnTheMarket 2026: Free, Agent-Led, and What It Doesn't Check at the Address
OnTheMarket is free, and Travel Time Search and its Keywords filter are genuinely better than the big two. Here is what its valuation actually is, and the address risks it doesn't check.
Read comparisonPropertyData vs HouseCheckup 2026: One House vs Forty
PropertyData costs £14–£60/month with a 14-day trial that auto-charges. It beats us on yields, plot maps and planning alerts. Here is honestly who should buy which, and where a one-off £24.99 report wins.
Read comparisonMouseprice Review: Sold Prices, Valuations and Pro Access (2026)
Mouseprice is a property-research service associated with sold prices, valuations and optional Pro access. We could not re-read its current public offer thro
Read comparisonPlumplot vs HouseCheckup 2026: When Free Area Stats Are Enough, and When They Are Not
Plumplot's area pages are free and need no signup, and its England and Wales area statistics are better than ours. Here is exactly where postcode-sector data stops and an address check has to start.
Read comparisonCheck HouseCheckup report options
Choose an address and review the price before paying. Complete (£24.99) is a full PDF report. Available sources differ by location.
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What's in the report
A full PDF report bringing together available property risks, price history and neighbourhood context. A Complete report runs to 33 numbered sections in seven parts; Lite is the safety & environment part with the closing checklist and sources.
- The verdict
- Safety & environment
- Value & market
- The home & energy
- Area & lifestyle
- Written for the address
Price History
Every recorded sale on the street, with area price context.+5 checksShow detailsHide detailsHM Land Registry street and postcode transactions, plus local UK House Price Index context where available: every recorded sale on the street, newest first, with tenure, property type and new-build flags, typical price by property type, and how the local authority, region and nation compare
- Every recorded sale on the street and postcode
- Tenure, property type and new-build flags
- Typical price by property type
- Local authority, region and nation compared
- Local UK House Price Index context
Prints in: Value & market
Energy & Carbon
The whole energy certificate, running costs and improvements.+7 checksShow detailsHide detailsMatched EPC band, potential improvements, estimated energy costs and carbon emissions where a certificate is available. You get the whole certificate: every element the assessor rated with its star ratings, running costs now and after the costed improvements, rooms, glazing, validity, plus modelled solar potential
- Matched EPC band
- Every rated element with its star ratings
- Running costs now and after improvements
- Costed potential improvements
- Carbon emissions
- Rooms, glazing and validity
- Modelled solar potential
Prints in: The home & energy
Flood & Climate Risk
Flood maps, recorded flooding, defences and future scenarios.+8 checksShow detailsHide detailsFlood maps and recorded extents, with available future surface-water flood scenarios and coastal erosion data; coverage varies by nation. Included: every flood-warning area within 2 km and 5 km named, recorded flood events, river-flow climate allowances, Flood Re eligibility, and every flood defence within about 1.5 km with its condition
- Flood maps and recorded extents
- Future surface-water flood scenarios
- Coastal erosion data
- Flood-warning areas within 2 km and 5 km
- Recorded flood events
- River-flow climate allowances
- Flood Re eligibility
- Flood defences within about 1.5 km
Prints in: Safety & environment
Ground & Environmental
Ground hazards, radon, coal mining, noise and air quality.+7 checksShow detailsHide detailsBGS area hazard bands, radon potential, coal-mining screening, landslides, noise and modelled air quality: clay shrink-swell to the 2070s, the seven ground-hazard ratings with the distance to the nearest higher-rated cell, every recorded landslide nearby, the radon band for the 1 km square, and nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 against the legal objectives
- Clay shrink-swell to the 2070s
- Seven ground-hazard ratings
- Recorded landslides nearby
- Radon band for the 1 km square
- Coal-mining screening
- Noise
- Nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10
Prints in: Safety & environment
Crime & Safety
Police-recorded crime by category, with the trend.+6 checksShow detailsHide detailsPublished police.uk crime categories and monthly history in England and Wales, with missing months explained: the last six months and the 24-month total within a mile, every category's share and per-month rate, and the change between the last six months and the six before
- Last six months within a mile
- The 24-month total
- Every category's share
- Per-month rate by category
- Change against the six months before
- Missing months explained
Prints in: Area & lifestyle
Schools & Healthcare
Schools nearby, plus GPs, pharmacies and health context.+5 checksShow detailsHide detailsSchools with available inspection information, OpenStreetMap amenities such as GPs and pharmacies, and census health context: every school within 4 km with phase, grade and distance, and the nearest GP, pharmacy and health services by name
- Every school within 4 km
- Phase, grade and distance
- Nearest GP by name
- Nearest pharmacy and health services
- Census health context
Prints in: Area & lifestyle
Local Transport
