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HouseCheckup · Property Report

1 Example Lane, Sampleton, ZZ1 1ZZ

Sampleton Central, Illustrative district, Illustrative region · ZZ1 1ZZ

68

IQ Score · Good

2

things to check

3

looking good

Report summary

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

  • !1 flood-warning area sit within about 2 km of this postcode: catchment context to check at the property, not a building-risk finding.
  • !This is a Radon Affected Area (band 3/6): budget for a radon test.

Section by section

Overall IQ Score68/100 · Good
Flood riskSurface water Low at postcode location
Ground & subsidenceRadon Affected Area
Ground hazards (BGS GeoSure)6 hazards rated across a 65 km² area
Contaminated land & landfill1 former landfill site ≤1 km · nearest 640 m
Price historyPostcode sample median £280,000
Council taxMost homes Band C
Tenure & leaseholdFreehold at last sale
Energy (EPC)Band D
Broadband & mobileNot checked: see section
Heritage & planningNo major constraints
Crime939 in 24 months ≤1 mile
TransportSampleton (fictional station) 650 m
DeprivationDecile 6/10

Colour key: ● good · ● typical · ● worth a look · ● needs attention. Generated 19 October 2026 · housecheckup.co.uk

Part 1of 5

The verdict

Your headline score and the things that matter most about this home.

IQ Score · 6 checks

2 of 6 checks look good · the rest are fair

  • Flood70
  • Coal100
  • Ground60
  • Radon64
  • Crime60
  • EPC55

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.

1.HouseCheckup IQ Score

Fair

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.

68/ 100Good
Coal miningSurface-water screeningRadonSubsidenceCrimeEnergy (EPC)

Each spoke is a scored factor (higher is better)

Coal mining: 100Surface-water screening: 70Radon: 64Subsidence: 60 (shrink–swell (clay subsidence) rated Moderate)Crime: 60Energy (EPC): 55

2.What stands out

Watch

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.

  • !1 flood-warning area sit within about 2 km of this postcode: catchment context to check at the property, not a building-risk finding.
  • !This is a Radon Affected Area (band 3/6): budget for a radon test.
  • ✓Illustrative district prices are rising fast (5.4% in a year).
  • ✓This home is 210 m from the nearest Conservation Area boundary (Sampleton Old Town). It is outside that area, so its controls do not apply to this building; your conveyancer's local search will confirm.
  • ✓Sampleton (fictional station) is only 650 m away, handy for commuting.

Part 2of 5

Safety & environment

Will it flood, will the ground stay stable, and is the air and land around it clean?

from 6 checks

2 of 6 checks look good · the rest are fair

  • Flood70
  • Coal100
  • Ground60
  • Radon64
  • Ground hazards65
  • Land & landfill65

3.Flood risk

Watch

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.

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.

The detail
Historic extent at postcode pointNo published extent matched the postcode point; not a complete flood history
River-flow rise by 2050s+14% (climate allowance)
Which flood-warning areas these are

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)

  • Example Brook at Sampleton (fictional warning area) · Illustrative county

Further out, within about 5 km (1 more)

  • Lower Example valley (fictional warning area) · Illustrative county
Recorded flooding, climate allowance and insurance

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.

EpochCentral (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.

  • Built before 1 January 2009 (certificate age band 1930–1949).
  • A single residential dwelling, not a block of flats.

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.

  • Eligibility is decided by the insurer against the scheme rules, not by this report.

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.

4.Ground & subsidence

Watch

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.

The detail
Clay shrink-swell (2030)Possible
Clay shrink-swell (2070)Probable
Radon band3/6 (3–5% of homes estimated above the Action Level)
Radon protective measuresLikely required in a new build

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.

Recorded landslides0 within ~1400 m

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.

What each ground layer actually says

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.

  • 2030: Possible
  • 2070: Probable

"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.

5.Ground hazards across this area (BGS GeoSure)

Fair

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 hazard other than coal

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.

6.Contaminated land, landfill & environmental permits

Fair

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

Four Environment Agency records are read for England: former (historic) landfill footprints within 1 km, with the distance from this address to the edge of each footprint; current or recently permitted landfill boundaries within 2 km; substantiated Category 1 and 2 pollution incidents within 1 km; and the public registers of environmental permits and discharges within 1 km. None of them is the council's statutory Part 2A contaminated-land register, which this report does not read (see “What we could not check” below).

