Frequently Asked Questions

Please refer to page 3 under ‘Accommodation details’ in Home Office/UKVI Guide to supporting documents for settlement applications can be found by clicking here.

A property inspection report is a document in the UKVI supporting documents information guide that can prove to the Entry Clearance Officer that you have "obtain[ed] an independent assessment of the number of rooms and occupants of the proposed accommodation. A report from a suitably qualified body certifying that a personal inspection has been carried out and giving details of the accommodation inspected is usually acceptable for this purpose. Above all, the Entry Clearance officer must be satisfied that the accommodation will not become overcrowded within the definition of the Housing Act 1985 or that it will not contravene public health regulations".

We are a leading provider of property inspection reports for UK entry clearance visa and settlement applications. We have surveyors with experience of over 20 years in the property industry, and we specialise in the surveying of residential accommodation and producing property inspection reports that satisfy UK Immigration Rules.

We have the knowledge, understanding, and experience of inspecting properties under:

  • Part X of the Housing Act 1985 (that the property is not statutorily overcrowded);
  • Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004 (i.e. it will not contravene public health regulations using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System).

Both of the above are requirements of UK Immigration Rules prior to granting UK entry clearance visa or settlement.

Our property inspection reports have been submitted to the UKBA, Immigration Judges, British High Commissions and British Embassies around the world including Afghanistan, Albania, China, Georgia, Colombia, India, Hong Kong, Kenya, Kosovo, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand and the USA.

Please visit our testimonials page, where we provide evidence that UK Immigration Judges have approved our property inspection reports.

A property inspection report is required for all applications leading to/for the purposes of settlement, these are:

  • Spouse(s) and civil partners;
  • Fiancé(e)s and proposed civil partner;
  • Unmarried and same-sex partners;
  • Children;
  • Parents, grandparents, and other dependent relatives.

It is imperative to demonstrate that the Applicant(s) will have no further need to be re-housed once in the UK. The Sponsor needs to provide evidence that they have the funds to maintain and accommodate the Applicant(s) without recourse to public funds. The Home Office/UKVI must be satisfied that the Sponsor can accommodate the Applicant(s) in housing that will not become statutorily overcrowded under the provisions of Part X of the Housing Act 1985 and is safe and fit for human habitation under Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004.

Before we come to inspect the property will send you an enquiry form and you will be requested for the following details:

  • The address of the property;
  • Full passport name and date of birth of the applicant(s);
  • Full passport name(s) and date of birth of all persons who will be living at the property, once a UK entry clearance visa has been granted;
  • Relationship of Sponsor to the applicant(s);
  • Ownership of the property;
  • Type of application that is being made.

We have to measure every room in the accommodation to ensure the property will not become statutorily overcrowded under Part X of the Housing Act 1985 and has sufficient space to accommodate both the current occupiers and any additional people who propose to live there after UK entry clearance or settlement is granted.

The property will also be inspected internally and externally using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) covered by Part 1 of the Housing Act 2004.

We can provide property inspection reports within 24 hours depending on the level of service chosen.

The property inspection report is valid for 3 months from the date of issue.

Our fee for a property inspection report is dependent on the location and size of the property/accommodation; and the level of service required. Please contact us to obtain a personalised quote.

We cover the whole of the UK.
We cover all parts of London, including:

North London
N1 - Barnsbury, Canonbury, De Beauvoir Town, Hoxton, Kings Cross, Islington, Pentonville, Hoxton, Shoreditch
N1C - Kings Cross Central, N2 East Finchley, Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb
N3 - East Finchley, Fortis Green, Hampstead Garden Suburb
N4 Finsbury Park, Harringay, Manor House, Stroud Green
N5 Highbury, Highbury Fields
N6 - Highgate, Hampstead Heath
N7 - Barnsbury, Finsbury Park, Holloway, Islington, Tufnell Park
N8 - Crouch End, Harringay, Hornsey
N9 – Edmonton, Lower Edmonton
N10 – Friern Barnet, Muswell Hill
N11 – Arnos Grove, Bounds Green, Friern Barnet, New Southgate
N12 – North Finchley, Woodside Park
N13 – Bowes Park, Palmers Green
N14 - Arnos Grove, Southgate, Oakwood
N15 – Harringay, Seven Sisters, South Tottenham, West Green
N16 - Dalston, Newington Green, Shacklewell, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington
N17 - Tottenham
N18 - Edmonton, Upper Edmonton
N19 - Archway, Tufnell Park, Upper Holloway
N20 - Oakleigh Park, Totteridge, Whetstone
N21 - Bush Hill, Grange Park, Winchmore Hill, World’s End
N22 - Bowes Park, Wood Green

