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HouseCheckup · Property Report
Sampleton Central, Illustrative district, Illustrative region · ZZ1 1ZZ
68
IQ Score · Good
2
things to check
3
looking good
Overall this home scores 68 out of 100 ("good"), from 6 of the 6 headline checks. We found 2 things worth checking and 3 clear positives. Here is the whole report at a glance; each item is explained in plain English on the pages that follow.
Top things to check
Section by section
Colour key: ● good · ● typical · ● worth a look · ● needs attention. Generated 19 October 2026 · housecheckup.co.uk
Part 1of 5
Your headline score and the things that matter most about this home.
2 of 6 checks look good · the rest are fair
How the part scores work: Part 1 is the IQ Score. Each other part averages its checks, using a check's own score where it has one and counting Good, Fair, Watch and Risk as 85, 65, 45 and 25. Checks with no data are left out, and the line under each score says how many checks it rests on. Sections that describe rather than judge (property facts, the area profile, prices) are not scored.
In plain terms: This home scores 68 out of 100, and we'd call that "good". The score blends the core safety and energy checks (flood, ground stability, radon, coal, crime and energy rating) into one number, so a higher score means fewer of those things to worry about. The other sections add detail but aren't part of this headline number.
Each spoke is a scored factor (higher is better)
In plain terms: We found 0 things that need attention, 2 worth a look, and 3 clear positives for this address. Here they are in plain English.
Part 2of 5
Will it flood, will the ground stay stable, and is the air and land around it clean?
2 of 6 checks look good · the rest are fair
In plain terms: The map indicates flood exposure at the postcode location that needs checking against the building's exact position. 1 EA flood-warning area sit within about 2 km. That is the surrounding catchment, not a reading at this address.
Flood-warning areas ≤2km
Unknown
1 designated in the surrounding catchment
Flood-warning areas ≤5km
Unknown
2 designated in the surrounding catchment
Live alerts ≤10km
Unknown
None right now
Flood zone at postcode point
Negligible
Zone 1: outside both mapped flood zones, but Zone 2 starts about 650 m away, Zone 3 about 900 m
Surface water: now
Low
Low (rainfall flooding at postcode point)
Surface water: 2050s
Medium
Medium (climate projection at postcode point)
What this flood check covers. At the postcode location, the available source results cover flooding from rivers and the sea (the Environment Agency's statutory Flood Zone) and flooding from surface water (rainfall running off the ground), now and on the 2050s climate projection. We do not assess groundwater flooding (a rising water table), reservoir flooding or sewer flooding, because those come from datasets we do not hold. Groundwater is reported by a commercial flood search, the kind a conveyancer commissions from a commercial search provider; sewer flooding by your water company's drainage and water search (CON29DW); reservoir flooding free from the Environment Agency at check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk. Mapped levels above describe the postcode location for the mechanisms named; they do not establish this building's flood probability or history.
These are the Environment Agency's designated flood-warning areas around the postcode: the catchments where the EA issues warnings. A home can sit beside one without being in it; they name the rivers and coast that matter locally.
Within about 2 km (1)
Further out, within about 5 km (1 more)
Has it flooded here before?
No recorded flood outline or historic extent lies within about 250 m of the postcode point. The EA's record is not a complete history of every flood, so this is reassuring rather than conclusive. Historic flood map: no historic extent within 250 m.
How much more river flow to plan for
The Environment Agency's climate-change allowances for the Example Brook (fictional catchment) catchment (Illustrative river basin): the percentage increase in peak river flow, against a 1961–1990 baseline, that new development must be designed for. Bigger numbers mean the rivers here are expected to carry noticeably more water in a bad year.
| Epoch | Central (50th pct) | Higher central (70th) | Upper end (95th) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | +8% | +12% | +20% |
| 2050s | +14% | +20% | +35% |
| 2080s | +21% | +30% | +55% |
Flood Re: could a flood policy be backed by the scheme?
On the facts we hold this home looks ELIGIBLE for Flood Re, the government-backed scheme that caps the flood part of a home-insurance premium by council-tax band.
