The rubric, in full
Most property tools give you a number and hide how they got it. We do the opposite. The Flatscope score is deterministic, the same inputs always give the same number, and every threshold is published right here. Five axes, twenty points each, a hundred in total, mapped to one plain verdict.
The Flatscope verdict
Worked example
Skip
0–36
Reconsider
36–52
Caveats apply
52–68
Reasonable buy
68–82
Strong buy
82–100
The score is a screen to decide which properties deserve your time and your solicitor, not a valuation or advice. These two rules keep it honest.
Every figure traces to a record
The lease, the EPC band, the sold comparables, the running costs. Each one comes from a named public source, not a guess, so you can check the working.
Sourced, not estimated
A property is never punished for the unknown
When a piece of data is missing, that axis scores a neutral 10 rather than a zero. An unknown is never mistaken for a problem, and the report says plainly when it could not find something.
Missing data scores 10, not 0
A second check: the lender's view
Alongside the score, a deterministic Mortgageability Gate reads lease length, ground rent, flood and EPC the way a typical UK lender would, and prints a plain lend, refer or fail headline. Same discipline: it never guesses, and an unknown becomes 'worth checking', not a quiet pass.
Lend / refer / fail, deterministic
Each axis scores zero to twenty. Here is exactly where the cutoffs fall, the same numbers the worker uses on every report.
Asking price per square metre against the area's median price per square metre, from HM Land Registry sold prices.
No comparable price data scores a neutral 10.
Tenure and the years remaining on the lease. Freehold and share of freehold are read from the listing and title.
An unknown lease length scores a neutral 10.
Estimated monthly running cost (service charge, ground rent, council tax and an indicative mortgage) as a share of the asking price.
No running-cost data scores a neutral 10.
The EPC band from the gov.uk register, A best to G worst.
No EPC on record scores a neutral 10.
Signals around the sale. Chain-free status, whether the price has been reduced, and how long it has been listed.
With no market signals the axis sits at its baseline of 12.
The five axes add up to a score out of 100, which maps to one plain verdict. The same cutoffs power the score on every report.
The worker stamps this score onto the report, and every read surface shows the same number, so the dashboard and the report can never disagree.
Paste a Rightmove or Zoopla link and watch the five axes fill in, every figure cited. Three free reports a month, no card. Your first run needs no signup.