HouzeCheck has reached a major milestone, completing its 40,000th property survey since launching seven years ago.
The company, which specialises in RICS-endorsed surveys, has now assessed properties across England and Wales with a combined value of more than £12 billion.
HouzeCheck has styled itself as a digital-first portal, integrating cloud, digital, and AI technologies to improve both the surveying and customer experience. The company works with around 150 fully accredited Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) members and offers RICS Level 2 Homebuyer Surveys; RICS Level 3 Building Surveys and property valuations.
The majority of surveys completed—around 34,000—have been RICS Level 2 homebuyer surveys, with 4,000 Level 3 building surveys and approximately 2,000 property valuations. HouzeCheck does not offer RICS Level 1 Condition Reports, the least detailed survey type.
Richard Sexton (pictured), commercial director of HouzeCheck, credits introducers for helping the company reach its milestone. He explained: “Thanks to our mortgage broker, conveyancer, and estate agent introducers, HouzeCheck has now completed 40,000 surveys on behalf of homebuyers. It can take 20 seconds to mention it to your client, and 10 seconds to click a link to send them the details once you’re registered with us – so it’s very little effort to support your own clients while benefiting from a referral income stream at the same time.
“The quality of the HouzeCheck reports is unquestionably high, too: we are proud that HouzeCheck has never had a PI claim made against it, thanks to our rigorous audit programme and our bespoke tech which prompts surveyors to report accurately and consistently – for example, by offering suggestions linked to their inputs.
“And given we deliver a market-leading turnaround to our customer – our average report time is typically between 2¾ and 3 days – we are helping to drive transactions forward, as well. Buyers who have commissioned a survey from us are less likely to pull out once they have sunk that cost and will use the report to negotiate as needed to conclude the transaction with increased certainty.”