No premium ceiling is shown because the property's council-tax band is not published per address in open data; look it up on the VOA site and read it against floodre.co.uk's band table.
Fictional sample figure. No source was queried.
What to do:Ask the seller (on the TA6 form) whether the property has ever flooded, and get a flood-specific insurance quote before you commit.
In plain terms: The ground under a home decides whether it stays stable over time. Here is what the geology says about subsidence, mining and natural radon gas.
Coal mining
Negligible
Outside Coalfield
Clay shrink-swell
Medium
Shrink–swell (clay subsidence): the 5 km area around this address is rated Moderate. The nearest area rated Significant begins about 3.2 km to the NE. Area rating for the cell, not this plot. 2030s climate projection (BGS GeoClimate): Possible.
Recorded landslides
Negligible
0 within ~1400 m
Radon gas
Medium
Band 3/6, Affected Area
BGS GeoSure area rating (highest layer)
Medium
Shrink–swell (clay subsidence): the 5 km area around this address is rated Moderate. The nearest area rated Significant begins about 3.2 km to the NE. Area rating for the cell, not this plot. See the GeoSure table below for all layers and the BGS notice.
Radon at this address
This address sits in a radon Affected Area, at band 3 of 6, the lower end of that range.
Band 3 means 3–5% of homes estimated above the Action Level. That is the bottom of the Affected Area range, which starts at band 2. So this is a "worth testing" finding rather than an alarming one: most homes in this square are expected to be below the Action Level, and radon is both cheap to measure and usually straightforward to reduce where it is found.
Before you commit: ask the seller whether the property has ever been tested for radon and what the result was, and whether any protective or remedial measures are fitted (a membrane, a sub-floor sump, or positive ventilation). If it has not been tested, a UKHSA test kit costs around £50 and sits in the house for three months, so if you want the answer before exchange, order it now rather than later. Where levels do come back high, remediation is typically a few hundred to a couple of thousand pounds, not a structural problem.
Source: the UKHSA/BGS Indicative Atlas of Radon, which gives the maximum radon potential for the 1 km grid square containing this address. It is an estimate of the PROPORTION OF HOMES in that square at or above the Action Level. It describes the area, not this building. A house in a low-class area can still test high, and a house in a high-class area can test low. Only a measurement in the property itself tells you the level here. Radon protective measures are likely to be required for new build in this area under the building regulations.
The postcode point is outside every mapped coalfield area in this fictional sample, and no Development High Risk Area lies within 1 km of it.
Clay shrink-swell under climate change (BGS)
In this fictional sample the clay-related ground-movement projection rises from Possible in the 2030s to Probable in the 2070s.
"Improbable / Possible / Probable" is BGS's likelihood that clay-related ground movement becomes a problem in an average year of that decade. It is a climate-change statement about an area, not a present-day reading of this plot.
Recorded landslides (BGS National Landslide Database)
No recorded landslide event within about 1400 m. This is a record of known events, not a susceptibility rating. The GeoSure landslide band in the next section covers that.
Coal mining (Mining Remediation Authority)
The postcode point is outside every mapped coalfield area in this fictional sample, and no Development High Risk Area lies within 1 km of it. Nearest Development High Risk Area: none within 1 km.
Radon (UKHSA / BGS Indicative Atlas)
Maximum radon potential class 3 of 6 in 1 km grid square ZZ0000 (3–5% of homes estimated above the Action Level). This is a radon Affected Area (class 2 or above). Protective measures are likely to be required for new building work here.
More: https://www.ukradon.org/
Indicative, area-level ground-stability screening, not a site investigation. Ratings are generalised for national overview uses and do not replace a Coal Mining Risk Assessment or site-specific geotechnical survey.
What to do:Budget about £50 for a radon test kit, and ask whether the home has ever had subsidence or underpinning.