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 sites within 1 km
Former landfill siteDistanceIn useWaste typesGas / leachate control
Example Lane tip (fictional) · EAHLD-FIXTURE-1
Land off Mill Road, Sampleton
640 m1962–1978household, inertgas 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.

Permitted landfill boundaries within 2 km

No currently or recently permitted landfill boundary is recorded within 2 km of this address.

Substantiated pollution incidents within 1 km

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)

  • 3 May 2016 · Category 2 (significant) to water820 m

    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

The Environment Agency public-register queries were not run for this address (no British National Grid coordinates), so no permit or discharge is listed.

What we could not check

The statutory contaminated-land register (Part 2A): held by the local council, not read

Each council keeps its own Part 2A register and there is no national dataset of it, so this report does not read it. How to get it: Ask your conveyancer to raise CON29 (2016) enquiry 3.13 "Contaminated land", which returns any notice or register entry for the property and adjoining land.

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

Value & market

What homes here sell for, how prices are moving, and what it costs to run.

from 1 check

The 1 check is good

  • Tenure85

7.Price history

Fair

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.

DateAddressTypeTenurePriceNotes
20 Jan 20267 Example LaneTerracedFreehold£295,000
10 Sept 20255 Example LaneTerracedFreehold£310,000
30 Jul 202514 Example LaneSemi DetachedFreehold£338,000
14 Feb 20253 Example LaneTerracedFreehold£280,000
16 Jun 20231 Example LaneTerracedFreehold£265,000
3 May 201912 Example LaneSemi DetachedFreehold£305,000
24 Aug 20184 Example LaneTerracedFreehold£232,000
11 Mar 20169 Example LaneTerracedFreehold£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.

Average price by property type (UK House Price Index, 2026-05)

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.

AreaDetachedSemiTerracedFlatSales/month1-yr change
Illustrative district£455,000£320,000£262,000£168,00085+5.4%
Illustrative region£512,000£345,000£281,000£189,0004,120+2.4%
United Kingdom£450,000£285,000£240,000£230,00061,000+2.8%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry, OGL v3. Sales volumes lag by a few months and the latest month is provisional.

Other sales in this postcode (3)

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.

DateAddressTypeTenurePrice
2 Oct 2025FLAT 5 EXAMPLE COURT Mill RoadFlatLeasehold£184,000
8 Nov 2024FLAT 2 EXAMPLE COURT Mill RoadFlatLeasehold£160,000
19 Apr 202422 Mill RoadSemi DetachedFreehold£360,000

8.Council tax

Fair

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.

A
40
B
120
C
210
D
150
E
60
F
20
G
n/a*
H
0
I
n/a

About 602 homes in this small area. *hidden for privacy.

9.Tenure & leasehold

Good

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 at last recorded saleFreehold (16 Jun 2023)
Sale matched1 Example Lane · £265,000
Every recorded sale on this streetFreehold (8 sales with a recorded tenure)
Occupancy on the EPCowner-occupied (declared at the energy assessment)

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 home & energy

The bricks and bills: what the property is made of, how efficient it is, and what you can and can't change.

from 1 of 3 checks

The 1 check is fair · 2 with no data

  • EPC55
  • Broadbandno data
  • Heritageno data

10.Property facts

Fair

In plain terms: Available location and property-record fields. A location field does not establish the condition of the building.

Local authorityIllustrative district
WardSampleton Central
RegionIllustrative region
Dwelling typeMid-terrace house
Built formMid-Terrace
Construction age bandEngland and Wales: 1930-1949
Floor area86 m² (~926 sq ft)
Tenure (last recorded sale)Freehold
Occupancy at EPC assessmentowner-occupied

11.Energy & running costs (EPC)

Fair

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.

Energy Performance Certificate

A92+B81-91C69-80D55-68E39-54F21-38G1-20Current: D (62)Potential: C (74)

Estimated annual running costs (from the certificate)

Annual Energy Costs

£1,235Heating£980Hot Water£160Lighting£95

The certificate lists improvements that could save roughly £540 a year and lift the rating to band C.

