AI Home Inspection: What Automated Records Review Can Tell You
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AI home inspection.

An AI home inspection automates the records half of inspecting a home: permit history, code era, roof age, and risk zones, read and scored in seconds.

(01)Definition

What this is.

An AI home inspection is the automated, records-driven counterpart to a physical home inspection. A licensed inspector examines what is visible on site; this examines what is documented off site: which permits were pulled and finaled, what building code the home was constructed under, how old the roof is on paper, and which wind, flood, and evacuation zones apply to the parcel.

It will not find a soft spot in the decking or a corroded valve; no software reading records can. What it finds is the documented story a physical inspector, and every insurer, starts from, and it finds it in seconds instead of site visits.

(02) How it works · 01-03

Address in, report out.

  1. 01

    Enter an address

    Any covered Florida address; no photos, appointments, or signup.

  2. 02

    Records are assessed

    County permits, assessor data, and risk maps are read and scored in seconds.

  3. 03

    Read the report

    Roof score, permit-backed roof age, risk zones, and the insurance picture, with sources.

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(03) A real example · live data

One address, assessed.

A real Florida property from the directory, permit number and all. Every field below comes from public records.

Property report · Florida

209 Palm Cir

Atlantis, FL 33462

Permit-backed · high confidence
Roof score 10 / 10 · Strong
Roof age ~9 yrspermit
Material tile
Roof shape Not on record
Last roof permit 2017
Permit # 17-173074
Year built 2000
Building sqft 1,715
Flood zone Xlow-risk
Design wind 171 mph
Storm None recorded
Hail None recorded
Evac zone None
Sinkhole ~10.19 km
4-Point Likely passes
Wind-mit None inferred
Citizens Market stress moderate
Permit-backed roof age · re-roofed 2017durable tile coveringsignificant hail history (2.0 in hailstones)

Records-based estimate · getroofreport.com

(04) What you get

Inside every report.

  • 01 Permit history reviewed automatically, roof-first
  • 02 Building-code era and its wind-feature implications
  • 03 Roof score with documented age and material
  • 04 Parcel-level wind, flood, and evacuation exposure
  • 05 4-point inspection likelihood before you book one
  • 06 A documented baseline to hand your physical inspector
(05) Compared · the traditional route

Why instant wins the first step.

Records first, ladders second: licensed inspections still matter, after the records have told you what to ask them.

The traditional route
  • The records review is manual, if it happens at all
  • Buyers learn about missing permits at closing
  • Insurance surprises surface after the offer
  • Each professional sees only their slice of the file
This tool
  • The records review runs first, automatically
  • Missing roof permits surface before the offer
  • The insurance picture is visible from day one
  • One assembled file everyone can work from
(06) Questions

Fair questions.

Yes. The lookup and the property report are free, with no signup and no obligation. We may connect homeowners who ask for quotes with licensed Florida contractors and inspectors.

Public records: county building permits, property appraiser data, FEMA flood maps, and the Florida Building Code wind map. Permit-backed facts are labeled high confidence; estimates are labeled as estimates.

No. It is a records-based assessment that shows what the paper trail proves before anyone climbs a ladder. Lenders and insurers may still require licensed inspections.

No, and it does not try to. It replaces the hours of records research that should precede one, so your licensed inspector and your negotiation start informed rather than blind.

Paper problems: a roof with no replacement permit, work finaled decades ago, a code era weaker than the listing implies, or a flood zone nobody mentioned. Those decide insurance and financing as often as physical defects do.

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