In plain terms: The British Geological Survey rates six natural ground hazards across Great Britain. These ratings describe a broad AREA, not a building (each 5 km cell covers about 65 km²), so we print the rating for the area together with how far away the nearest higher-rated area begins. That second half is the part that matters: a home can sit in a Low-rated cell a few hundred metres from a Significant one.
Shrink–swell (clay subsidence)
Shrink–swell (clay subsidence): the 5 km area around this address is rated Moderate. The nearest area rated Significant begins about 3.2 km to the NE.
Compressible ground
Compressible ground: the 5 km area around this address is rated Low. The nearest area rated Moderate begins about 1.8 km to the S.
Collapsible deposits
Collapsible deposits: the 5 km area around this address is rated Low. No area in Great Britain is rated higher for this hazard.
Landslide (slope instability)
Landslide (slope instability): the 5 km area around this address is rated Low. The nearest area rated Moderate begins about 6.5 km to the W.
Running sand
Running sand: the 5 km area around this address is rated Low. The nearest area rated Moderate begins about 2.4 km to the E.
Soluble rocks (dissolution / sinkholes)
Soluble rocks (dissolution / sinkholes): the 5 km area around this address is rated Low. No area in Great Britain is rated higher for this hazard.
Mining other than coal: no record for the 1 km cell around this address in the fictional sample.
This is the mining hazard dataset that EXCLUDES coal. A rating of NA means no record of NON-COAL mining (tin, lead, salt, limestone, chalk and similar); it says nothing about coal. Coal risk is screened separately above.
BGS notice: "Not suitable for local or site specific analysis, data is generalised for national overview uses only"
These ratings describe an area, not a building. The GeoSure cell above covers about 65 km², and the mining cell about 2.6 km². Which side of a cell edge a house falls on is arbitrary, so read the distances above as carefully as the ratings. Only a site investigation speaks to this plot.
Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fictional hex bands shaped like the GeoSure 5 km and mining-hazard 1 km grids, product version fixture.
What to do:Treat this as a screening layer, not an answer about the plot. If any hazard here rates Moderate or Significant, or a higher-rated area starts close by, ask your surveyor to look for it specifically, and ask the seller whether the property has ever had movement, cracking or underpinning.
In plain terms: 1 former landfill site is recorded within 1 km of this address. The nearest, Example Lane tip (fictional) (EAHLD-FIXTURE-1, 1962–1978), about 640 m away. None lies under or within 250 m of the property. Tips at this distance rarely affect a home directly, but they are the classic conveyancing "landfill nearby" flag, so it is worth knowing which sites a search will name before your solicitor does. The Environment Agency's incident record holds no substantiated pollution incident within 1 km in the last 5 years, though 1 older one since 2001 is listed below.
What this section covers, and what it cannot
Former landfill ≤1 km
1
nearest 640 m · 0 within 250 m · 0 within 500 m
Permitted landfill ≤2 km
0
none recorded within 2 km
Pollution incidents ≤1 km
0
last 5 years · 1 since 2001
| Former landfill site | Distance | In use | Waste types | Gas / leachate control |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example Lane tip (fictional) · EAHLD-FIXTURE-1 Land off Mill Road, Sampleton | 640 m | 1962–1978 | household, inert | gas not recorded · leachate not recorded |
Reading the table. “In use” is the Agency's first and last recorded input of waste; a blank means the date was never recorded, not that the tip was short-lived. “Not recorded” against gas or leachate control means the Agency holds no entry; it is not a statement that no controls existed. Many of these records come from a 1990s survey of council and Agency files and can be incomplete. Licence-holder and operator names are held in the record but deliberately not printed here.
What a former landfill nearby means for a buyer
Three things follow. Ground gas: decomposing household and commercial waste produces methane and carbon dioxide for decades, and those gases can migrate sideways through permeable ground; homes built on or close to old tips are often required to have a gas membrane and a ventilated floor void, and the question to ask is whether this one has them. Settlement: landfilled ground compacts unevenly for a long time after tipping stops, so a building on or at the edge of a footprint can show differential movement, and a surveyor who knows the tip is there will look for it. Insurance and lending: desktop environmental searches, which most lenders expect a conveyancer to commission, flag landfill within about 250 m and can return a “further action” result; that does not stop a purchase, but it usually means a second-stage report and more questions from the insurer. A site 500 m or more away rarely affects a home directly, but a search will still name it.