The whole certificate
Certificate number0000-0000-0000-0000-0000
Lodged on the register12 Apr 2023
Assessment visit10 Apr 2023
Valid until (10 years from lodgement)12 Apr 2033
DwellingMid-terrace house · House · Mid-Terrace
Construction age bandEngland and Wales: 1930-1949
Total floor area86 m² (~926 sq ft)
Habitable rooms5 (5 heated)
Open fireplaces1
Main fuelmains gas (not community)
Hot-water cylinderNo (combi or instantaneous)
Low-energy lighting80% of fixed outlets
Multiple glazing100% of windows
Draught-proofing100%
Energy use245 kWh/m²/yr → 190 after improvements
Environmental impact (CO₂) rating58/100 → 72 potential
CO₂ emissions3.4 t/yr → 2.1 potential · 40 kg/m²
Occupancy at assessmentowner-occupied

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.

ElementWhat the assessor recordedEnergy efficiencyEnvironmental
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)Very poorVery poor
RoofPitched, 150 mm loft insulationAverageAverage
FloorSuspended, no insulation (assumed)not ratednot rated
WindowsFully double glazedAverageAverage
Main heatingBoiler and radiators, mains gasGoodGood
Main heating controlsProgrammer, room thermostat and TRVsGoodGood
Hot waterFrom main systemGoodGood
LightingLow energy lighting in 80% of fixed outletsGoodGood

"(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 yearNowAfter 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.

#MeasureIndicative costTypical saving / yrRating after
1Internal or external wall insulation£4,000 - £14,000£21070 SAP · band C
2Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp£3,500 - £5,500£33074 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

Carbon Footprint

3.4tonnes CO₂/yearTrees needed to offset annually:+135 more

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.

12.Broadband & mobile

No data

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.

13.Heritage & what you can change

No data

In plain terms: Good news: we found no major heritage or planning protections that would restrict changes to this home.

Listed building ≤700 m
No
Conservation area

Outside: 210 m from the nearest Conservation Area boundary (Sampleton Old Town)

No
Article 4 direction
No
Scheduled monument ≤1km
No
AONB / National Park
No
World Heritage Site ≤1km
No
Green Belt
No
Conservation areas within 700 m
NameStatusDistance
Sampleton Old TownOutside (distance is to its boundary)210 m

Part 5of 5

Area & lifestyle

What it's actually like to live here: the neighbourhood, getting around, and what's on your doorstep.

from 3 checks

1 of 3 checks look good · the rest are fair

  • Crime60
  • Transport85
  • Deprivation65

14.Crime

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.

24-month trend
What kind of crime
Every category, 24 months
CategoryTotalSharePer monthLast 6 monthsPrevious 6Change
Violent Crime25427%10.66365-2
Anti Social Behaviour22524%9.45657-1
Vehicle Crime11312%4.72829-1
Shoplifting9610%4.024240
Other Crime9110%3.822220
Criminal Damage Arson859%3.52122-1
Burglary758%3.119190
All categories939100%39.1233238-5

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.

15.Getting around

Good

In plain terms: The nearest station, Sampleton (fictional station), is about 650 m away.

Rail / metro stations

StationModeLinesDistance
Sampleton (fictional station)RailExample Valley line650 m

16.Neighbourhood deprivation

Fair

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.

England deprivation decile 6/10 (2025)
60th percentileMore deprivedLess deprived
Rank18,400 of 33,755 (1 = most deprived)
IndexFictional deprivation index shaped like the English Indices of Deprivation · 2025
Small areaSampleton 001A
How the index breaks down

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.

DomainRank (of 33,755)DecileReads as
Income17,2006/10around the middle (51% from the most-deprived end)
Employment19,8006/10around the middle (59% from the most-deprived end)
Living environment9,1003/10around 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.

17.Who lives here

No data

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.

Census 2021 area profiles are free at ons.gov.uk/census/maps: search the postcode there.

18.How we scored it

Fair

In plain terms: For transparency, here's each factor behind the IQ Score. A higher bar is better.

Surface-water screening70/100

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.

Coal mining100/100

The queried point is outside the returned Development High and Low Risk Areas. This does not rule out all mining hazards.

Subsidence60/100

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).

Radon64/100

Radon Affected Area (band 3/6): the report covers testing and remediation guidance.

