Property tools that answer on the page.
Built on official open data (HM Land Registry, Historic England, UKHSA, MHCLG, Ofgem) and on the same rule as our reports: show the evidence, show the working, and say plainly what the data cannot tell you.
Check the property
Real public records, answered on the page — not links to somewhere else.
Listed building checker
Listed buildings, conservation areas, scheduled monuments and World Heritage Sites around any English postcode, from the National Heritage List.
Open the tool HM Land RegistrySold prices near you
What homes actually sold for around a postcode, straight from HM Land Registry — the evidence a valuer starts from.
Open the tool UKHSA and BGSRadon checker
The official UKHSA–BGS radon potential class for your postcode’s square, and what an Affected Area means when buying.
Open the tool EPC RegisterEPC rating checker
Look up energy certificates by postcode, and read what a surveyor takes from an EPC — which is not the letter on the front.
Open the toolWork out the money
Tested maths on current published rates, with the working shown.
Stamp duty calculator
Movers, first-time buyers and additional properties on the current bands — with the band-by-band breakdown, not just a total.
Open the toolMortgage affordability
The honest 4x–5x borrowing bracket, your implied budget, and the stressed monthly payment lenders actually test.
Open the toolCouncil tax checker
The real charge for every band in any English billing authority, from this year’s MHCLG tables.
Open the toolRunning cost estimator
Council tax, energy at the current price cap, water and the leasehold lines — the monthly cost of a home, with sources.
Open the toolLease extension calculator
A guide range for extending a lease, the three parts of the premium separated, and the 80-year threshold explained.
Open the toolChoose the right survey
Straight answers, including when the cheaper option is the right one.
The tools answer the public questions. The survey answers the private one.
Everything above runs on records anyone can check. The one thing no public dataset holds is the condition of the actual building you are about to buy. That takes a surveyor on site.