Stock condition survey app with every element and hazard on record.

A stock condition survey is a physical inspection of a landlord's homes that records the condition of each building element, such as kitchens, bathrooms, windows, roofs, heating and electrics, along with any health and safety hazards. The results tell the landlord which homes need work, what it will involve and roughly when, and they are the evidence behind reporting on the Decent Homes Standard. The Regulator of Social Housing describes inspecting about 20% of homes a year, so every home is seen roughly every five years, as a standard approach.

Registered providers must have an accurate, up to date record of the condition of each home, based on a physical assessment of all homes, under the Regulator of Social Housing's Safety and Quality Standard. The standard does not prescribe a single method, but a rolling programme of stock condition surveys is how most landlords meet it. Check the standard and the regulator's guidance for the full expectations.

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System is the risk-based method, under the Housing Act 2004, for assessing hazards to health and safety in homes. In England it was revised on 23 June 2026: it now covers 21 hazards (previously 29), from damp and mould growth and excess cold to falls, fire and explosions and structural collapse, with scores banded High, Medium or Low. A hazard scoring 1,000 or more is a Category 1 hazard, which the local housing authority has a duty to act on; lower scores are Category 2, where action is discretionary.

No, although they are often done on the same visit. A stock condition survey records the condition and remaining life of each element so the landlord can plan investment. An HHSRS inspection assesses the risk that hazards in the home pose to the occupier, and full HHSRS scoring should be done by someone trained in it. Many landlords record both on one form: element condition for planning, and any hazard found, with its location and a photograph, for action.

At a minimum: the property reference and date, who surveyed it, and for each element its condition, install year and estimated remaining life, plus heating, electrics and alarms, any health and safety hazard with its location and a photograph, and the works recommended. Using the same fields in every home is what lets the results be added up across the stock. The full sample report above shows how SiteSurvey lays one out.

It depends on what you need it to do. For the survey itself, look for a mobile app that uses the same structured form in every home, records hazards by room with photographs, dates and attributes every entry, and works offline. If you need the software to model capital programmes, score HHSRS hazards or report Decent Homes compliance across the stock, that is asset management software, a different category. SiteSurvey is a survey app: strong on consistent room by room capture, offline working and Walk Cam video, and it does not do capital planning or HHSRS scoring.

No. SiteSurvey records the inspection: the hazard, where it is, what it looks like and what needs doing, with photographs and a date and name against every entry. Scoring a hazard under HHSRS is a professional judgement for a trained assessor, and any score or band you use can be recorded as a field on the form.

Both widen what a stock condition survey needs to capture. From 30 November 2026 Awaab's Law Phase 2 extends beyond damp and mould to hazards including excess cold and heat, falls, structural collapse, fire, electrical and hygiene hazards. The new Decent Homes Standard, which the government says will apply from 2035 to social and private rented homes, includes criteria on dangerous hazards, repair, facilities, thermal comfort and damp and mould. A survey that records hazards room by room gives you the evidence base for both. For damp and mould inspections specifically, see our damp and mould page.

Housing associations, councils and ALMOs running a stock condition programme, and the surveying contractors who carry out the surveys for them. It suits in-house asset teams and contractors who need to hand the landlord the same structured, dated record for every home.

Pricing is per user, not per home or survey. The Works plan, which includes the custom form builder, floor plans and reports used for stock condition surveys, is £25 per user per month. The Base plan starts at £13 per user per month. Every plan starts with a trial from £1, cancel any time.

Yes to both. Each home is its own project with its rooms and records, so a follow-up visit adds to that record rather than starting a new spreadsheet, and because each entry is dated and attributed you can see how current each part is. The whole survey, including photographs and video, runs on the device and syncs when the connection returns.