Stations and stops nearby, with distances.+3 checksShow detailsHide detailsNearby rail stations and public transport stops with distances, where the source has records: stations with mode and lines, every stop within 800 m by type, and the nearest bus stop
- Stations with mode and lines
- Every stop within 800 m by type
- The nearest bus stop
Prints in: Area & lifestyle
Demographics
Who lives here, and how the area ranks on deprivation.+6 checksShow detailsHide detailsNeighbourhood deprivation and available census data, with different sources for each nation: the decile and rank of the small area with domains where published, residents and households, every census category with count and share including household tenure, and the statistical type of area with its pen portraits
- Deprivation decile and rank
- Domains where published
- Residents and households
- Every census category with count and share
- Household tenure
- Type of area with its pen portraits
Prints in: Area & lifestyle
Planning & Heritage
Designations, listed buildings and what shapes change nearby.+10 checksShow detailsHide detailsPublished planning designations, conservation areas, listed buildings and major projects; local publication varies. Included: every listed building and conservation area within 700 m with grade and distance, green belt, National Landscape, national park, scheduled monuments, tree preservation orders, Article 4 directions, the local plan's status and every brownfield-register entry nearby
- Listed buildings within 700 m
- Conservation areas within 700 m
- Green belt
- National Landscape and national park
- Scheduled monuments
- Tree preservation orders
- Article 4 directions
- The local plan's status
- Brownfield-register entries nearby
- Major projects
Prints in: The home & energy
Lifestyle & Amenities
Walkability, everyday amenities and food hygiene ratings.+4 checksShow detailsHide detailsNearby mapped amenities, walkability context and food hygiene ratings where records are available: a walkability score out of 100, every everyday category counted with its nearest distance, and every rated food business within about a mile with type, rating and inspection date
- Walkability score out of 100
- Every everyday category counted
- Nearest distance for each category
- Rated food businesses within about a mile
Prints in: Area & lifestyle
Rental & Market Context
Indicative rental yield and local price trends.+4 checksShow detailsHide detailsIndicative gross rental yield from area rents and price data, plus local house-price trends where available: the yield, the typical monthly rent and the value it was measured against, labelled as an area estimate
- Indicative gross rental yield
- Typical monthly rent
- The value it was measured against
- Local house-price trends
Prints in: Value & market
Contaminated Land & Permits
Former landfill, permits, discharges and incidents nearby.+6 checksShow detailsHide detailsEvery former landfill within 1 km measured to its boundary with its years in use, every permitted landfill within 2 km, substantiated pollution incidents, and all permits and discharges within 1 km de-duplicated by site, with the statutory register named as not read and how to get it
- Former landfill within 1 km, to its boundary
- Years each landfill was in use
- Permitted landfill within 2 km
- Substantiated pollution incidents
- Permits and discharges within 1 km
- The statutory register and how to get it
Prints in: Safety & environment
Council Tax & Tenure
What every band costs, the neighbours' bands and tenure.+7 checksShow detailsHide detailsThe Band D charge for the local authority this year, what every band costs per year and per month, the band mix of the neighbours, the tenure at the last recorded sale and across the street, published tribunal decisions at the postcode, and the lease-pack checklist
- Band D charge this year
- Every band per year and per month
- The neighbours' band mix
- Tenure at the last recorded sale
- Tenure across the street
- Tribunal decisions at the postcode
- The lease-pack checklist
Prints in: Value & market
Findings for This Address
Written for this address from registers that software cannot read.+4 checksShow detailsHide detailsA section written for this address from the registers that publish to people but not to software (each finding names the register consulted, where and when), plus dated corporate ownership and building records with their match basis
- Findings from registers with no software feed
- The register, place and date for each finding
- Dated corporate ownership records
- Building records with their match basis
Prints in: Written for the address
Verdict, Surveyor Questions & Checklist
The IQ Score, every flag explained, and your next steps.+5 checksShow detailsHide detailsThe IQ Score with every factor's sub-score and the finding behind it, every red and amber flag explained, a numbered brief of questions for your surveyor built from what the address flagged, your before-you-offer checklist, and an appendix of every register asked and whether it answered
- IQ Score with every factor's sub-score
- Every red and amber flag explained
- A numbered brief for your surveyor
- Your before-you-offer checklist
- Every register asked, and whether it answered
Prints in: The verdict
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Pay once for each report you buy.
Named
Sources & coverage
Every report names its sources and the checks it could not run.
GB
England, Wales & Scotland
Coverage varies by nation and source, and is stated.
£9.99
Reports from
Lite £9.99, Complete £24.99.