Property Compliance Risk Checker
0
Automatically flags permit, survey, drainage, damp, and asset-status risks before property purchases or handovers.
Added May 29, 2026
9 signals
The Problem
Homebuyers, landlords, and property operators struggle to interpret survey findings, unpermitted renovations, building regulation gaps, shared drainage issues, damp concerns, and fixed-asset readiness. Critical issues are often buried across reports, seller messages, estate agent claims, and accounting records, leaving users unsure what is legally usable, insurable, negotiable, or ready to place into service.
Potential Solution
A web app that ingests surveys, listings, inspection photos, title documents, searches, invoices, and asset registers, then produces a structured risk report with evidence-backed flags and recommended next actions. It would track each property component or improvement against compliance status, documentation gaps, operational readiness, and buyer/operator decision impact.
Why Now?
Property buyers and multi-site operators are facing more fragmented documentation, remote transactions, and rising renovation compliance risk. AI document extraction and local regulatory datasets now make automated property due diligence practical at scale.
I don't understand permitted work?
Looking for my first home to buy. Okay I read online that you take out permits for major renovations like adding a bathroom or adding a new room because you made a new wall. But like I've seen countless houses that build a new room, add it to the bedroom count and it's unpermitted. Same things with converting like a half bath to a bathroom. Am I just thinking this way too much. I am aware that unpermitted work can be good. I just thought that if you had unpermitted work you can't add it to your like bed or bath count yet I still see that take place?
Extention built over shared drainage
This is my second post regarding this topic. Currently in the final stages of buying a semi detached house. There is one last issue where this transaction is stuck. The seller has built a 2 storey side extension over a shared sewage drain that serves 5 other properties on the road. The extension was built in 2000 so we'll before the build over agreements came into force. To make matters complicated, this drain does not appear in the drainage search at all and it's clearly mentioned in the report that no public sewers go through within the property boundaries. I am thinking it's because the water company hasn't mapped this drain yet? However, an old conveyance document from the 1950s clearly shows the drain passing through the neighbouring gardens and then existing through the side of the house where the extension now exists. There's also a covenant that says all houses must contribute to keep this drain well maintained and access shouldn't be restricted in needed. The seller also was forthcoming that the extension is over the drain. Here are the questions I have that even my solicitor seems unable to answer: 1. Who's responsible for maintaining this drain? Since it's a shared drain does that mean the water company has automatically adopted it from 2011 even if they haven't mapped it yet? 2. The seller says he's sure no man holes haven't been built over. There's 1 manhole in the garden that's accessible and well maintained and there's another one just outside on the road. The seller has been very honest and forthcoming in his responses so we are inclined to trust him on this. 3. The main question I have is, if the water company now owns this drain, would they have authority to break up the extension floor to gain access to the drain in case there are any issues on the part under the extension? Who will be responsible for putting it all back together after the works? Also, if the water company owns the drain, would there be any benefit in doing a CCTV drain survey to check the condition of the drains especially the part that runs under the extension. My solicitor also suggested getting an indemnity insurance but I am not sure what purpose will that serve. We are in England. Any help from the community will be appreciated!
Fixed Asset Count - Building improvements Question?
When performing an annual count of the fixed assets, are the building improvement assets counted together with the building or seperately? Like say new window storm shutters were intalled on a building a couple years ago and it was recorded as a building improvement. When I perform a count, do I have to go find all of those storm shutters or is it already counted with the building when I verify that the building still exists?
Loft conversion with no building regs
I am looking at a house in York that is marketed as A 3 bedroom, one of the bedrooms being the loft conversion. When viewing the property the loft had an extremely narrow staircase with no fire doors, triggering me to ask about building regulations. The estate agains state that the loft conversion was originally built with the house meaning it predates building regulations so they are not required. Is it legal to still market this as a bedroom? Additionally, The property is an old Victorian terrace down one of the streets off of Bishopthorpe road, I’m doubting that something like that would have been done with the original house build. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Worried about reporting problems to estate agent
hi all, I’ve been in my new flat for 5 days now. On day 2, I got locked out on a Sunday evening and had to call the emergency number out of hours because the door handle stopped working and they got a locksmith out the next day. Fast forward to last night, the cold wager storage tank thing in the cupboard is making extremely loud scraping/vibrating noises, sounds like it’s been refilling all night and one of the pipes is leaking a bit. I had to wake up every 45 minutes overnight to empty a bowl collecting the dripping water. I’m going to have to not go to work today. I’m going to ring the estate agent when they open in an hour, but I’m scared. Neither issue is my fault, but I’m worried about reporting 2 things in like 5 days and they’ll think I’m a rubbish tenant and I’m causing the landlord lots of money already and they’ll try to get me to leave some how. Has anyone dealt with this anxiety before? It’s so stupid I know thank you 🥲
+6 more signals