North West London
NW1 – Bloomsbury, Bryanston Camden Town, Dorset Square, Primrose Hill
NW2 – Brondesbury Park, Childs Hill, Dollis Hill
NW3 – Belsize, Camden Town, Childs Hill, Primrose Hill
NW4 – Finchley Church End, Hendon
NW5 – Cantelowes, Gospel Oak, Haverstock
NW6 – Abbey Road, Brondesbury Park, Fortune Green
NW7 – Burnt Oak, Colindale, Edgware
NW8 – Abbey Road, Camden Town, Church Street, Primrose Hill
NW9 – Barnhill, Burnt Oak, Colindale
NW10 – Harlesden, Kensal Rise, Willesden Green
NW11 - Childs Hill, Garden Suburb, Golders Green

West London
W1B - Portland Place, Regent Street
W1C - Oxford Street
W1D & W1F - Soho, Chinatown, Soho Square
W1G - Harley Street
W1H & W1U - Marylebone
W1J - Mayfair, Piccadilly
W1K - Grosvenor Square
W1S - Hanover Square, Royal Academy, Savile Row
W1T - Fitzrovia, Tottenham Court Road
W1W - East Marylebone, Great Portland Street
W2 – Bayswater, Hyde Park, Little Venice, Notting Hill, Paddington, Westbourne Green
W3 – Acton, East Acton, North Acton, South Acton, West Acton, Hanger Hill, Garden Estate, Gunnersbury Park, Park Royal,
W4 – Acton Green, Bedford Park, Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green
W5 – Ealing, Ealing Common, South Ealing, North Ealing, Hanger Lane, Pitshanger, Northfields
W6 - Fulham, Hammersmith, Ravenscourt Park, Stamford Brook
W7 – Boston Manor, Hanwell
W8 – Holland Park, Kensington
W9 – Maida Hill, Maida Vale, Queen’s Park, West Kilburn
W10 - Kensal Town, Ladbroke Grove, Queen’s Park
W11 – Holland Park, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill
W12 – East Acton, Shepherd’s Bush, White City, Wormwood Scrubs
W13 – Northfields, West Ealing
W14 - Kensington, Kensington Olympia, Holland Park,West Kensington

