House Check — Property Check by Postcode

Enter a postcode and get instant readings from official sources — flood (Environment Agency), coal mining (Mining Remediation Authority), radon (UKHSA), subsidence (BGS) and crime (police.uk), plus the EPC where the register returns one — combined into a 0–100 score on screen, no signup. These are postcode-area readings: they describe the area, not any individual building. The £24.99 Complete report then goes address-specific across 15+ checks.

Instant snapshot from official UK government data.

This check runs on screen, no signup. The full property report is £9.99 Lite / £24.99 Complete — one report, one price, no subscription.

How the house check works

This house check turns six official-data readings into a single 0–100 HouseCheckup Score for a postcode area, so you can sanity-check a property in seconds before booking a viewing or making an offer. Higher is better. Every check is scored independently, weighted by how much it tends to matter to buyers and lenders, and combined into the headline figure. Crucially, the score and the finding behind every check are shown in full — there is no blurred preview to read your result. Every reading is postcode-area resolution: it describes the area, not any individual building.

The checks are:

  • Flood risk — Environment Agency flood-warning areas near the postcode.
  • Coal mining — the Mining Remediation Authority's Development High/Low Risk Area screen.
  • Radon — the UKHSA / BGS Indicative Atlas of Radon potential band.
  • Subsidence — the British Geological Survey clay-shrinkage (shrink-swell) climate trajectory.
  • Crime — police.uk street-level crime in the latest published month.
  • Energy (EPC) — the band from the official England & Wales register where a live lookup returns one; otherwise an honest gap pointing to gov.uk, never a guess.

What a house check does — and does not — tell you

A house check is a first filter, not a verdict. It is built from area-level and point-level government data that a surveyor cannot see by walking through a property: underground and environmental risks, plus neighbourhood crime. It does not replace a structural survey, a Coal Mining Risk Assessment where one is flagged, or the legal searches your conveyancer will run. Used well, it tells you which properties are worth the cost of that deeper due diligence — and which carry risks you'd want priced into your offer.

From a postcode check to an address report

The postcode check works at postcode level. When you've shortlisted a property, the Complete report (£24.99) goes deeper on the specific address: the full 30-year flood projection and Flood Re eligibility, the EPC band and costed improvements, a contaminated-land screen, nearby planning applications, schools and Ofsted ratings, a coal-mining risk assessment where relevant, and a plain-English fix-list. It's a one-off purchase — £9.99 Lite or £24.99 Complete, no subscription and no auto-renew. Prefer the buyer-decision framing? Run the same data through should I buy this house, or start with a single-hazard check like flood risk.

Frequently asked questions

A house check is a desk-based data screen of a property's surroundings — the risks a viewing can't show you, like flood zones, ground stability, radon, mining legacy and local crime. This check turns six official-data readings into a single 0–100 HouseCheckup Score for a postcode area, so you can sanity-check a property in seconds before you book a viewing or make an offer. The Complete report then goes address-specific with 15+ checks from official sources.
Enter the property's postcode above and the score, the band, and the one-line finding for each check render on screen straight away — each reading names its government source. The on-screen check works at postcode-area level; you only pay if you want the report for a specific address.
No. The on-screen postcode check is ungated and doesn't ask for an email — enter a postcode and the whole result renders. The paid layer is the report for a specific address: a one-off £9.99 Lite or £24.99 Complete, with no subscription and no auto-renew.
No. It's the first look BEFORE you spend survey money — a RICS survey typically runs £400–£1,500 and conveyancing search packs £250–£450, and both happen after your offer. Use the postcode check and the £24.99 report to decide whether a property is worth that spend; neither replaces a structural survey, a Coal Mining Risk Assessment where flagged, or your solicitor's legal searches.
Resolution and breadth: the on-screen check reads the postcode area, while the Complete report runs 15+ checks anchored to the exact address — the flood picture, coal screen, ground stability, radon area class, the property's EPC and floor area, sold-price history, crime trend and more, each naming its official source, with a plain-English note on what matters and what doesn't.
Your postcode check renders on screen straight away. The paid report is compiled for your specific address, human-checked and emailed to you — we don't claim it's instant, because it isn't. If something in it doesn't look right, reply to the email and a human will check it.

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