Check the address before you buy.
Flood, crime, noise, schools and planning around one address. Public sources, 2 days. $49.
Three steps.
Send the address
The one you are about to offer on or sign for, and what worries you most. We check that first.
We read the public record
Flood maps, open-data crime, road, rail and flight noise, school ratings and the planning portal, around that address.
Decide with the facts
A 5–8 page PDF: a one-screen summary with a grade per check, each line linked to its source, and what to ask before you close.
What you send, what you get.
1427 Linden Street, Dayton, Ohio 45403 (invented) Stage: offer accepted, inspection period ends in 10 days. Worries: I heard the street floods, and there is an empty lot on the corner. Kids: one, age 6.
1427 Linden Street
Flood · FEMA panel 39113C0279H
Zone X, minimal risk; the rear alley is 40 m from a Zone AE line, and the city's 2024 stormwater study lists this block for surface flooding in 2019. Low
Planning · board agenda 21 Oct 2026
Case PLN-2026-0412: 12 apartments proposed on the corner lot, 110 m away, staff recommend approval. Decision before your inspection period ends. Pending
Crime · open-data portal, 12 months, 250 m
11 incidents, 8 of them theft from vehicles, none violent; down from 19 two years ago. Watch
Also graded: noise (interstate 0.9 km, no barrier) and schools (assigned elementary 3 of 5 stars; two 4-star schools accept transfers). Before you close: four things to ask or read.
An invented sample. Every real report links each line to its public source.
One address, five checks, within 2 days of payment.
- Flood: the government map plus any local surface-water record
- Crime: 12 months of open data within 250 m, and the trend
- Noise: roads, rail and flight paths, with distances
- Schools: the assigned schools, their public rating, the alternatives and the transfer rule
- Planning: every live application nearby, the zoning, the permits on the house
- No demographic data, ever. Sold to the buyer or renter only.
Send the address.
Three questions.
What is in the report?
A 5–8 page PDF on one address: a one-screen summary with our grade for each check, then flood (the government flood map and any local surface-water record), crime (police or city open data, 12 months, 250 m), noise (roads, rail, flight paths), schools (the assigned schools and their public ratings, plus nearby alternatives and the transfer rule), and planning (every live application within about 300 m, the zoning, and the permits on the house itself). Each line links to its source. It ends with a Not found list and the four or five things to ask or read before you close.
Which sources, and what do you leave out?
Public sources only: FEMA, gov.uk and state flood maps; police.uk, city open-data portals and state crime statistics; DOT traffic counts, rail crossings and airport noise maps; Ofsted, state report cards, My School and provincial ratings; council and city planning portals and permit searches. We never use demographic data of any kind and never grade a neighbourhood by who lives there. If a source for your area is not public, the report says so.
Is this a survey or an inspection?
No. Nobody visits the house, and we do not check its condition, title, liens, easements or value. It is a desk read of the public record around one address, written for the person about to buy or rent it, so the checks you would spend a weekend doing are done in 2 days and cited. It is sold to the buyer or renter only, never to an agent or seller.
Read the sample first
The whole invented Linden Street report as a PDF, plus our checklist of the free public sources to open yourself before any viewing.