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Check a home before you buy or rent it. One property file, built from the public record where source coverage is available.
What it sold for, what's sold nearby, the energy rating, flood and planning flags — in plain English, with every source named. See the headline for free, then pay once for the report your decision needs. No subscription.
Postcode search and property previews are free, with no account needed. You only pay if you buy a report.
Sample dossier
Property file
Illustrative example
Sources checked24 Market Row
Bristol · BS1 4ST
- Last recorded sale
- £485,000
- EPC rating
- E · 48
- Flood screening
- Low
- Planning screening
- Constraints checked
Certificate strengths & weaknesses
+ Double glazing− Uninsulated roof+ Potential C · 72
Illustrative values · not a live lookup
Start with your situation
What are you checking a property for?
Each situation has its own questions — and one report that answers them from the public record, with the sources and gaps shown.
Buying
I'm buying a home
- What did it sell for before, and what have homes nearby sold for?
- What do the records flag — energy, flood, planning?
- Which questions should I put to the agent, surveyor or solicitor?
I'm about to rent
- What is the known monthly cost — rent, energy, council tax — and what is still unknown?
- How much cash do I need on moving day?
- What do flood, crime and transport records say about the street?
I'm letting a property
- Is the EPC valid, and what band does it record?
- How does it screen against the announced 2030 standard?
- Which exemption and funding routes are worth checking next?
I'm choosing between two or three
- Which one ranks best on what matters to me?
- Where is each home stronger or weaker, side by side?
- What is still uncertain before I commit?
Pay once · No subscription
Only pay for the property you're deciding on.
Fixed-price one-off reports. We check the record can support the report before you pay, and if Address Lens can't produce the accepted report after payment, it requests a full refund.
PAYG Investigation
Understand the strengths, watch-outs and questions to ask before you proceed with a property.
See what's included →Offer & Negotiation Pack
Turn a completed Investigation into a practical offer and negotiation plan.
See what's included →MEES Readiness Report
Check the property's EPC and MEES readiness.
See what's included →Renter's Check
Build a known monthly subtotal and move-in cash view before you rent.
See what's included →Shortlist Compare
Build a free headline ranking for two or three homes, then unlock the full sourced comparison.
See what's included →Every report names its sources and its limits. Screening guides further investigation — it does not replace a survey, valuation, legal search or professional advice.
Free tool · No signup
Free flood checkCheck flood risk before the next viewing.
Check an England postcode against EA screening and live alerts — no signup.
How it works
From an address to the right questions.
Most of what matters about a home is already on the public record — it's just scattered across a dozen places.
See the headline for free
Last recorded sale, EPC band and which evidence is available for the address.
Pay once, if you need more
Buy the one report for your situation. No subscription, and eligibility is checked before you pay.
Take the questions with you
Go into the viewing, the offer or the tenancy knowing what to ask — with the sources to back it.
Source-backed by design
Know what the records say—and what they don't.
Every figure shows where it came from and how recent it is, so you can decide how much weight to give it.
Connected records, kept in context
Address Lens organises public-sector and openly licensed records around the property and postcode.
- HM Land RegistrySold-price history
- EPC RegisterEnergy certificates
- Environment AgencyFlood screening
- Planning DataPlanning constraints
- ONS and NSPLLocation context
- DfE and OfstedSchools and education
- Police.ukStreet-level crime context
- Defra UK-AIRAir quality screening
For professionals
Checking properties every week?
Agents, surveyors and investors work from the same evidence base, kept as a working file with a workspace for every address they check.
Estate and letting agents
Walk into the appraisal with the sale history, EPC position and local evidence already in one file.
Surveyors
Ground the desk study before the visit: see the flood, planning and energy signals that deserve closer inspection.
Property investors
Compare opportunities on consistent evidence — sold prices, running costs and screening risk side by side.
Know what to ask before the viewing, the offer or the tenancy.
Search any address in England or Wales. The headline check is free — you only pay if you need the full report.
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