Crime60/100

38 street-level crimes reported in June 2026 near this postcode.

Energy (EPC)55/100

EPC band D on the MHCLG register. Full energy breakdown and improvement costs in the report.

19.Questions for your surveyor

Fair

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.

  1. Condition that public records cannot show

    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?

  2. Surface-water screening

    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?

  3. Subsidence

    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?

  4. Radon

    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.

  5. Energy (EPC)

    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?

20.Before you offer: your checklist

Fair

In plain terms: Here are the practical next steps this report points to for this specific home. Tick them off before you commit.

  1. 1Ask the seller on the TA6 form whether the property has ever flooded, and get a flood-specific insurance quote before you commit.
  2. 2This is a Radon Affected Area: buy a radon test kit (about £50) and budget for mitigation if levels come back high.
  3. 3Shrink-swell clay is present. Ask whether the home has had subsidence or underpinning, and confirm buildings insurance covers it.
  4. 4The energy rating is band D. Factor likely heating costs into your offer and check which improvements give the best payback.
  5. 5Discuss the building and these findings with a surveyor, and agree an appropriate inspection scope before committing to the purchase.
  6. 6Use this report to brief your conveyancer: it flags what their official searches should confirm.

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.

HouseCheckup · ZZ1 1ZZ · Generated 19 October 2026 · housecheckup.co.uk

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.

What this sample demonstrates

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.

Evidence and its limits

Look for the source, date and scale of each result. A postcode or regional map cell does not describe every building inside it.

Unanswered checks stay visible

The sample keeps missing checks visible and withholds a headline score when the available weight is insufficient.

Questions for the next step

Use the findings to brief the surveyor and conveyancer. The report cannot inspect the home or resolve legal questions.

Every section of the Complete report, in order

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.

Full contents: the 33 sections of a Complete report

See an illustrative sample

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.

  1. 1.HouseCheckup IQ ScoreThe verdictThe score out of 100, its band and what drove it
  2. 2.What stands outThe verdictEvery red and amber flag, explained in plain English
  3. 3.Flood riskSafety & environmentLite + CompleteMapped zone, surface water now and 2050s, named warning areas, recorded events, climate allowances, Flood Re
  4. 4.Flood defences nearbySafety & environmentLite + CompleteEvery asset within about 1.5 km with condition, maintainer and last inspection
  5. 5.Ground & subsidenceSafety & environmentLite + CompleteCoal, clay shrink-swell to the 2070s, landslide records, radon band and ground level
  6. 6.Ground hazards across this areaSafety & environmentLite + CompleteSix natural hazards plus non-coal mining, with distance to the nearest higher-rated cell
  7. 7.Contaminated land, landfill & environmental permitsSafety & environmentLite + CompleteFormer landfill within 1 km to its boundary, permitted landfill within 2 km, incidents, permits de-duplicated by site
  8. 8.Air qualitySafety & environmentLite + CompleteNitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 against the legal objectives
Full contents of the Lite report

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

    • Traffic-light cells for the mapped flood zone at the postcode point, surface-water flooding now and in the 2050s, flood-warning areas within 2 km and 5 km, and live alerts within 10 km
    • Every flood-warning area behind those counts, named, where the national warning feed covers the address, so you can see which catchment the home sits in
    • Whether the postcode point sits inside a recorded flood extent, with the recorded events, their dates, source and cause
    • The river-flow climate allowances to plan for across three epochs at three percentiles, and whether a flood policy could be backed by the Flood Re scheme, with the reasons, the premium ceiling for the council-tax band and the mandatory caveats
    • What the flood check does and does not cover: groundwater, sewer and reservoir flooding are named as outside it, with where to get each
    • Scotland and Wales: that nation's own flood maps and recorded extents, with the address-level history gap stated rather than hidden
    • Flood defences: every flood-management asset within about 1.5 km grouped by type (walls, embankments, culverts, outfalls, maintained channels and natural high ground), each with its watercourse, distance, graded condition, below-target flag, maintainer and last inspection, plus capital flood schemes within 5 km; 'checked and none' and 'did not answer' are printed as distinct states
    • The question to put on the TA6 form and the insurance quote to get before you commit
  • 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