West Central London
WC1 - Bloomsbury
WC2 - Covent Garden, Holborn

East London
E1 - Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Limehouse, Mile End, Shadwell, Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Stepney, Whitechapel
E2 – Bethnal Green, Cambridge Heath, Globe Town, Haggerston, Hoxton, Shoreditch,
E3 – Bow, Bow Common, Bromley-by-Bow, Fish Island, Mile End, Mills Meads, Hackney Wick, Old Ford, South Bromley
E4 – Chingford, Highams Park, Waltham Abbey, Woodford Green
E5 – Leyton, Upper Clapton, Lower Clapton, Stoke Newington
E6 – Barking, Beckton, East Ham, Upton Park
E7 – Forest Gate, Leytonstone, Stratford, Upton Park
E8 – Dalston, Hackney Central, London Fields, Stoke Newington
E9 – Hackney Marshes, Hackney Wick, Homerton, South Hackney, Victoria Park
E10 – Leyton, Hackney Marshes, Temple Mills, Upper Clapton, Walthamstow Marshes
E11 – Aldersbrook, Leytonstone, Snaresbrook, Wanstead
E12 – Aldersbrook, Little Ilford, Manor Park
E13 – Plaistow, West Ham, Upton Park
E14 – Blackwall, Canary Wharf, Cubitt Town, Isle of Dogs, Leamouth, Limehouse, Millwall, North Greenwich, Poplar, South Bromley,
E15 – Bow, Hackney, Leytonstone, Leyton, Maryland, Stratford, Temple Mills, West Ham, Wick,
E16 – Beckton, Canning Town, Custom House, North Woolwich, Royal Docks, Silvertown
E17 – Leyton, Walthamstow
E18 - South Woodford, Woodford
E20 - Bow, Homerton, Leyton, Olympic Park, Stratford
East Central London
EC1 – Bunhill Fields, Clerkenwell, Farringdon, Finsbury, Hatton Garden, Islington, St Luke's
EC2 – Shoreditch, Hackney, Broadgate, Liverpool Street, Old Broad Street, Guildhall, Barbican
EC3 – St Mary Axe, Aldgate, Leadenhall, Lloyd's of London, Fenchurch Street, Tower Hill, Tower Hamlets, Monument, Billingsgate
EC4 - Fetter Lane, St Paul's, Mansion House, Cannon Street, Blackfriars, Temple

South East London
SE1 - Bankside, South Bank, Southwark, Bermondsey, Vauxhall
SE2 – Abbey Wood, West Heath, Crossness, Plumstead, Thamesmead
SE3 – Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Westcombe Park
SE4 – Brockley, Crofton Park, Western Ladywell, Honor Oak
SE5 – Camberwell, Denmark Hill, Southampton Way Estate, Peckham
SE6 –Catford, Bellingham, Hither Green
SE7 – Chalton
SE8 – Deptford, Evelyn
SE9 – Eltham, Mottingham, New Eltham, Falconwood, Chinbrook, Longlands, Kidbrooke
SE10 – Greenwich, Maze Hill, Greenwich Peninsula
SE11 – Kennington, Vauxhall
SE12 – Lee, Grove Park, Chinbrook, Hither Green, Eltham, Horn Park, Blackheath
SE13 – Lewisham, Hither Green, Ladywell
SE14 – New Cross
SE15 – Peckham, Nunhead
SE16 – Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Surrey Quays
SE17 – Walworth, Newington
SE18 – Woolwich, Plumstead
SE19 – Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace, Crown Point, Norwood
SE20 – Anerley, Crystal Palace, Penge, Beckenham
SE21 – Dulwich, Dulwich Village, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill, Sydenham Hill
SE22 – East Dulwich, Peckham Rye, Loughborough Junction, Herne Hill
SE23 – Forest Hill, Honor Oak, Crofton Park
SE24 – Herne Hill, Tulse Hill
SE25 – South Norwood, Selhurst
SE26 – Sydenham, Crystal Palace
SE27 – West Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Norwood
SE28 – Thamesmead

South West London
SW1 – Buckingham Gate, Victoria, Vauxhall Bridge, Pimlico, Chelsea Bridge, Belgravia, north of King's Road, Knightsbridge, St. James's
SW2 – Brixton, Brixton Hill, Streatham Hill, Tulse Hill, Clapham Park
SW3 – Chelsea, Brompton, Knightsbridge
SW4 – Clapham, Stockwell
SW5 – Earl's Court
SW6 – Fulham
SW7 – South Kensington, Knightsbridge
SW8 – South Lambeth, Vauxhall, Battersea, Clapham, Stockwell
SW9 – Stockwell, Brixton, Clapham
SW10 – West Brompton, Chelsea
SW11 – Battersea, Clapham Junction
SW12 – Balham, Clapham South, Hyde Farm
SW13 – Barnes
SW14 – Mortlake, East Sheen
SW15 – Putney, Roehampton
SW16 – Streatham, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Streatham Park, Furzedown, Streatham Vale, Pollards Hill
SW17 – Tooting, Mitcham
SW18 – Wandsworth, Southfields, Earlsfield
SW19 – Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Southfields Merton
SW20 - Merton Park, Raynes Park

