Terms of Service
Last updated: 14 October 2026
1. Agreement to Terms
By accessing or using the HouseCheckup website at housecheckup.co.uk (the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, you must not use the Service. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and BSI OÜ, trading as HouseCheckup ("HouseCheckup", "we", "us", "our"). Our registration details and registered office are in the Contact section at the end of these Terms and on our Company information page.
2. Service Description
HouseCheckup brings together publicly available UK government and official data about a single property address into a written report, with a composite HouseCheckup IQ Score where enough of the scored checks could be run. Our Service consists of:
- Free postcode-area tools and a postcode-level preview shown before you buy. These describe the area, not the individual building.
- Paid comprehensive property reports for one address, compiled for that address and delivered to you by email as a PDF document. There is no online or interactive version of a purchased report; the PDF is the deliverable.
- Where offered, packs of codes that each redeem one report, and the two-house pair (one report for the address you ordered plus one code for a second address).
- Programmatic or bulk access to property data, where we agree it with you separately in writing.
3. Ordering
There are no user accounts, logins or passwords on the Service. To order a report you give us two things at checkout: the address of the property you want checked and the email address the report should be sent to. Payment is then taken by our payment processor, Stripe. The report is compiled for the address you gave and sent to the email address you gave, so please check both carefully. If you notice a mistake in either, email info@housecheckup.co.uk straight away and we will correct it wherever the report has not yet been sent.
You must be at least 18 years old to place an order. You are responsible for keeping the email address you use secure, because that is where your report and any correspondence about it will be delivered.
4. Payments, Pricing, Delivery & Refunds
All payments are processed securely by Stripe. We never see or store your full payment card details.
Pricing
All prices are displayed and charged in pounds sterling (GBP). Prices are as shown. Nothing is added at checkout. We do not issue VAT invoices. We may change our prices at any time, but a change will not affect an order you have already placed.
Receipts
Stripe emails a payment receipt to you as soon as your order completes, and we send an order confirmation to the same address. If you need either resent, email info@housecheckup.co.uk.
Invoices: We email an invoice from info@housecheckup.co.uk as a PDF, issued by us and marked paid. For packs and the two-house pair it is sent automatically when you add a company name or VAT number at checkout. For any other order, use the "Need an invoice for your company?" link in your order confirmation or on your order page and it arrives straight away. No VAT is charged, so the invoice shows no VAT and is not a VAT invoice. Each order has one invoice; to correct a detail on an issued invoice, email us and we will reissue it. If an invoiced order is refunded, in full or in part, we email you a credit note for the refunded amount.
Delivery, and the delivery record we keep
Your report is prepared for the address you ordered and emailed to you as a PDF within 24 hours, usually faster. Delivery is complete when the email carrying the report has been accepted for delivery by our email provider. For every order we keep a delivery record: the order reference, the Stripe payment reference, the email address the report was sent to, the time it was sent and the email provider's message identifier. That record is our evidence that the report was supplied, and we will rely on it in any payment dispute. If your report has not arrived within the stated window, check your spam folder and then email us; we will resend it to the address on the order.
Refunds and cancellation
Cancel for a full refund at any time before your report is emailed. Once it has been emailed it has been supplied in full; if anything in it is wrong, reply to the email and a human will check it and put it right.
In more detail: a report is digital content prepared for one address and supplied by email. By placing an order you ask us to begin preparing and supplying it straight away, within the 14-day cancellation period of the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and you acknowledge that once the report has been emailed to you it has been supplied in full and the right to cancel no longer applies to it. Until the report has been emailed you may cancel by emailing info@housecheckup.co.uk with the address you ordered, and we will refund you in full to the original payment method.
Nothing in this section limits your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. If a report is faulty or not as described, tell us by replying to the email it arrived in: we will put it right, and where we cannot, refund you.
Report packs and the two-house pair: within 14 days of purchase you can cancel and we will refund every code you have not used, at the price you paid divided by the number of reports it buys. A code can no longer be refunded once its report has been emailed to you. After 14 days unused codes are not refundable, but they stay valid until they expire. Every report you redeem carries the same rights as a single report. To cancel, email info@housecheckup.co.uk from the address you bought with.
