Because the biggest purchase of your life deserves more than a quick viewing.
Check Before You Buy helps property buyers uncover useful information about a home and its surrounding area before making one of life’s biggest financial commitments.
Buying a property shouldn’t feel like you’re piecing together a puzzle.
When you’re considering buying a home, the information that could influence your decision is often scattered across different websites, databases and public sources.
You might research the postcode, search for local crime information, look into the surrounding area and try to work out whether there is anything important you have missed.
Check Before You Buy was created to make that early research simpler.
We bring useful property and location insights together into a clear, easy-to-understand report, helping you ask better questions and go into your property purchase with your eyes open.
The goal isn’t to tell you whether to buy a property. It’s to help you understand more before you decide.
A property can look perfect. The bigger picture might tell you more.
A viewing gives you an important first impression. But some of the things worth understanding aren’t immediately visible when you walk through the door.
The property
Important information can be spread across different sources, making it difficult to build a clear picture quickly.
The location
Understanding the surrounding area can be just as important as understanding the property itself.
The questions you didn’t know to ask
The right information can highlight areas worth investigating further with the estate agent, solicitor, surveyor or other relevant professional.
Help buyers make more informed property decisions.
We want useful property research to be easier to access, easier to understand and more useful at the moment buyers need it.
Start with an address. Build a better picture.
Our reports are designed to give you an accessible starting point for your property research.
Enter the property
Tell us which property you’re considering so we can begin bringing relevant information together.
Explore the insights
Review useful information about the property, postcode and surrounding location in one clear experience.
Know what to investigate next
Use the findings to help guide further research and discussions with the relevant professionals involved in your purchase.
Start free, or go straight to the full report.
Whether you’re at the beginning of your search or seriously considering a particular property, you can choose the level of insight that suits you.
Free Property Check
Get an initial view of useful property and area information and discover whether there are areas you may want to explore further.
Check a property for freePremium Property Report
Go deeper with a more comprehensive report designed for buyers who are seriously considering a property and want a fuller picture before proceeding.
Get the Premium ReportBetter informed doesn’t mean professionally advised.
Check Before You Buy is a research and information service.
Our reports are designed to support your own property research and highlight information that may be worth investigating further. They are not a substitute for professional legal advice, financial advice, property surveys, searches, valuations or other appropriate due diligence. Buyers should always carry out the necessary checks and seek advice from suitably qualified professionals before making a property purchase.
Found a property you love? Check before you buy.
A few minutes of research today could help you ask better questions before making a decision worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.