    • Traffic-light cells for coal mining, clay shrink-swell, recorded landslides and radon, with the layer that drives the overall ground rating named
    • Clay shrink-swell class for the 2030s and 2070s under climate change, with the legend and the reason where a horizon could not be rated
    • Every recorded landslide within the search radius, with name, locality, distance and known dates
    • Radon band out of 6 for the 1 km square, whether it is an Affected Area, whether protective measures are likely for new build, what it means for this home and what a test kit costs
    • The coal-mining screen: Development High or Low Risk Area status, high-risk-area proximity and the exact layer consulted. An incomplete screen is named as incomplete, never read as clear
    • Ground level above sea level at the point and the tallest object within 15 m from the national laser height survey, with the sample's provenance
    • The six natural ground hazards rated for the surrounding 5 km cell (shrink-swell clay, landslides, soluble rocks, compressible ground, collapsible deposits and running sand), plus the non-coal mining layer for the 1 km cell
    • For each hazard, how far away the nearest higher-rated cell begins. That is the half that matters, because a Low cell can sit a few hundred metres from a Significant one
    • An explicit refusal, never an empty table, where the national ground-hazard model does not reach
  • 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

    • Every former landfill site within 1 km measured to the edge of its footprint (whether it lies under the address, its years in use and what is recorded about gas and leachate control), with further sites out to the wider radius as context
    • Every permitted landfill boundary within 2 km with status, permit reference and the date issued
    • Substantiated pollution incidents within 1 km, recent and older, with the publisher's information warning and the snapshot dates
    • Environmental permits and discharges within 1 km, de-duplicated by site (storm overflows, industrial installations, waste operations, water and groundwater discharges, radioactive-substance registrations), with the number of permits each site holds
    • Every monitored storm overflow within 1 km with its spill count and total hours for each year of the annual return, flagged where the monitor ran under 90 % of the year, the watercourse it discharges to, and the spill record printed beside its permit where the references align
    • The statutory contaminated-land register (Part 2A) named as held by the council and not read, with the CON29 route to obtain it
    • Scotland: the regulated-sites registers for that nation in place of the England registers
  • 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

    • Modelled annual-mean nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 at the address in µg/m³ against the legal objectives, with the worst pollutant named and what to ask if anyone in the household has a breathing condition
    • Kerbside nitrogen dioxide on the nearest busy road, and the days a year modelled above the ozone threshold
    • A failed lookup printed as a failed lookup, never as clean air
    • Coastal erosion on a managed coastline: the shoreline management plan, the policy unit and the policy for each epoch, including how it changes under the high climate-change allowance
    • Every nationally significant infrastructure project within about 8 km (power, transport and water schemes) with type, stage and distance

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

    • What could not be checked in your nation and why, section by section, with the official place to check it yourself
    • Every section that depends on a source that did not answer says so in place, so silence is never read as a clean result
    • Lite also lists by name every Complete-only section that was not run for your address
  • Your before-you-offer checklist: a numbered list of practical next steps built from this report's findings for this home

    • A numbered checklist of the practical next steps this report's findings point to for this specific home: the questions for the seller, the quotes to get and the searches to ask your conveyancer about
  • Sources consulted: every register and dataset the report asked for your address, with whether it answered, so you can see which gaps were outages

    • An appendix listing every register and dataset the report asked, grouped by source family, with whether each answered and the failure note where it did not
Full contents of the Complete report

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 score out of 100 and its band on the cover, built from 6 weighted factors: flood, crime, coal mining, subsidence, radon and energy
    • How we scored it: each factor's 0–100 sub-score as a bar, with the finding that produced it
    • A factor that could not be checked is removed and the rest re-weighted; if too little could be answered, no headline score is published at all
  • 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

    • Every red and amber flag from across the report in one list, each explained in plain English
    • Top things to check on the cover, drawn from the same flags

