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The benchmark for environmental risk reports is now even better - including ClimateIndex™, our innovative forward climate risk module

Homebuyers ensures you comply with Law Society practice notes for contaminated land and flooding as well as separate guidance on ground stability. Also supports your compliance with the Law Society Guidance on Climate Risks including duty of care and duty to warn.

Together with full energy, transportation and planning information, it delivers seven searches in one environmental risk report.

Homebuyers is a leading residential environmental risk report that reviews contaminated land, flood, ground stability, radon, planning, energy and transportation to provide comprehensive environmental analysis for a residential property.

In addition, you can identify potential forward climate risk impacts to the property using the ClimateIndex™ forward climate risk module. 

By using Land Registry polygons and our intelligent filtering tool, we make sure that relevant results are returned, together with clear and practical next steps and recommendations in plain English and jargon-free explanation.

Key Features:
  • Comprehensive contaminated land assessment utilising the most comprehensive data available including, environmental permits, active and historic landfill and waste sites and current industrial sites
  • ClimateIndex™ – Forward climate scenario modelling for potential flood, subsidence & coastal erosion impacts. Also includes transition risk analysis with Energy Performance (EPC) rating, unique comparable property insight and tailored guidance on energy improvement measures, as well as flood risk mitigation. 
  • Full flood data – covering risks from rivers, the sea, surface water and groundwater
  • Natural and non-natural ground stability assessment including natural ground subsidence, cavities and non-coal mining
  • Coal mining screening
  • Accesses our National Brownfield Risk Model (NBRM)

For a full list of product features, please download the product card.

Key Benefits
  • Satisfies practice notes and guidance on Contaminated Land, Ground Stability and Flood Risk and The Law Society Guidance Note on Climate Risk including Duty of Care and Duty to Warn. 
  • Physical and Transition Risk Climate advisory – clear ratings for key physical risks, together with supporting energy efficiency and (where relevant) flood insurance and resilience advice – providing practical next steps on potential climate risks.
  • Improved accuracy – using Land Registry Title polygons so it captures all features within the specific property and boundary.
  • Powered by the Groundsure IQ – 110 million data points managed by our unique AI algorithm, intelligently filtered and supported by our in-house consultancy expertise

Please note: if you have submitted a planning application to a local authority and have received a contaminated land condition, this report is NOT sufficient for your needs. Our Projects team will be pleased to support your requirements.

* Reliance: £10m Professional Indemnity Insurance. Can be relied upon by all professional parties within a property transaction, first purchasers/tenants and their advisers. Please refer to Groundsure terms & conditions.

  • RRP From £84 +VAT
  • Delivery Time <24 hours
  • Reliance £10m*
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