HouseCheckup vs CrystalRoof
CrystalRoof Review: Subscription Prices, Valuation and Coverage (2026)
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- 65+ official sources
- Emailed within 24 hours, usually faster
- Sources and coverage gaps named
- One-off payment, no subscription
What the report looks like inside
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IQ Score and the factors behind it
Flood risk at the postcode point
Six ground hazards, rated for the area
Landfill, permits and incidents nearby
What homes here sold for
The energy rating, now and after upgrades
Illustrative sample · fictional address · cut from the sample report as it prints
Quick answer
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 saying it has no valuation tool is incorrect. Its main consumer proposition is area exploration, including environmental and neighbourhood context. HouseCheckup sells one-off reports at £9.99 or £24.99, reviewed by a person. A subscription for researching several areas and a report for one property should be compared on the work you need to do.
| Feature | HouseCheckup | CrystalRoof |
|---|---|---|
| Published price/access | Lite £9.99; Complete £24.99, one-off | £7.99/week; £12.99/month; £29.99/3 months |
| Purpose | Available property screening records, checked by a person; sources and coverage vary by topic and UK nation | Interactive area research, paid access to specified sections and a separate valuation tool |
| Formal valuation | Not included | Confirm the exact product and purpose; an online estimate is not necessarily a formal valuation |
| Online estimate | No automated valuation | Free estimated-price tool is publicly advertised |
| PDF downloads | Report emailed after review | Pricing page currently labels ten PDF downloads as coming soon |
Our verdict
CrystalRoof is worth considering for repeated area research and interactive maps. It has a published valuation tool, which HouseCheckup does not. For a chosen property's available screening records, compare the current report contents and delivery method. Check renewal terms and do not count features labelled coming soon as part of the current paid service.
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£24.99 Complete, one-off. Available property records reviewed by a person and emailed with findings and gaps. Sources and location resolution vary by topic and nation.
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CrystalRoof's current subscription ladder
The pricing page offers weekly, monthly and three-month subscriptions, with cancel-anytime wording. Its paid contents list includes access to blurred data, the noise section, resident reviews and additional map interaction. It separately labels several developments as coming soon, including PDF downloads and side-by-side area comparison. Those should not be presented as delivered features. Choose an access period based on your likely research window and read how cancellation affects the current billing period.
There is a valuation service
CrystalRoof's valuation page describes an instant estimated property price based on algorithms and data, plus access to local experts. That is sufficient to correct the earlier statement that CrystalRoof has no valuation product. It is not evidence that its estimate has a measured level of accuracy or that a lender will accept it as a formal valuation. We have not tested a representative set of its estimates. HouseCheckup provides available sold-price records and context, without an automated value estimate.
Area research is useful in its own right
Someone deciding between neighbourhoods may benefit more from exploring maps and local statistics than from buying a single-property report immediately. Compare the topics you need and the actual coverage at your postcode. A city-level average can conceal large differences between streets, and a street-level statistic still does not describe everything about an individual home. Do not use a demographic or area score as a substitute for visiting the location and checking the specific property. This is a question of appropriate evidence, not a claim that area research is inferior.
Reading customer-review and coverage claims
We do not assign CrystalRoof a customer-satisfaction score from isolated reviews or treat the number of public reviews as a product-quality test. This page compares current public terms and capabilities. Ask whether the data you need is available in your nation and whether important fields are unavailable or paywalled. The CrystalRoof value answer helps separate occasional browsing from repeated paid research. If sale prices are your main question, compare CheckMyStreet and HouseMetric as different tools.
What a HouseCheckup report can establish
HouseCheckup combines the available official-source risk maps, property records and area context for a chosen address. A person reviews the report before it is emailed. A score using 6 factors is shown where sufficient data is available; missing checks are identified. Sold-price records are context, not a valuation. Planning designations are not a complete planning-application history. Ground and radon bands describe mapped areas rather than measurements of the building. Neither a postcode match nor a reassuring score proves that a property has no defects.
Our current purchase options are Lite £9.99 and Complete £24.99, paid once. We do not promise an automated valuation, title register, owner names, a contaminated-land liability opinion or a CON29M search. A physical survey and the legal searches requested by a solicitor serve different purposes. Check the illustrative sample and current offer and delivery terms before ordering.
Make the comparison on the same basis
Use the exact product name when checking a quote. A consumer report, recurring research account, professional data platform and formal environmental search are different purchases. Confirm the address, geographic coverage, records included and the date of any source before relying on a result. A feature absent from a public checklist is not proof that the provider cannot supply it. This page reports what we could verify publicly; it does not award a numerical quality score or reproduce unverified customer allegations.
For the broader buying decision, see our report comparison guide and the self-published HouseCheckup review. If you need something our report does not supply, use the relevant official service or professional rather than interpreting a lower price as equivalent coverage.
References
- Subscription prices and current versus coming-soon features, CrystalRoof
- Free valuation service description, CrystalRoof
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£24.99 Complete brings available screening findings together for one property. Read the illustrative sample and coverage limits; official searches, valuation and inspection remain separate.
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How HouseCheckup works
From search to full report in three simple steps.
- England, Wales & Scotland
Search any address
Enter an address in England, Wales and Scotland. Coverage varies by nation and source.
- 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.
- 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.
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Sources & coverage
Every report names its sources and the checks it could not run.
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England, Wales & Scotland
Coverage varies by nation and source, and is stated.
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Lite £9.99, Complete £24.99.