What your landlord doesn't volunteer.

Before you sign a tenancy agreement, Eavesdrop checks 66 public registers for things that affect the property — not the landlord's personality. Things you can verify.

What Eavesdrop checks for renters

• Building history. Planning applications, building control sign-offs, permitted development decisions. Structural alterations done without consent show up here.
• Council enforcement. Enforcement notices, stop notices, breach of condition notices logged by the local planning authority against the property.
• Short-let density. Airbnb and short-let listings within 500m. High concentration signals noisy turnover in the building or street.
• HMO concentration. Houses in multiple occupation licensed within 500m. Useful context for shared or purpose-built blocks.
• Corporate landlord track record. Companies registered at the property address via CCOD/OCOD (Companies House open data). Shows corporate ownership history, not individual landlord history.