House Check by Postcode — Get a HouseCheckup Score

Run a house check on any UK property before you offer. Enter a postcode and we combine flood risk (Environment Agency), coal mining (Mining Remediation Authority), radon (UKHSA), subsidence (British Geological Survey) and crime (police.uk) into one 0–100 HouseCheckup Score — the headline number and every check behind it shown instantly. The £24.99 Complete report then goes deeper on your exact address: the 30-year flood projection, EPC band, contaminated-land screen, nearby planning, schools and the full fix-list.

Instant snapshot from official UK government data.

Instant tool. 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 five separate official-data checks into a single 0–100 HouseCheckup Score for a postcode, 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.

The five 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.

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 report on a property — covering the risks a viewing can't show you, like flood zones, ground stability, radon, mining and local crime. This house check turns five official-data checks into a single 0–100 HouseCheckup Score for a postcode, so you can sanity-check a property in seconds before you book a viewing or make an offer. The full Complete report then goes address-specific across 70+ data sources.
Enter any UK postcode and the score, the band, and the one-line finding for each check render instantly. You only pay if you want the full report for a specific address — a one-off £9.99 Lite or £24.99 Complete, with no subscription and no auto-renew.
No. A house check is a fast, data-driven first filter to help you decide whether a property is worth pursuing before you commit to expensive surveys and conveyancing searches. It uses only official government data, but it is not a substitute for a structural survey, a Coal Mining Risk Assessment where flagged, or your solicitor's legal searches. Think of it as due diligence before the due diligence.
The check covers flood risk, coal mining, radon, subsidence and crime — plus the EPC band where the live England & Wales register returns one (it degrades to an honest gov.uk pointer if there's no match or the lookup is unavailable, never a guess). The £24.99 Complete report adds the 30-year flood projection and Flood Re eligibility, the full EPC detail with costed improvements, a contaminated-land screen, nearby planning applications, schools and Ofsted ratings, and the full fix-list for the exact address — 70+ official sources in one place.

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