Ask the seller's solicitor: “Has an environmental search been carried out, what did it return, and has the council ever served or considered a contaminated-land notice for this property or the land adjoining it?” Ask the seller: whether the house has ground-gas protection, and whether it has ever had movement, cracking or underpinning.
No currently or recently permitted landfill boundary is recorded within 2 km of this address.
The Environment Agency records every substantiated incident with a Category 1 (major) or Category 2 (significant) impact on water, land or air. None within 1 km in the last 5 years.
Older incidents within 1 km (2001 to 5 years ago)
Sewage Materials: Storm Sewage · air 4 / land 4 / water 2 · EA ref 1
Environment Agency information warning: Incident locations are confirmed to the nearest practical point and may not be the source of the pollution. Incidents are plotted at the location the Agency confirmed, which may be the watercourse or road affected rather than the source. Snapshot of the Agency's quarterly file taken 30 Jun 2026, covering 1 Jan 2001 to 31 Mar 2026; recent incidents can take months to appear.
Environmental permits: not checked
What we could not check
The statutory contaminated-land register (Part 2A): held by the local council, not read
Historic landfill layer (fictional sample): Fictional sample figure. No source was queried. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
Permitted waste sites layer (fictional sample): Fictional sample figure. No source was queried. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
Pollution incidents file (fictional sample): Fictional sample figure. No source was queried. Used under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/).
What to do:Ask your conveyancer to raise the CON29 3.13 contaminated-land enquiry with the council and to tell you which of the sites listed here the environmental search names. If the home has had extensions or a conversion, ask whether any ground-gas measures were specified at the time.
Part 3of 5
What homes here sell for, how prices are moving, and what it costs to run.
The 1 check is good
In plain terms: The available postcode sale records have a median of about £280,000. The table shows a street-matched sample; these are transactions for different homes, not a valuation or a same-property price trend.
| Date | Address | Type | Tenure | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2026 | 7 Example Lane | Terraced | Freehold | £295,000 | |
| 10 Sept 2025 | 5 Example Lane | Terraced | Freehold | £310,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2025 | 14 Example Lane | Semi Detached | Freehold | £338,000 | |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 3 Example Lane | Terraced | Freehold | £280,000 | |
| 16 Jun 2023 | 1 Example Lane | Terraced | Freehold | £265,000 | |
| 3 May 2019 | 12 Example Lane | Semi Detached | Freehold | £305,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2018 | 4 Example Lane | Terraced | Freehold | £232,000 | |
| 11 Mar 2016 | 9 Example Lane | Terraced | Freehold | £198,000 |
All 8 sales HM Land Registry holds for this street (2016–2026), newest first: 8 freehold, 0 leasehold. None is a Category B (non-market) transfer. Prices are what was paid at the time, not adjusted for inflation; the same house number can appear more than once as it changes hands. Price Paid Data © Crown copyright, HM Land Registry, OGL v3.
Typical price by property type (postcode)
How the wider area compares (average price)
Illustrative district prices changed +5.4% over the last year.
What each type of home averages in Illustrative district, the region and the UK, from HM Land Registry's index: the number to read a sold price in the table above against, because a terraced price and a detached price are not the same market.
| Area | Detached | Semi | Terraced | Flat | Sales/month | 1-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illustrative district | £455,000 | £320,000 | £262,000 | £168,000 | 85 | +5.4% |
| Illustrative region | £512,000 | £345,000 | £281,000 | £189,000 | 4,120 | +2.4% |
| United Kingdom | £450,000 | £285,000 | £240,000 | £230,000 | 61,000 | +2.8% |
UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry, OGL v3. Sales volumes lag by a few months and the latest month is provisional.