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

    • Traffic-light cells for the mapped flood zone at the postcode point, surface-water flooding now and in the 2050s, flood-warning areas within 2 km and 5 km, and live alerts within 10 km
    • Every flood-warning area behind those counts, named, where the national warning feed covers the address, so you can see which catchment the home sits in
    • Whether the postcode point sits inside a recorded flood extent, with the recorded events, their dates, source and cause
    • The river-flow climate allowances to plan for across three epochs at three percentiles, and whether a flood policy could be backed by the Flood Re scheme, with the reasons, the premium ceiling for the council-tax band and the mandatory caveats
    • What the flood check does and does not cover: groundwater, sewer and reservoir flooding are named as outside it, with where to get each
    • Scotland and Wales: that nation's own flood maps and recorded extents, with the address-level history gap stated rather than hidden
    • Flood defences: every flood-management asset within about 1.5 km grouped by type (walls, embankments, culverts, outfalls, maintained channels and natural high ground), each with its watercourse, distance, graded condition, below-target flag, maintainer and last inspection, plus capital flood schemes within 5 km; 'checked and none' and 'did not answer' are printed as distinct states
    • The question to put on the TA6 form and the insurance quote to get before you commit
  • 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

    • Traffic-light cells for coal mining, clay shrink-swell, recorded landslides and radon, with the layer that drives the overall ground rating named
    • Clay shrink-swell class for the 2030s and 2070s under climate change, with the legend and the reason where a horizon could not be rated
    • Every recorded landslide within the search radius, with name, locality, distance and known dates
    • Radon band out of 6 for the 1 km square, whether it is an Affected Area, whether protective measures are likely for new build, what it means for this home and what a test kit costs
    • The coal-mining screen: Development High or Low Risk Area status, high-risk-area proximity and the exact layer consulted. An incomplete screen is named as incomplete, never read as clear
    • Ground level above sea level at the point and the tallest object within 15 m from the national laser height survey, with the sample's provenance
    • The six natural ground hazards rated for the surrounding 5 km cell (shrink-swell clay, landslides, soluble rocks, compressible ground, collapsible deposits and running sand), plus the non-coal mining layer for the 1 km cell
    • For each hazard, how far away the nearest higher-rated cell begins. That is the half that matters, because a Low cell can sit a few hundred metres from a Significant one
    • An explicit refusal, never an empty table, where the national ground-hazard model does not reach
  • 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

    • Every former landfill site within 1 km measured to the edge of its footprint (whether it lies under the address, its years in use and what is recorded about gas and leachate control), with further sites out to the wider radius as context
    • Every permitted landfill boundary within 2 km with status, permit reference and the date issued
    • Substantiated pollution incidents within 1 km, recent and older, with the publisher's information warning and the snapshot dates
    • Environmental permits and discharges within 1 km, de-duplicated by site (storm overflows, industrial installations, waste operations, water and groundwater discharges, radioactive-substance registrations), with the number of permits each site holds
    • Every monitored storm overflow within 1 km with its spill count and total hours for each year of the annual return, flagged where the monitor ran under 90 % of the year, the watercourse it discharges to, and the spill record printed beside its permit where the references align
    • The statutory contaminated-land register (Part 2A) named as held by the council and not read, with the CON29 route to obtain it
    • Scotland: the regulated-sites registers for that nation in place of the England registers
  • 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

    • Modelled annual-mean nitrogen dioxide, PM2.5 and PM10 at the address in µg/m³ against the legal objectives, with the worst pollutant named and what to ask if anyone in the household has a breathing condition
    • Kerbside nitrogen dioxide on the nearest busy road, and the days a year modelled above the ozone threshold
    • A failed lookup printed as a failed lookup, never as clean air
    • Coastal erosion on a managed coastline: the shoreline management plan, the policy unit and the policy for each epoch, including how it changes under the high climate-change allowance
    • Every nationally significant infrastructure project within about 8 km (power, transport and water schemes) with type, stage and distance

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 full recorded sale history for the street (or postcode), newest first: every sale with date, address, property type, tenure, price and new-build flag, with non-market transactions explained; nothing cut to the first dozen
    • Other sales in the postcode, the median sale price, typical price by property type, and how the wider area compares: local, regional and national average price by property type with sales volume and annual change
    • Scotland: neighbourhood-level sale statistics with an official per-address route, because no open per-address sold price exists there
    • Gross rental yield against the going local rent: the yield, the typical monthly rent and the price it was measured against, labelled as an area estimate
    • Council tax: the Band D charge for the local authority this year, what every band costs per year and per month, which band is most common in this small area and the full band mix of the neighbours
    • Tenure at the last recorded sale, the tenure pattern of every recorded sale on the street, occupancy declared on the energy certificate, every published property-tribunal decision at the postcode with case reference and link, and the lease-pack checklist of what to demand from the seller