The London Boroughs and postcodes we cover are:

Barnet, Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering,

Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Merton, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster

The Greater London and South East postcodes we cover are:

Uxbridge - UB1, UB2, UB3, UB4, UB5, UB6, UB7, UB8, UB9, UB10, UB11

Harrow - HA1, HA2, HA3, HA4, HA5, HA6, HA7, HA8, HA9

Watford – WD1, WD2, WD3, WD4, WD5, WD6, WD7, WD17, WD18, WD19, Wd23, WD24, WD25

Enfield - EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EN5, EN6, EN7, EN8, EN9, EN10, EN11

Ilford - IG1, IG2, IG3, IG4, IG5, IG6, IG7, IG8, IG9, IG10, IG11

Romford - RM1, RM2, RM3, RM4, RM5, RM6, RM7, RM8, RM9, RM10 RM11, RM12, RM13, RM14, RM15, RM16, RM17, RM18, RM19, RM20

Chelmsford – CM1, CM2, CM3, CM4, CM5, CM6, CM7, CM8, CM9, CM10, CM11, CM12, CM13, CM14, CM15, CM16, CM17, CM18, CM19, CM20, CM21, CM22, CM23, CM24, CM77

Dartford - DA1, DA2, DA3, DA4, DA5, DA6, DA7, DA8, DA9, DA10, DA11, DA12, DA13, DA14, DA15, DA16, DA17, DA18

Bromley – BR1, BR2, BR3, BR4, BR5, BR6, BR7, BR8

Croydon - CR0, CR1, CR2, CR3, CR4, CR5, CR6, CR7,CR8

Sutton – SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4, SM5, SM6, SM7

Kingston upon Thames - KT1, KT2, KT3, KT4, KT5, KT6, KT7, KT8, KT9, KT10, KT11, KT12, KT13, KT14, KT15, KT16, KT17, KT18, KT19, KT20, KT21, KT22, KT23, KT24

Twickenham - TW1, TW2, TW2, TW3, TW4, TW5, TW6, TW7, TW8, TW9, TW10, TW11, TW12, TW13, TW14, TW15, TW16, TW17, TW18, TW19, TW20

Slough – SL0, SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4 SL5, SL6, SL7, SL8, SL9

Reading - RG1, RG2, RG3, RG4, RG5, RG6, RG7, RG8, RG9, RG10, RG11, RG12, RG13, RG14, RG15, RG16, RG17, RG18, RG19, RG20, RG21, RG22, RG23, RG24, RG25, RG26, RG27, RG28, RG29, RG30, RG31, RG40, RG41, RG42, RG45

St Albans - AL1, AL2, AL3, AL4, AL5, AL6, AL7, AL8, AL9, AL10

Stevenage - SG1, SG2, SG3, SG4, SG5, SG5, SG7, SG8, SG9, SG10, SG11, SG12, SG13, SG14, SG15, SG16, SG17, S18, SG19

Hemel Hempstead - HP1, HP2, HP3, HP4, HP5, HP6, HP7, HP8, HP9, HP10, HP11, HP12, HP13, HP14, HP15, HP16, HP17, HP18, HP19, HP20, HP21, HP22, HP23, HP27

Luton – LU1, LU2, LU3, LU4, LU5, LU6, LU7

The Counties we cover are Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Surrey.

Cities and towns we cover are but not limited to Aberdeen, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bath, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Colchester, Coventry, Crawley, Derb, Doncaster, Dundee, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gateshead, Gillingham, Glasgow, Gloucester, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, London, Luton, Maidstone, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newport, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Rochdale, Rotherham, Sale, Salford, Sheffield, Slough, Solihull, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, St Helens, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Sutton Coldfield, Swansea, Swindon, Telford, Wakefield, Warrington, Watford, Wigan, Woking, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Worthing, York.

Not sure if we can do a property inspection report in your area? Please do not hesitate to contact us to ask.

You can either call us on 0203 633 2908, email us at [email protected], or go to our Contact Us page and send us your details, and we will get in touch with you.