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Know your property before you build.

A desktop appraisal of any address in England. What governs the site and what it allows, then how it sits in its market: generated from the data, checked by a chartered architect before it is sent, then gone through with you, line by line, on a 30-minute call with a chartered architect.

Order nowWhat's includedWhat happens nextWhat it isn't

Schedule of particulars

Tell us what you know. We find the rest.

The address is the only thing we genuinely need; everything else sharpens the answer. As you fill this in, the panel on the right shows which parts of your report each answer supports.

£149 including VATChecked by a chartered architect before it's sent

Comes off our fee if you then hire us as your architect for the project. Less than an hour of chartered architect time, and it replaces the free consultation, so the conversation starts with facts rather than guesses.

A · The propertyRequired

One line, as the postman would write it. The unit letter matters: 62a and 62 are different records, and it is what matches the EPC and Land Registry entries to your flat rather than the one downstairs.

B · AccommodationAll three, or none

These three drive the short-let income estimate. We need all of them or none, with a gap the estimate has nothing to stand on, and that section is left out of your report.

Five is the ceiling the valuation model uses
Full bathrooms only: separate WCs go in section C
The maximum a listing would advertise

Left blank. Your report will arrive without the short-let income section.

C · Condition & extentOptional: defaults shown

Skip anything you are unsure of. Each has a sensible default, and the report says which it used.

Not counted as bathrooms
£149including VAT. Includes the 30-minute call with a chartered architect.

The report is generated from the data, then read by a chartered architect before it is sent to you, within four hours of your order.

Comes off our fee if you hire us as your architect for the project.

Section one

Architectural & planning appraisal

What the site is, what governs it, and what that allows. Designations, heritage, ecology and the planning record, closing with a view on what could realistically be built.

Section two

Real estate & market analysis

How the property sits in its market. From the neighbourhood inward to the building's own record, closing on what it could be worth or earn.

Compiled from Ordnance Survey, planning.data.gov.uk, HM Land Registry, the EPC register, ONS and Census 2021, police.uk, Transport for London, Natural England, Ofsted and commercial market data, and generated automatically. A chartered architect then checks it before it is sent to you; the report goes out once that check is done, within four hours of your order. On the call they go through it with you, tests it against what they know of the area and the planning system, and tells you what to rely on and what to treat with care.

What happens next

Report, then a real conversation.

01

You buy the report

Enter the address and pay online. The report is generated from the data, checked by an architect, and emailed to you within four hours of your order.

02

You read it

Constraints, precedent, comparables and value, before you have spent anything on design.

03

Thirty minutes with a chartered architect, the next working day

This is the check. We go through the report with you, test it against what we know of the area and the planning system, and turn it into a plan for your property: what you can build, what it is worth, and how to get there.

Being straight with you

What it isn't.

This is an indicative desktop assessment compiled from public and commercial data sources. It is provided for general guidance.

It is not a formal planning, legal, valuation or ecological opinion, and must not be relied on as one. Data can be incomplete or out of date, and site-specific circumstances can change the position materially. Any development should be confirmed with the local planning authority and the appropriate professionals.

Where the data is uncertain, the report says so. We would rather tell you a certificate is expired or a register unpublished than let you rely on it.

Get in touch

Tell us about the project.

Whether it is a first conversation or a scheme someone else has already started, we are happy to hear where you have got to.

Want the facts first? Start with the Property Insight Report. It comes with a free 30-minute call. If you then hire us as your architect for the project, the report fee comes off our fee.

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