Buying a home in England & Wales · free
Plan your home purchase, from budget to keys
Find where your budget buys the home your family needs, compare the houses you like on what they will really cost to run and fix, and read your survey in plain English before you exchange.
- Where a 3-bedroom home sells within your budget, across the country
- For each house: bills, the work it needs, flood risk and how its price compares
- Your survey turned into what to fix now, what can wait, and what to ask the seller
Land Registry sales and the official EPC register
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See every area and start your planFilter by region or town, sort by size or sales, open each district on Rightmove
Your purchase, step by step
One place for the whole move: from what you can afford to the day you get the keys.
What can you afford
Deposit, income and today's mortgage rates turned into a price range you can actually buy at.
Where to buy
Every postcode district where homes with the bedrooms you need sell within that range.
Shortlist and compare
Add the homes you like by address. See price against similar sales, size, bills and the cost of work side by side.
Before the viewing
What the certificate says about walls, roof and heating, flood warnings nearby, and a check of the listing's wording.
Survey, in plain English
Upload the surveyor's report: what to act on before exchange, what can wait, and what to ask the seller.
Keys
Mark it bought and the home moves to Your homes, with its survey, notes and the work it needs.
Got your survey back?
Upload the PDF and get it back in plain English: what needs doing before you exchange, rough costs, and questions for the seller. Free, no account needed.
Already own a home?
Enter your address and see the cheapest way to band C, based on what actually worked for millions of similar homes, not just what the certificate predicts. Lower bills, a better rating to sell or let, and if you rent it out, ready for the 2030 rule.
Odds, not promises
A certificate says what a measure should do. We compared certificates lodged for the same home years apart and counted how much each kind of work really moved the score, and how often it moved it at all.
| Work done | Median | No gain |
|---|---|---|
| Hot water27,586 homes | +7 | 17% |
| Wall insulation87,969 homes | +6 | 14% |
| Loft or roof insulation79,508 homes | +4 | 25% |
| Floor insulation1,621 homes | +4 | 15% |
| Heating system11,817 homes | +3 | 33% |
| Low-energy lighting310,814 homes | +2 | 38% |
| Heating controls102,478 homes | +2 | 38% |
| Glazing73,780 homes | +2 | 32% |
Points on the 1–100 scale, single-measure changes only, all certificates 2008–2026.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. The area search, the planner, home checks and the survey review are free. A free account keeps your shortlist and notes.
Where do the prices come from?
HM Land Registry sales from the last five years, in today's money, matched to energy certificates to estimate bedrooms and size. Districts with fewer than five sales are left out.
How do you know what a house will cost to run?
From its Energy Performance Certificate on the official register, which lists the walls, roof, heating and the work it recommends.
Does this replace a surveyor or a solicitor?
No. It helps you choose where to look, compare homes and ask better questions. You still need a RICS survey and a conveyancer.
Where does the energy data come from?
The Energy Performance of Buildings register for England and Wales, published by MHCLG as open data.
I already own my home.
Use the band C check further down this page: your rating, the cheapest route to band C that worked for similar homes, and what it costs.