Before you bid
Check any house in Ireland before you buy it.
Flood zone, radon, ground, noise, planning next door, zoning, BER, property tax, crime, broadband, what it last sold for. Eighteen checks from the official Irish sources in about ten seconds. The free snapshot shows what got flagged. The full report, €24.99 once, shows what each flag says and links the record so you can verify it.
Or pick the house on the map. No account, nothing stored.
Sample check
No red flags
1 thing worth knowing
- House or apartmentSingle address: a house or a whole building
- Flood riskOutside all mapped flood zones
- Coastal erosionNo coastal erosion mapped within 500 m
- RadonLow radon area: about 1 in 20 homes affected
- Defective blocks and pyritePyrite in floor infill was found in parts of Dublin
- Ground and geologyFirm ground: till derived from limestones
What we check
Eighteen questions a surveyor would ask, answered from the record.
Every answer links to the public source it came from. Listed in the order they appear in the report: what can stop a mortgage first, what is nice to know last.
House or apartment
01Eircode address points per roof
What you get: Nothing red: says whether this is a house or one of N units, and flags shops underneath.
Flood risk
02OPW National Flood Maps
Red flag: Inside a river or coastal flood extent. Insurers will ask.
Coastal erosion
03OPW coastal strategy study
Red flag: Predicted 2050 shoreline within 100 m. Not insurable.
Radon
04EPA Radon Risk Map
Red flag: High Radon Area: about 1 in 5 homes above the reference level.
Defective blocks and pyrite
05Gov.ie grant schemes
Red flag: County in the mica scheme and the house built 1995 to 2015.
Ground and geology
06Geological Survey Ireland
Red flag: Peat, landfill or karst under the site.
Energy rating (BER)
07SEAI National BER Register
Red flag: E, F or G: budget for insulation and heating.
Noise
08EPA strategic noise maps
Red flag: 70 dB Lden or more from a motorway, railway or runway.
Air quality
09EPA modelled NO2 and PM2.5
Red flag: Kerbside NO2 over the EU limit of 40 µg/m³.
Planning nearby
10National planning register
Red flag: An apartment scheme proposed within 300 m.
Zoning
11MyPlan.ie development plans
Red flag: Industrial or enterprise zoning next door.
Property tax (LPT)
12Revenue bands 2026 to 2030
What you get: Nothing red: the yearly bill for the asking price, with your council's adjustment.
Sale history
13Property Price Register
Red flag: Three sales in six years.
Crime and Garda station
14CSO recorded crime by station
Red flag: Incidents up 25% on the five-year average.
Broadband
15ComReg operator data, NBI map
Red flag: No wired operator at the address: 4G or Starlink only.
Public transport
16OpenStreetMap stops
Red flag: No bus stop within 800 m and no rail within 2 km.
Schools
17Department of Education
Red flag: No school within walking distance.
Shops and services
18OpenStreetMap
Red flag: No shop, pharmacy or park within a kilometre.
The full report, €24.99 once
All eighteen checks written out, the official record linked under each one, flood, radon and noise drawn over the house, every planning file and sale, and the route to the Land Registry folio for this type of title.
One house, one payment, no account. The snapshot stays free.
No Eircode to hand?
Click the roof.
Zoom to the street and click the house. Flood, radon, noise, planning, zoning and schools work from the point alone. BER and sale history need the Eircode, so add it later if you have it.
How it works
Step 1
Find the Eircode
It is on the Daft or MyHome listing, usually under the address. No Eircode? Click the roof on the map instead.
Step 2
We ask the sources
Eighteen public databases answer at once: OPW flood and coastal maps, EPA radon and noise, GSI ground maps, the planning register, MyPlan zoning, SEAI, Revenue, CSO crime, ComReg broadband, the Price Register.
Step 3
Read the flags first
Sections are ordered by how much they change the decision. Red means ask the seller or your surveyor; green means that source came back clear.
Questions
- Where does the information come from?
- Each check reads a public Irish source when you ask: OPW flood maps (floodinfo.ie), the EPA radon, noise and air-quality maps, the national planning applications register, MyPlan.ie zoning, the SEAI BER register, the Property Price Register and Department of Education school lists. The source is linked under every answer.
- Is it free?
- The snapshot is free and needs no account: it runs all eighteen checks and shows which came back red, amber or clear, with the text of the safe ones. The full report is €24.99 for one house, paid once by card. It writes out every check, links the official record behind each line so you or your solicitor can verify it, draws the flood, radon and noise maps over the house, and lists every planning file and sale. The link keeps working, no login.
- How do I verify a red flag?
- Every check in the full report has a Verify it yourself list: the official map to open, and the exact query we sent to the source's own server, which returns the same record to anyone who clicks it. Flood, radon and noise are also drawn live from the OPW and EPA map servers over the house, so you see the zone boundary, not just our word for it.
- Can I get a refund?
- If we matched the wrong house or a source we charged for gave nothing, email [email protected] within 14 days and we refund. Because the report is delivered instantly, there is no refund once it has been opened for the right address; the free snapshot exists so you can see what is flagged before you pay.
- Is this a survey?
- No. It tells you what the public record says about the location. It cannot see damp, wiring or the roof. Use it to decide which questions to ask the seller and the surveyor, and whether to bid at all.
- What does a red flag mean?
- The source places the house inside a zone or above a threshold that usually matters to lenders, insurers or your health: a medium-probability flood extent, a High Radon Area, 70 dB of traffic noise, an E to G energy rating. It is a reason to look closer, not a verdict on the house.
- Why does the flood check say clear when the road floods every winter?
- OPW maps cover river and coastal flooding in studied catchments. Surface water from blocked drains, small streams and groundwater are not mapped. Ask neighbours and check the OPW past flood events layer.
- Why is there no BER or sale history when I click the map?
- Those two registers list houses by Eircode or address, not by coordinates. Add the Eircode and the checks fill in.
- Do you store what I search?
- No. The Eircode or point goes to the sources and comes back to your screen. Results are cached anonymously for a few hours so repeat checks are quick.
- Is checkmyhouse.ie connected to the OPW, EPA or SEAI?
- No. It is an independent tool that reads their public data. Names and data remain theirs.