One-off purchases: no subscriptions
Every HouseCheckup report, and every pack of codes, is a single, one-off purchase. There are no subscriptions, no recurring charges, no auto-renewal and nothing to cancel. You pay once for what you ordered and we will not charge you again unless you place another order.
5. Report Accuracy & Disclaimer
Important: Please read carefully
HouseCheckup reports are for general information purposes only. They are compiled from publicly available UK government open data sources and are provided on an "as is" basis.
A HouseCheckup report is not a property survey, not a property valuation, not a formal property search, and not legal advice. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional surveys, legal searches, valuations, or any other professional advice.
While we endeavour to ensure accuracy, we do not warrant that the data is complete, current, or error-free. Government data sources may contain inaccuracies, delays, or omissions that are beyond our control. Where a check could not be run for an address, the report says so rather than treating it as a pass.
You should always commission a RICS survey, formal conveyancing searches, and independent legal advice before making any property purchase or investment decision.
6. Intellectual Property
The HouseCheckup name, logo, website design, scoring algorithm, report templates, and all original content are owned by HouseCheckup and protected by UK copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws.
Underlying government data used in our reports is Crown copyright and is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. HM Land Registry data is Crown copyright. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, or commercially exploit any HouseCheckup content without our prior written consent, except for personal use of purchased reports.
7. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law.
- Scrape, crawl, or use automated tools to extract data from our website without written permission.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, servers, or to another person's order or report.
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of our scoring algorithm.
- Resell, redistribute, or sublicense property reports or data obtained from the Service.
- Upload malicious code, viruses, or any harmful material to the Service.
- Use the Service to harass, defame, or infringe upon the rights of others.
- Exceed any usage limit we have agreed with you, or place automated load on the Service in a manner that degrades it for other users.
8. Programmatic Data Access
We do not offer self-serve programmatic access, and there is no published plan for it. Where we separately agree in writing to give you programmatic or bulk access to our data, these additional terms apply to that access:
Authentication & Keys
Access requires a valid credential issued by us. Credentials are confidential and must not be shared, published in client-side code, or committed to public repositories. We reserve the right to revoke any credential that is compromised or misused.
Usage Limits
Requests are subject to the usage limits set out in your written agreement with us. Exceeding them may result in requests being refused. Persistent abuse may result in temporary or permanent revocation of access.
Data Usage & Attribution
Data obtained this way may be used in your applications subject to the terms of that agreement. You must include appropriate attribution to HouseCheckup where data is displayed publicly. You may not resell or redistribute the raw data without our prior written consent.
Availability
We do not guarantee uninterrupted service and give no uptime commitment unless one is expressly agreed in writing. Planned maintenance will be communicated in advance where practicable. We are not liable for losses arising from downtime.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, HouseCheckup shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of data, loss of goodwill, or business interruption, arising from or related to your use of the Service.
Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising from or related to these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount paid by you to HouseCheckup in the 12 months preceding the claim, or (b) one hundred pounds (£100).
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be lawfully excluded or limited under the laws of England and Wales.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless HouseCheckup and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of any third-party rights.
11. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time for breach of these Terms, with or without notice. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. There are no accounts to close (reports are one-off purchases delivered by email), so if you simply wish to stop using the Service, no action is required. Provisions relating to intellectual property, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law survive termination.
12. Changes to These Terms
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be notified by prominent notice on our website at least 30 days before taking effect. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. The Terms that apply to an order are the Terms in force when you placed it.
13. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
If you are a consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident. Nothing in these Terms affects your rights as a consumer to rely on such mandatory provisions of local law.
14. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
Contact Us
For questions about these Terms:
Email: info@housecheckup.co.uk
Seller: HouseCheckup is a trading name of BSI OÜ, a private limited company registered in the Estonian Commercial Register (e-Business Register) under registry code 14591080, with its registered office at Maakivi tn 8-2, Räni alevik, Kambja vald, Tartu maakond 61708, Estonia. BSI OÜ is the seller and the data controller for orders placed through this site.