The answer, with a chartered
surveyor’s name on it.
The fuzzy questions about a home get answered by a forum, a builder with reasons to be optimistic, or a £656 survey. Tickover gives you a property-aware draft for free, then a chartered professional who verifies it and stands behind the answer.
Free to ask. Pay only when you need it to count.
Most questions are answered by the free draft. Upgrade the ones you need to show someone, a buyer, a council, a solicitor, or your landlord.
Free in under a minute
A property-aware draft, not a generic search
Ask the question. Tickover answers against your actual property record, the age, the postcode, the conservation status, the boiler, the EPC, not a search box that knows nothing about your home.
- Reads your property dossier, not just your question
- A clear written answer in under 60 seconds
- Marked as unverified, so you know exactly what it is
- One tap to upgrade to a verified answer
From £49 standard 24h · express 4h from £99
A chartered professional puts their name on it
An MRICS surveyor, RTPI planner or ARB architect reviews the draft, corrects it, signs the PDF and attaches their qualifications and professional indemnity insurance. The tick of approval: branded, dated, defensible.
- Verified by a named, chartered professional
- A sealed PDF you can show a buyer, a council or a solicitor
- Standard answer in 24 hours, express in 4
- Upgrade in-flow to an instructed Level 2 or 3 survey
The questions that sit above “something broke”.
Not “book a plumber”. The judgement calls you would normally pay a professional a few hundred pounds to even start looking at.
- “Do I need planning permission for a side extension on a 1908 end-of-terrace?”
- “Is this damp patch rising, penetrating, or just condensation?”
- “My EPC is a D. What three changes pay back fastest?”
- “The survey flagged movement. How worried should I actually be?”
- “Can my landlord charge me for this, or is it fair wear and tear?”
- “Is the quote I have been given fair for this job, in this area?”
Advice questions
What is Tickover Advice?
Tickover Advice gives you a property-aware AI draft answer to complex home questions (planning permission, damp, quote fairness, EPC improvements) for free. You can upgrade any answer to a verified response from a named chartered surveyor (MRICS), planner (RTPI) or architect (ARB) who reviews, corrects and signs a PDF. Standard turnaround is 24 hours, express is 4 hours.
How much does a verified Tickover Advice answer cost?
The AI draft is always free. A verified answer from a chartered professional starts from £49 for a standard 24-hour response, or from £99 for a 4-hour express response.
Do I need planning permission for a home extension?
It depends on the size, location and type of extension. Many single-storey rear extensions fall under Permitted Development and do not need planning permission. However, if your property is in a conservation area, an Article 4 Direction area, or is a listed building, different rules apply. Tickover Advice gives you a property-aware answer specific to your home, free of charge, with the option to have an RTPI planner verify it.
What types of questions can Tickover Advice answer?
Tickover Advice answers property and home questions including: planning permission and permitted development, damp (rising, penetrating, or condensation), EPC improvements and payback periods, structural movement, landlord and tenant disputes, and whether a quote is fair for a given job in a given area.
Property-aware, AI-drafted, human-verified. Nobody else in the UK ships this.
Lawhive proved this shape in law. Resi proved it in architecture. The property surveying and planning corner was empty. This is Tickover’s.
Property-aware, not generic
A general AI tool knows nothing about your home. Tickover answers against your dossier: the year it was built, the conservation area, the EPC, the boiler model.
Verified by a chartered professional
Not a forum, not a confident builder. A named MRICS surveyor, RTPI planner or ARB architect, with qualifications and PI insurance attached to the answer.
A defensible artefact
A dated, sealed, signed PDF. The kind of document a buyer’s solicitor, a planning officer or a deposit-dispute service will actually accept.
In hours, not weeks
A free draft in under a minute. A verified answer in 24 hours as standard, or 4 hours on express. A full survey takes a fortnight and starts at £656.
Ask the question you have been putting off.
Tickover Advice lives inside every Tickover app. The draft is free. You decide which answers are worth a chartered professional’s signature.