How the report works

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 32 topics on the building and the area, with data from 50 sources, plus a buying guide. The list of topics, with what each one tells you, is on the home page; a real report, topic by topic, is in the sample report.

How the report is laid out

• The first page shows the parcel on the cadastral map, with sheet, parcel, area and municipality.
• The summary starts with "What to check first", the topics that need attention, then the rating of every topic grouped by part: the area in one number, the parcel and prices, natural hazards, the building and the environment, who lives there, services and transport.
• One chapter per topic, with the rating, two lines of explanation, the figures, the tables or charts and the source with the date of the data.
• The buying guide, with the questions to ask grouped by who can answer them (seller, building manager, surveyor, notary, municipality) and the documents to request, with costs and where to ask.
• At the end, the numbered list of sources, with the licence and date of each dataset, and the notes on what the report can and cannot tell you.

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.

4. Keep an eye on the home

With a subscription you can follow the homes you are considering, or the one you bought: just choose "Monitor this property" in the report, or turn it on from the history of your reports. From then on we write to you, at most once a day, in three cases:

• a rating in the report changes because a source has been updated: for example a new flood map, a contaminated site found nearby, a fire in the area or the energy rating of the buildings around. We tell you what it was, what it is now and why, and you can update the report with today's data without paying for it again;
• new prices for the area come out, twice a year: the prices per square metre before and now, with the change;
• there is an earthquake that could cause damage: from magnitude 4 within 20 kilometres, from 5 within 50.

How many properties you can follow depends on the plan: 3 with Starter, 30 with Pro, 200 with Studio. You find them all, with the updates, on the "Monitored properties" page of your personal area.

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.