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- Who is it for?
- Anyone buying a farmhouse, a finca, a country house or a smallholding in rural Europe, and the agents who sell them.
- What is in a report?
- Winter sun with the hills counted, noise from roads and railways, flooding, the view, the land register and more. Each figure is worked out for the exact plot.
- Can I see the plot?
- Stand on it in 3D at eye level. Move the sun to any date and hour and watch the shadows.
- Can I keep and compare plots?
- Save plots with their reports, sort them into folders and compare up to four side by side.
- I do not have a plot yet.
- Use Find land. Say what matters, such as winter sun or quiet, and the map shows the ground that matches. Try the examples above.
- I am an estate agent.
- The Professional plan lets you give reports to clients, with your name and logo on the PDF, and run a report for each of your listings.
- How do I start?
- Create a free account. Select a point on the map inside the highlighted area and confirm. The report fills in as each check finishes.
- Our story
- We are Rose and Clemens, the founders of RuralCheck. It grew out of our own search for a rural property in Spain. Read our story
50 checks
- View
- Village and town
- People nearby
- Shops/services
- Bodies of water
- Emergency
- Local economy
- Visitors
- Sales nearby
- Town websites
- Hunting
- Noise
- Aircraft
- Nuisances
- Bites and stings
- Wild animals
- Burglary
- Land register
- Municipality
- Planning zone
- Rules here
- Sales tax
- Yearly property tax
- Terrain
- Protected areas
- Weather
- Sun
- Wind
- Snow
- Frost
- Night sky
- Air quality
- Climate in 2050
- Flooding
- Coastal flooding
- Wildfire
- Landslides
- Avalanches
- Earthquake
- Termites and dry rot
- Solar panels
- Groundwater
- Water restrictions
- Internet
- Trees
- Pollen
- What grows here
- Public transport
- Access road
- Paths on the plot
View
- View
- How far you can see in each direction, what is in view, and the plot in 3D at eye level, with the sun and shadows at any date and hour.
Local area
- Village and town
- Distance and drive time to the nearest hamlet, village and town.
- People nearby
- How many people live within 1 km and 5 km, and how many buildings are within 1 km.
- Shops/services
- The nearest supermarket, school, nursery, doctor, pharmacy, vet, hairdresser, beautician, fuel station, restaurant and hospital, with drive times.
- Bodies of water
- The nearest lakes, rivers, the sea, beaches and public pools that a road or path reaches, with their size.
- Emergency
- Drive time to the nearest fire station and ambulance station on the map.
- Local economy
- Household income, unemployment and whether the population is growing or falling.
- Visitors
- How many visitor nights the district takes for every resident, and which months they come in.
- Sales nearby
- What sold around the plot in recent years, with the date, kind, area and price the official register records.
- Town websites
- The website of the plot's municipality and of the municipalities next to it.
- Hunting
- Whether the plot is in a hunting ground or near a reserve where hunting is barred, on the authority's own map.
Annoyances
- Noise
- Estimated noise at the plot from roads and railways, allowing for hills in between.
- Aircraft
- Whether the plot is in line with the runway of an airport with commercial flights, and how near the closest airfield is.
- Nuisances
- Main roads, railways, wind turbines, quarries, industry and similar sites within 5 km, and whether hills hide them.
- Bites and stings
- The months ticks, mosquitoes and Highland midges are active in the plot's own climate and how near the ground they live on is, and scorpions, vipers, hornets, processionary caterpillars, horse flies and black flies recorded nearby. Nearest first.
- Wild animals
- Whether wolves, bears, lynx and golden jackals live in the plot's 10 km square or pass through it, and how many wild boar a model puts here.
- Burglary
- How many homes in the area the police recorded as broken into, against the country.
Plot
- Land register
- The boundary and the record the national land register holds for this plot: its reference, its registered area and what the register calls it. Where the register's stated area and its drawn boundary differ, the report says so. It does not say what may be built. Only the planning office can say that.
- Municipality
- The municipality the plot is in, and the district and region above it.
- Planning zone
- The zone of the local plan the plot is in, which plan and its date, and a link to its documents where the country publishes one. It does not say what may be built. Only the municipality can say that.
- Rules here
- The rules a buyer meets in the plot's country and region. Living in a barn or a ruin, who may buy first, splitting land, wells and septic tanks, each with its law and the date it was read.
- Sales tax
- The tax a buyer pays once on a purchase in the plot's country and region: its rates, the surcharges on second homes, what a new building pays instead, and what two example prices would pay. With the law and the date it was read.
- Yearly property tax
- The yearly property tax rates the commune voted, beside the rate of the middle commune in the country. In France.
- Terrain
- How steep the ground is, the direction it faces and how high it lies.
- Protected areas
- Natura 2000 sites and nationally protected areas at the plot and within 5 km.
Weather and climate
- Weather
- The average high and low in each month at the plot, and how much rain and snow falls in each month.
- Sun
- Hours of direct sun in each month, allowing for surrounding hills and average cloud.
- Wind
- Average wind speed, main wind directions and how much shelter the terrain gives.
- Snow
- Days of snow cover each winter since 2001, and when snow usually arrives and melts.
- Frost
- Nights of frost in each month, the last frost of spring and the first of autumn, the coldest night, and whether cold air settles on the plot.
- Night sky
- How dark the night sky is and which direction the glow comes from.
- Air quality
- Fine particles, traffic fumes and summer ozone, compared with WHO guidelines and the rest of the country.
- Climate in 2050
- Frost, heat, rainfall and growing season today and in 2050, under two emissions scenarios.
Risks
- Flooding
- Whether a once-a-century or a 500-year river flood would reach the plot. Flood defences are not included.
- Coastal flooding
- Whether a once-a-century storm tide would reach the plot today, in 2050 and in 2100, under two scenarios. Flood gates and pumps are not included.
- Wildfire
- Large wildfires mapped by satellite within 25 km.
- Landslides
- The official landslide and rockfall hazard zones at the plot, where the national authority publishes them.
- Avalanches
- The official avalanche zones and known avalanche paths at the plot, in mountain areas where the authority publishes them.
- Earthquake
- Expected earthquake shaking for the region, from the European hazard model.
- Termites and dry rot
- Whether a prefect's order lists the commune for termites or dry rot, with the date of the order and a link to it. In France.
Infrastructure on the plot
- Solar panels
- Expected yearly output of solar panels at this location.
- Groundwater
- The nearest boreholes and wells with a recorded water level, how deep the water stood and when, and the aquifer under the plot. A guide for a well driller.
- Water restrictions
- How many recent summers the area was under drought orders limiting watering and pools, the level today, and whether the plot lies where water is found to be over-used. In France and Spain. Elsewhere, who sets the limits and where they are published.
- Internet
- Which mobile networks reach the plot and with what, and the nearest fixed connection, from the national regulator's own coverage data.
Vegetation
- Trees
- Which woods around the plot are evergreen and which lose their leaves in winter.
- Pollen
- Which of birch, olive, grass and ragweed pollen is in the air, in which months, and how much compared with the rest of Europe. And which other plants that cause hay fever grow nearby.
- What grows here
- The growing season and summer warmth worked out for the plot itself, and what they mean for a garden, fruit trees, vines and olives.
Access
- Public transport
- Distance to the nearest bus stop, railway station, tram stop, ferry and airport.
- Access road
- The drive from the nearest town: its steepest stretch, the climb, the road surface and any winter closure.
- Paths on the plot
- Paths and tracks on the map that cross the plot, and whether a road or track reaches it.
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