Sales HM Land Registry records at this postcode on streets other than the one in the address, useful for a sense of the immediate neighbourhood's prices, newest first.
| Date | Address | Type | Tenure | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2025 | FLAT 5 EXAMPLE COURT Mill Road | Flat | Leasehold | £184,000 |
| 8 Nov 2024 | FLAT 2 EXAMPLE COURT Mill Road | Flat | Leasehold | £160,000 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 22 Mill Road | Semi Detached | Freehold | £360,000 |
In plain terms: Most homes in this small area sit in Council Tax Band C, which gives you a feel for the likely annual bill.
About 602 homes in this small area. *hidden for privacy.
In plain terms: HM Land Registry recorded the last sale here as freehold (sale of 1 Example Lane on 16 Jun 2023), so you'd normally own the building and the land outright, with no lease, ground rent or lease-based service charge. Your conveyancer will confirm the current title.
Tenure as recorded on the last sale at this address (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data). Tenure can change between sales; the title register is definitive. The EPC does not state legal tenure, and no source here shows lease length, and we never infer either.
Part 4of 5
The bricks and bills: what the property is made of, how efficient it is, and what you can and can't change.
The 1 check is fair · 2 with no data
In plain terms: Available location and property-record fields. A location field does not establish the condition of the building.
In plain terms: This home's energy rating is band D, which is about average for the UK. Sensible upgrades could lift it to band C.
Estimated annual running costs (from the certificate)
The certificate lists improvements that could save roughly £540 a year and lift the rating to band C.
Every element the assessor rated
The certificate's own one-to-five-star scale for each part of the building. The stars are where the heating bills come from: a "Very poor" wall or roof is the single thing most worth pricing into an offer.
| Element | What the assessor recorded | Energy efficiency | Environmental |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walls | Solid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed) | Very poor | Very poor |
| Roof | Pitched, 150 mm loft insulation | Average | Average |
| Floor | Suspended, no insulation (assumed) | not rated | not rated |
| Windows | Fully double glazed | Average | Average |
| Main heating | Boiler and radiators, mains gas | Good | Good |
| Main heating controls | Programmer, room thermostat and TRVs | Good | Good |
| Hot water | From main system | Good | Good |
| Lighting | Low energy lighting in 80% of fixed outlets | Good | Good |
"(assumed)" in a description means the assessor could not see the element and used the default for the building's age. It is the register's word, not ours.
Estimated running costs: now, and after the recommended works
| Per year | Now | After improvements |
|---|---|---|
| Heating | £980 | £720 |
| Hot water | £160 | £140 |
| Lighting | £95 | £70 |
| Total | £1,235 | £930 |
The assessor's standardised estimates at the fuel prices in force when the certificate was lodged. They compare homes; they do not predict a household's actual bill.
The assessor's recommended improvements (2)
In the order the certificate lists them, with the register's indicative installation cost and the typical yearly saving. Together they are estimated to save about £540 a year and lift the rating to band C.
| # | Measure | Indicative cost | Typical saving / yr | Rating after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internal or external wall insulation | £4,000 - £14,000 | £210 | 70 SAP · band C |
| 2 | Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp | £3,500 - £5,500 | £330 | 74 SAP · band C |
Costs are the register's national indicative ranges, not quotes. "Rating after" is cumulative: it assumes every earlier measure in the list has been done.
The full certificate is public at find-energy-certificate.service.gov.uk/energy-certificate/0000-0000-0000-0000-0000.
Carbon footprint
A rented home must reach band E or better to be let lawfully (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards). Bands F–G need works or an exemption.
What to do:Factor likely heating costs into your offer, and check which improvements give the best payback.
In plain terms: Broadband speed and mobile signal were not checked for this address. Ofcom publishes both per postcode, free, and the two-minute check below is the one to do before you commit if you work from home.
