How the report works

From address to PDF in about a minute: what happens, what it contains and what it cannot tell you.

1. Enter the address

Just the street, number and municipality, for example "Via Dante 7, Milano". As you type we suggest addresses from the national register of street numbers (ANNCSU), kept up to date by the municipalities.

If you have a land registry search or a deed, you can also search by municipality, sheet and parcel. For land without an address, the coordinates of the spot copied from a map are enough.

2. Confirm the property

We find the cadastral map parcel the building stands on. Sometimes a street number sits on the boundary between two parcels: in that case we show you both and you choose the right one, on the map or from the list.

This is also where you choose whether you are buying a home or a plot of land. A land report puts area, slope and restrictions first and has the questions that matter for land, such as the municipal certificate and the neighbours' right of first refusal: the report for buying land.

In some areas cadastral maps are not public, for example in the provinces of Trento and Bolzano. The report says so and uses the address point for everything else.

3. Find out what you need to know

The report is ready in about a minute: you can read it online and download it as a PDF of more than 30 pages. It covers 29 topics on the building and the area, with data from 38 sources, plus a buying guide:

Topic	What it tells you and where it comes from
Cadastral parcel Catasto	The cadastral parcel of the building: sheet and parcel number, area, boundaries on the map and street numbers. Source: Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).
The land Cadastre, TINITALY, CORINE, Sentinel-2	Only in land reports: how large the plot is, how it lies (slope, orientation, altitude), what the area is, whether it looks farmed or idle from the satellite and whether there are buildings. Source: the other blocks of the report.
Buildings on the parcel Overture Maps	How many buildings stand on the parcel, how much ground they cover, how tall they are and how many floors they have, from open maps. Sources: OpenStreetMap, Microsoft and Google via Overture Maps.
Price per square metre of the area OMI	Minimum and maximum prices per square metre for buying and renting in the area, including past years. Source: Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate).
Landslide risk PAI and IFFI	Whether the parcel or the 100 metres around it are in landslide risk zones, and how many recorded landslides are nearby. Source: ISPRA.
Flood risk PAI and PGRA	Whether the parcel is in an area that can flood, with frequent, infrequent or rare floods. Source: ISPRA.
Earthquake risk Seismic zone and PGA	How exposed the municipality is to earthquakes, on 4 levels, and how strongly the ground could shake at that point. Sources: Civil Protection Department and INGV.
How the ground under the house shakes Seismic microzonation, Civil Protection	How much the ground under the house amplifies earthquake shaking compared with bedrock, and whether the municipal study reports landslides, liquefaction or faults at that point. The seismic zone applies to the whole municipality, this applies to the single plot. Source: Italian Civil Protection Department and CNR-IGAG.
Ground movement EGMS Copernicus	Whether the ground under and around the building is sinking or rising, in millimetres a year measured by satellites, with a chart of recent years. Source: Copernicus.
Areas burnt by wildfire EFFIS Copernicus, law 353/2000	Whether the land has been burnt by a wildfire, in which year and how close: on burnt land you cannot build for 10 years or change its use for 15, and for 15 years the restriction must be quoted in the deed of sale, otherwise the deed is void. Source: Copernicus.
Age of buildings in the area Istat 2011 census	When the buildings in the area were built, what they are made of, how many floors they have and what condition they are in. Source: Istat.
Radon Priority areas, Legislative Decree 101/2020	Whether the municipality is in a radon priority area (radon is a natural radioactive gas that builds up indoors) and what ISPRA estimates. Sources: Regions and ISPRA.
Ground elevation and slope TINITALY	How high above sea level the property is, how steep the ground of the parcel is, which way it faces and how uneven it is. Source: INGV.
Distance from the sea and coastal erosion ISPRA coastline	How far away the sea is and whether the nearest shoreline is retreating through erosion or advancing. Source: ISPRA.
Parks and protected natural areas Natura 2000 and EUAP	Whether the property is inside or near a park, a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site, and what that means. Sources: EEA and Ministry of the Environment.
Land use in the area CORINE Land Cover	Whether the area is town, countryside or woodland: land use at the point and the shares of built-up land, fields, woods and water within 500 metres and 1 kilometre. Source: Copernicus.
How much is already built here ISPRA land take	How much of the land is already covered by houses, roads and yards: the share within 200 and 500 metres of the address, the municipality figure against province, region and Italy, and which land around here was built over in the last year. Source: ISPRA and SNPA.
Greenery around the home Copernicus Sentinel-2, NDVI index	How green the 500 metres around the home are and how that changes over twelve months, seen from the satellite: whether the area is green or all asphalt, and what happens in summer. On large plots the plot itself is measured too. Source: Copernicus.
Summer heat Copernicus Sentinel-3, land surface temperature	How hot the surface around the home gets on summer days, and how this spot compares with the twelve kilometres around it, with a map of the heat across the area. Source: Copernicus.
Landscape protection on the area SITAP, artt. 136 e 142	Whether the area around the property is under landscape protection (coasts, rivers, woods, parks, areas declared by decree) and whether common land rights apply: these are the cases where outside work needs landscape consent. Source: Ministry of Culture.
Sun and solar panels PVGIS	How much energy solar panels would produce in a year, how many fit on the roof of the building, how much you would save and how many years it takes to pay back (rough estimate). Sources: European Commission and Overture Maps.
Who lives here Istat census	Residents, men and women, age, education, work, households and empty homes in the area, compared with the rest of the municipality, with charts. Source: Istat.
Income and climate of the municipality IRPEF and climate zone	What taxpayers in the municipality declare compared with the province and region, how incomes are spread, how many years of income a home in the area costs, and the municipality's climate zone. Sources: Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italian Revenue Agency and DPR 412/1993.
Fast internet AGCOM Broadband Map	Whether fibre reaches the home or the street cabinet at the address, at what speed, and whether there is internet from an antenna (FWA). Source: AGCOM.
Nearby services	Schools, pharmacies, hospitals, shops and other services within 500 metres and 1 kilometre, with the closest ones. Sources: Ministries of Education and Health, Overture Maps.
Public transport GTFS	Bus, tram and underground stops within 500 metres and the lines that serve them, where timetables are public.
Noise from railway and airport DPR 459/1998 and DPR 142/2004	How close the railway station and the air facility are, read against the noise bands set by Italian law: within 100 metres the law allows more noise than elsewhere, between 100 and 250 metres the limits are less strict. Railway lines and motorways are not in the open data yet, and the report says so.
Industry near the home European E-PRTR and IED register	The large industrial plants nearby: how many within one kilometre and within three, their names, what they do and how far away they are. Power stations, steelworks, cement works, chemicals, landfill sites, incinerators, wastewater plants and intensive livestock farms. Source: European Environment Agency.
Contaminated sites in the municipality Regional registers of contaminated sites	How many sites recognised as contaminated there are in the municipality and how many have been cleaned up; in Piedmont also which open sites lie within one kilometre of the home, with distance, cause and substances. Lombardy and Piedmont for now: each Region keeps its own register, and where there is none the report says so. Source: the Regions.
Vicinalia liveability index Index from 0 to 100	A number from 0 to 100 summing up what it is like to live in the area: services on foot, transport, green space, natural hazard safety, distance from stations and airports, buildings and connection, each with its own score. Method and weights are published on the website.