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

    • Property facts: local authority, ward, region, dwelling type, built form, construction age band, floor area in m² and sq ft, occupancy at the energy assessment and the property reference number
    • The whole energy certificate: current and potential band and score, estimated running costs for heating, hot water and lighting now and after the recommended works, every element the assessor rated (walls, roof, floor, windows, heating, controls, hot water, lighting) with its energy and environmental star ratings, every recommended improvement with indicative cost, typical yearly saving and the rating after, rooms, glazing, draught-proofing, carbon footprint now and potential, certificate number and validity, and a verdict on how the home is built
    • No certificate for the address, or a register that did not answer, printed as exactly that, never a neighbour's certificate in its place
    • Solar potential: modelled output per kW installed and for a typical 4 kW system, with the best roof angle and direction
    • Broadband & mobile: predicted fastest download speed, superfast, ultrafast and gigabit availability and indoor signal on all four networks where the postcode data answers; otherwise stated plainly as not checked, with the two-minute check to run yourself
    • Heritage: whether the home sits inside a conservation area, every conservation area within 700 m with inside/outside and the distance to its boundary, and every listed building within 700 m with grade, distance and listing date; Scotland uses its own designation register and categories
    • Planning & land designations: green belt, National Landscape (AONB), national park, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site, air-quality management area, heritage coast, ancient woodland, tree preservation orders, Article 4 directions, built-up area, agricultural land class, heritage at risk within 250 m, registered parks and gardens, local nature reserves, the local plan's status and housing requirement, and every brownfield-register entry within the measured radius (current and since removed)

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

    • About this area: a plain-English summary of the place and its surroundings
    • Amenities & walkability: a walkability score out of 100, the count and nearest distance for every everyday category within about 2.5 km (shops, schools, health, parks, food) and the nearest schools and GP, pharmacy and health services by name and distance
    • Crime: incidents within about a mile for the last six months and the full 24-month total, months tracked, the 24-month trend, a chart of every category and a table giving each category's total, share, per-month rate and the change between the last six months and the six before
    • Schools: every school within 4 km with phase, inspection grade where one is published and distance; Scotland lists its schools with the inspectorate's narrative instead of a grade
    • Getting around: rail and metro stations with distance, mode and lines, and every public-transport stop within 800 m by type, with the nearest bus stop
    • Noise: the road-traffic noise band, the nearest busy road, every counted road nearby with vehicles and HGVs a day and HGV share, and whether the address sits in or near a mapped noise hotspot
    • Neighbourhood deprivation: the decile and rank of this small area on the national index, with the domain breakdown where the nation publishes one
    • Who lives here: residents, households and every category of each census table with count and share (including how households across the neighbourhood own, mortgage or rent), plus the statistical type of area with its pen portraits
    • Food hygiene nearby: every rated food business within about a mile with type, rating, inspection date and distance, and the rating mix

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

    • A section written for this address from the registers that publish to people but not to software
    • Each finding names who looked, where and when, and any correction to the automated findings is boxed on the cover as well
  • Corporate ownership and building records held against the address: dated, with the match basis and a link to each source record

    • Dated corporate-title, company-status and building-register evidence where an exact link to the address has been reviewed, each with its facts, match basis and a link to the 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

    • What could not be checked in your nation and why, section by section, with the official place to check it yourself
    • Every section that depends on a source that did not answer says so in place, so silence is never read as a clean result
    • Lite also lists by name every Complete-only section that was not run for your address
  • Your before-you-offer checklist: a numbered list of practical next steps built from this report's findings for this home

    • A numbered checklist of the practical next steps this report's findings point to for this specific home: the questions for the seller, the quotes to get and the searches to ask your conveyancer about
  • Sources consulted: every register and dataset the report asked for your address, with whether it answered, so you can see which gaps were outages

    • An appendix listing every register and dataset the report asked, grouped by source family, with whether each answered and the failure note where it did not
  • The questions to put to your surveyor, written from what your address flagged and from the checks that could not be completed

    • A numbered brief to hand to the surveyor: a question for each concern the report raised and each check it could not complete, with the report context behind it

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