Not checked, and why
Ofcom's Connected Nations data is the source this section uses, and it returned no figures for this postcode when the report was prepared (its postcode files miss some new-build and recently changed postcodes, and a lookup can fail). Rather than print a guess, we have left the figures out. What Ofcom's own checker will tell you for this postcode: the fastest download and upload speed each type of connection can deliver (standard, superfast 30 Mbps+, ultrafast 300 Mbps+, gigabit); whether full fibre has reached the address; and, for EE, O2, Three and Vodafone, predicted voice and data signal indoors and outdoors.
What to do:Enter the postcode at checker.ofcom.org.uk for predicted broadband speeds by provider and indoor/outdoor mobile signal on all four networks, then ask the seller which provider they use and what speed they actually get.
In plain terms: Good news: we found no major heritage or planning protections that would restrict changes to this home.
Outside: 210 m from the nearest Conservation Area boundary (Sampleton Old Town)
| Name | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sampleton Old Town | Outside (distance is to its boundary) | 210 m |
Part 5of 5
What it's actually like to live here: the neighbourhood, getting around, and what's on your doorstep.
1 of 3 checks look good · the rest are fair
In plain terms: The returned records contain 939 incidents across 24 months within about a mile of the postcode location. These counts are not adjusted for population or visitors and do not establish how safe this building is.
Last 6 months
233
incidents ≤1 mile
24-month total
939
incidents ≤1 mile
Months tracked
24
police.uk · 24 of 24
These are raw counts of incidents reported to police within about a mile. A busy high street naturally shows more than a quiet lane, so read it alongside the area type rather than as a danger score.
| Category | Total | Share | Per month | Last 6 months | Previous 6 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime | 254 | 27% | 10.6 | 63 | 65 | -2 |
| Anti Social Behaviour | 225 | 24% | 9.4 | 56 | 57 | -1 |
| Vehicle Crime | 113 | 12% | 4.7 | 28 | 29 | -1 |
| Shoplifting | 96 | 10% | 4.0 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Other Crime | 91 | 10% | 3.8 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 85 | 9% | 3.5 | 21 | 22 | -1 |
| Burglary | 75 | 8% | 3.1 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| All categories | 939 | 100% | 39.1 | 233 | 238 | -5 |
Street-level crime reported to the police within about a mile of the postcode point (data.police.uk), by the police's own categories. The change column compares the last six calendar months with the six before them. "Anti-social behaviour" is recorded differently from crimes and is not a count of offences.
In plain terms: The nearest station, Sampleton (fictional station), is about 650 m away.
| Station | Mode | Lines | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sampleton (fictional station) | Rail | Example Valley line | 650 m |
In plain terms: This neighbourhood sits in decile 6 of 10 on the official deprivation index, meaning it's less deprived than about 60% of England. Higher is better-off.
Sampleton 001A is ranked 18,400 of 33,755 on the Fictional deprivation index shaped like the English Indices of Deprivation, where 1 is the most deprived (decile 6 of 10). The overall figure is built from the domains below. The same area can be well-off on income and poorly served for access to services, and the parts tell you more than the whole.
| Domain | Rank (of 33,755) | Decile | Reads as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income | 17,200 | 6/10 | around the middle (51% from the most-deprived end) |
| Employment | 19,800 | 6/10 | around the middle (59% from the most-deprived end) |
| Living environment | 9,100 | 3/10 | around the middle (27% from the most-deprived end) |
Deciles and ranks are only comparable within England, because each UK nation builds its index differently. The index describes a neighbourhood of a few hundred households, not any one home.
In plain terms: The ONS Census 2021 tables did not answer for this neighbourhood, so no community profile is shown. That is a failed lookup, not an empty area.
In plain terms: For transparency, here's each factor behind the IQ Score. A higher bar is better.
The mapped surface-water band at the postcode location is Low (Environment Agency NaFRA2). This component covers surface water only; it does not establish this building's flood probability, river/sea risk or flood history. Nearby warning areas do not change this band-based score.
The queried point is outside the returned Development High and Low Risk Areas. This does not rule out all mining hazards.