Buying guide

Questions to ask before buying: Questions to ask the seller, the condominium administrator, a surveyor, the notary and the municipality, chosen from this property's data, each with its reason.
Official documents and how to get them: How to get the cadastral extract, cadastral map, floor plan and other official documents for free or at low cost, with the parcel details ready to use.

Each topic has a colour-coded rating (favourable, worth considering, critical, or informational only), two lines of explanation, the figures and the source with the date of the data. How we choose the colour is explained on the How we calculate the ratings page.

With the Pro and Studio plans you can also create the report without the buying guide, if you already handle the questions and documents yourself.

What the report does not do

It does not describe the individual flat. Floor, floor plan, cadastral income and owners are not open data. For those you need a land registry search.
It does not estimate the value of the home. The Revenue Agency's prices are a range for the whole zone. The value of a specific property depends on floor, aspect, finishes and condition, and is set by a surveyor.
It does not replace the official plans. The risk maps are ISPRA's national maps, which bring together the river basin authorities' plans. For a legally valid check, the official plans and a qualified professional take precedence.
It does not check whether the property is compliant. Planning and cadastral compliance, systems and the energy certificate need to be checked with the seller, your surveyor and the notary.

Where the data comes from

We only use public data under licences that allow reuse, and we always credit the source. The full list, with licences and update dates, is on the Where the data comes from page.

Check an address

Enter the address: the report summarises risks, local prices, population, services and transport, with the source for every figure.

For example: Via Dante 7, Milan.