What is a property evidence brief?
A short, address-keyed page that pulls together what UK public data says about a property and its area — price and sale history, EPC, schools, transport, health, connectivity, crime, planning constraints, and flood. Each module names its source, freshness, geography, and confidence so you can read it the way you would read a research note, not a marketing page.
Is Property Particulars free to use?
Yes. The single-address brief and area context pages are free with no signup. We may add a free account for saving and monitoring properties, and a paid tier later for things like polished PDF exports, batch lookups, and partner-routed official searches. We will never paywall the headline lookup or the source and caveat information.
Where does the data come from?
Open public datasets: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index, the EPC register, planning.data.gov.uk, the Environment Agency, GIAS and Ofsted, NHS ODS, NaPTAN, Ofcom, and data.police.uk. Every module on a brief lists the dataset and publish date it used.
How current is the data?
It depends on the dataset. Price Paid Data and EPC certificates publish monthly; planning constraints and flood maps refresh on publisher cadence; police data is monthly. Each module shows its last refresh and whether the geography is property-level, postcode, LSOA, or LAD.
Can I use the brief for legal due diligence?
No. Property Particulars is an evidence brief built from public data, not a regulated CON29 search and not legal or surveying advice. For a transaction you will still need a conveyancer, surveyor, and where appropriate a paid official search. The brief is meant to help you decide whether the next paid step is worth taking.
What addresses are covered?
Anywhere in England with a transaction recorded in HM Land Registry Price Paid Data since 1995. Coverage of individual modules varies — schools, health, transport, and Ofcom are nationwide; planning constraints depend on local-authority publication; some sources are England-only with Wales / Scotland equivalents on the roadmap.