Shrink–swell (clay subsidence): the 5 km area around this address is rated Moderate. The nearest area rated Significant begins about 3.2 km to the NE. This layer, not the clay projection, sets the score. Clay-shrinkage subsidence by 2030: Possible (BGS UKCP18 Average scenario).
Radon Affected Area (band 3/6): the report covers testing and remediation guidance.
38 street-level crimes reported in June 2026 near this postcode.
EPC band D on the MHCLG register. Full energy breakdown and improvement costs in the report.
In plain terms: Share these questions with the surveyor inspecting this building. They follow the report's available findings and gaps; they do not select a survey level or confirm the building's condition.
Report context: This report has not physically inspected the building.
Ask: What should you inspect for damp, roof condition, cracking, drainage and past alterations, and what will remain outside your inspection?
Report context: The mapped surface-water band at the postcode location is Low (Environment Agency NaFRA2). This component covers surface water only; it does not establish this building's flood probability, river/sea risk or flood history. Nearby warning areas do not change this band-based score.
Ask: Do you see signs of past water entry or drainage problems, and what further checks would help explain the mapped flood finding?
Report context: Shrink–swell (clay subsidence): the 5 km area around this address is rated Moderate. The nearest area rated Significant begins about 3.2 km to the NE. This layer, not the clay projection, sets the score. Clay-shrinkage subsidence by 2030: Possible (BGS UKCP18 Average scenario).
Ask: Do the building, drains or nearby trees show anything that warrants further investigation for movement, given the area ground-hazard finding?
Report context: Radon Affected Area (band 3/6): the report covers testing and remediation guidance.
Ask: What information about radon testing or existing protective measures should I request for this building? The map cannot establish an indoor measurement.
Report context: EPC band D on the MHCLG register. Full energy breakdown and improvement costs in the report.
Ask: Are the EPC improvement suggestions suitable for this building's construction and condition, and which need closer inspection before budgeting work?
In plain terms: Here are the practical next steps this report points to for this specific home. Tick them off before you commit.
This report is preliminary due-diligence built from official public data to help you decide and negotiate before you offer. It is not a survey, a formal valuation or legal advice.
Illustrative report for a fictional address. Figures are not a live property. The address, every figure and every source result above are invented to show the layout.
The fixture is populated so every chart and table the report draws appears: the score dial and radar, the flood and ground traffic lights, the six ground-hazard ratings, nearby sales, the energy certificate and crime, alongside the checks it leaves unanswered. Nearby flood-warning areas are context and cannot substitute for a mapped risk result. This is not a report about a real home or a customer's report. Source names in the template describe the services used in real reports; no live source lookup was used for these fictional figures.
Page count and sections vary with the available records. A real report does not guarantee an answer from every source, and a blank or unavailable result is not an all-clear.
Look for the source, date and scale of each result. A postcode or regional map cell does not describe every building inside it.
The sample keeps missing checks visible and withholds a headline score when the available weight is insufficient.
Use the findings to brief the surveyor and conveyancer. The report cannot inspect the home or resolve legal questions.
The list below is the table of contents of the current Complete template: the verdict, then safety and environment, value and market, the home and energy, area and lifestyle, the findings written for the address, and the closing material (surveyor questions, your checklist and the sources consulted). Sections marked Lite + Complete are the hazard-screening and closing sections a Lite report also prints.
In the order they print. Sections appear where usable data exists for the address. Coverage varies by nation and source; the report names every check it could not run. Lite prints the 8 hazard-screening and closing sections marked Lite + Complete; the rest are Complete only.
Grouped under the report's own part headings. Sections print where your address has usable data; a check that could not be run is named in the report, not scored as a pass.
