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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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Buyer decision guides

Which check answers which question: reports, surveys, searches, warranties and indemnity policies, side by side.

Provider comparisons

vs LandmarkUpdated Sept 2026

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

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vs Conveyancing SearchesUpdated Sept 2026

Conveyancing 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.

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vs Property Report ProvidersUpdated Sept 2026

Best 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

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vs Rightmove vs ZooplaUpdated Sept 2026

Rightmove 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

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vs Renting vs BuyingUpdated Jul 2026

Renting 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.

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vs HomedataUpdated Sept 2026

Homedata 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

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vs Property Passport UKUpdated Sept 2026

Property 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

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vs PostcodeCheckUpdated Sept 2026

PostcodeCheck 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.

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vs HomeThinkUpdated Sept 2026

HomeThink 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

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vs CrystalRoofUpdated Sept 2026

CrystalRoof 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

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vs PropertyChecker.co.ukUpdated Sept 2026

PropertyChecker.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

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vs SpriftUpdated Sept 2026

Sprift 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

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vs Move iQUpdated Sept 2026

Move 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

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vs StreetCheckUpdated Jul 2026

StreetCheck 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.

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vs HouseMetricUpdated Sept 2026

HouseMetric 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

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vs UpMyStreetUpdated Jul 2026

UpMyStreet 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.

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vs MyPropertyScanUpdated Sept 2026

MyPropertyScan'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.

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vs Geobear Subsidence CheckerUpdated Sept 2026

Geobear 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.

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vs CheckMyStreetUpdated Sept 2026

CheckMyStreet: 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.

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vs RightmoveUpdated Jul 2026

Rightmove 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.

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vs ZooplaUpdated Jul 2026

Zoopla 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.

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vs OnTheMarketUpdated Jul 2026

OnTheMarket 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.

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vs PropertyDataUpdated Jul 2026

PropertyData 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.

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vs MousepriceUpdated Sept 2026

Mouseprice 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

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vs PlumplotUpdated Jul 2026

Plumplot 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.

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Check 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.

Reports from £9.99
  • 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 checks

    HM 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 checks

    Matched 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 checks

    Flood 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 checks

    BGS 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 checks

    Published 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 checks

    Schools 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 checks

    Nearby 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 checks

    Neighbourhood 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 checks

    Published 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 checks

    Nearby 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 checks

    Indicative 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 checks

    Every 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 checks

    The 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 checks

    A 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 checks

    The 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

How HouseCheckup works

From search to full report in three simple steps.

  1. England, Wales & Scotland

    Search any address

    Enter an address in England, Wales and Scotland. Coverage varies by nation and source.

  2. Before you pay

    See the IQ Score

    See an initial area risk screen where enough data is available, with the checks and coverage behind the score.

  3. Emailed within 24 hours

    Get the full report

    Choose Lite (£9.99) or Complete (£24.99). The report is emailed to you within 24 hours, usually faster, with every source named and any check it could not run stated.

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At a glance

  • One-off

    No subscription

    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.