Sample verification report
This is what you’re actually paying for.
A redacted specimen of the report a client receives before deciding on a property. Names, plot numbers and identifying details removed. The structure and the level of detail are real.
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Property Verification Report
SECTION 01
Property summary
SECTION 02
Checks completed
SECTION 03
Site photographs
Attended in person on day 6. All images dated and geotagged at the point of capture. Twenty-eight photographs supplied in the full report; three shown here.
SECTION 04
Findings
Positive
The title is registered, unencumbered and held in the developer’s own name. This is the single most important finding and it is clean. Two of the developer’s previous projects were inspected by us and both were completed to the standard advertised.
Requires attention
Construction is materially behind what was advertised. The seller described the unit as 70% complete; our inspection on day 6 put it closer to 55%. This is not evidence of bad faith, because rainy season delays are common, but it does mean the completion date you have been given is unlikely to hold.
Requires attention
Amended planning drawings for the upper floors had not been approved at the date of inspection. The developer states approval is expected. We would want that confirmed in writing before any payment attributable to those floors is released.
Raised with the seller
The draft sale agreement provided contains no provision for what happens if the build is not completed. We have asked for a completion longstop date and a remedy clause to be added. We would not advise signing the agreement in its current form.
SECTION 05
Recommendation
Our recommendation is to proceed, subject to three conditions being met in writing before further payment.
One: a revised completion date agreed in writing, reflecting the actual construction stage rather than the advertised one.
Two: a longstop date and remedy clause added to the sale agreement, so there is a defined outcome if the build overruns.
Three: confirmation of approved amended drawings for the upper floors before any payment attributable to those floors is released.
The fundamentals here are sound. The title is clean, the developer has a real track record, and the site is what it was described to be. The issues are contractual, and all three are fixable before you commit further money.
The full report
What arrives in your inbox on day nine.
The specimen above shows the shape of it. Here’s everything the complete document contains.
01
Property summary
Type, area, plot reference, developer, advertised price, and the dates every stage of the work was carried out.
02
Registry findings
Title search result, the ownership chain traced back, and the encumbrance search, with copies of what we obtained.
03
Developer background
Company search, directors, trading history, and our own inspection of previous completed projects.
04
Site photographs
Typically twenty to thirty images, dated and geotagged. Structure, finish, boundaries, access, and the surrounding street.
05
Findings
Everything we found, sorted into positive, requires attention, and raised with the seller. Written plainly, no hedging.
06
Recommendation
Proceed, proceed with conditions, or do not proceed, with the reasons stated so you can show anyone who disagrees.
About this specimen
This is an illustrative document. The structure, the categories of check and the level of detail reflect a real report, but the property does not exist and no identifying information belongs to any actual client or developer.
Every property is different. The checks that matter on a registered apartment are not the checks that matter on unregistered land, and the report reflects that.
A verification report is not legal advice, a survey, or a substitute for your own solicitor. It is an independent record of what we found, so that you and anyone advising you are working from facts rather than from what you were told.
Start here
Send us the property. We’ll tell you what we think.
A listing link, a WhatsApp forward, a photo of a signboard, whatever you have. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth checking properly, before you spend anything with us.
No cost for the first look. No pressure to go further.