Safety & environment
Flood risk and flood history from the official national maps for your nation, plus flood defences nearby: the mapped flood zone and surface-water risk now and in the 2050s, every flood-warning area within 2 km and 5 km named, recorded flood events, the climate allowances to plan for and whether a policy here could be backed by the Flood Re scheme
Ground stability and subsidence screening, radon, and coal-mining area screening: clay shrink-swell for the 2030s and 2070s, every recorded landslide nearby, the radon band for the 1 km square, the coal-mining risk-area status, the ground level at the point, and the seven ground-hazard ratings for the surrounding area with the layer that drives the rating
Contaminated-land screening: historic landfill footprints with distance to the property, authorised landfill sites, recorded pollution incidents and environmental permits nearby (England; named as not checked elsewhere). Every former landfill within 1 km measured to its boundary, every permitted landfill within 2 km, all permits and discharges within 1 km de-duplicated by site, and the statutory register named as not read with the route to get it
Air quality, coastal erosion where mapped, and major infrastructure projects: modelled nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 at the address against the legal objectives, the shoreline plan and its policy for each epoch on a managed coast, and every nationally significant project within about 8 km with its stage
Next steps
The checks that could not be run at your address, named rather than scored as a pass: section by section, with why and the official place to check each yourself
Your before-you-offer checklist: a numbered list of practical next steps built from this report's findings for this home
Sources consulted: every register and dataset the report asked for your address, with whether it answered, so you can see which gaps were outages
Grouped under the report's own part headings. Sections print where your address has usable data; a check that could not be run is named in the report, not scored as a pass.
The verdict
The 6-factor IQ Score out of 100 with its band, the per-factor breakdown behind it, and the coverage gaps identified rather than scored as a pass
The plain-English read on what stands out at this address: every red and amber flag pulled together and explained, with the top things to check on the cover
Safety & environment
Flood risk and flood history from the official national maps for your nation, plus flood defences nearby: the mapped flood zone and surface-water risk now and in the 2050s, every flood-warning area within 2 km and 5 km named, recorded flood events, the climate allowances to plan for and whether a policy here could be backed by the Flood Re scheme
Ground stability and subsidence screening, radon, and coal-mining area screening: clay shrink-swell for the 2030s and 2070s, every recorded landslide nearby, the radon band for the 1 km square, the coal-mining risk-area status, the ground level at the point, and the seven ground-hazard ratings for the surrounding area with the layer that drives the rating
Contaminated-land screening: historic landfill footprints with distance to the property, authorised landfill sites, recorded pollution incidents and environmental permits nearby (England; named as not checked elsewhere). Every former landfill within 1 km measured to its boundary, every permitted landfill within 2 km, all permits and discharges within 1 km de-duplicated by site, and the statutory register named as not read with the route to get it
Air quality, coastal erosion where mapped, and major infrastructure projects: modelled nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 at the address against the legal objectives, the shoreline plan and its policy for each epoch on a managed coast, and every nationally significant project within about 8 km with its stage
Value & market
Value and market: the full recorded sale history for the street with tenure and new-build flags, local price context by property type, gross rental yield, what every council tax band costs here, and the tenure at the last sale with any published tribunal decisions
The home & energy
The home and energy: property facts, the whole energy certificate (every element with its star rating, running costs now and after the costed improvements), solar potential, broadband and mobile, every listed building and conservation area within 700 m, and the planning and land designations that shape what you can change
Area & lifestyle
Area and lifestyle: a plain-English picture of the area, walkability with every everyday amenity counted, crime by category over 24 months, every school within 4 km with its grade, stations and stops with distances, road noise, neighbourhood deprivation, the census profile of who lives here, and food hygiene ratings nearby
Checked by hand
Findings written for this address from the registers that only publish to people, not software. Each one names the register, where and when it was consulted
Corporate ownership and building records held against the address: dated, with the match basis and a link to each source record
Next steps
The checks that could not be run at your address, named rather than scored as a pass: section by section, with why and the official place to check each yourself
Your before-you-offer checklist: a numbered list of practical next steps built from this report's findings for this home
Sources consulted: every register and dataset the report asked for your address, with whether it answered, so you can see which gaps were outages
The questions to put to your surveyor, written from what your address flagged and from the checks that could not be completed
Complete (£24.99) is human-checked and emailed after preparation. Review the current tier contents and nation-specific coverage before paying. A desk report does not replace a survey, formal searches, legal advice or an insurance quotation.