AI Building Report Analysis for NZ Home Buyers
Inspection reports hedge everything in careful language. Shire reads every finding, surfaces the defects that actually matter — moisture, cladding, foundations, DIY work — and answers your questions with page citations.
$20 of free credits on signup — enough for a full property's documents. No credit card required.
How It Works
Upload your building report
Any NZ pre-purchase inspection report PDF — independent inspector or franchise, long-form or summary.
AI reads every finding
Shire extracts each defect, recommendation, and caveat, and surfaces the ones a cautious buyer would want to act on.
Ask anything
What does "elevated moisture" actually mean? Chat with your report — every answer cites the page it came from.
What Shire Surfaces in Your Building Report
The findings that change negotiations — extracted, prioritised, and linked back to the exact pages they appear on.
Moisture readings & leaks
Elevated moisture readings, their locations, and whether the inspector recommended invasive testing — the findings that precede expensive repairs.
Cladding & weathertightness
Cladding type and condition, risk-era construction, and the caveats inspectors attach when weathertightness can't be verified visually.
Roof, exterior & drainage
Roof condition, spouting, ground clearances, and site drainage — the maintenance items that turn into structural problems.
Subfloor & foundations
Piles, bearers, ventilation, and settlement signs from the parts of the report most buyers skim past.
DIY & unconsented alterations
Work the inspector suspects wasn't done by a professional — cross-referenced against the consent history in your LIM.
Deferred maintenance & priorities
Every recommendation ranked, so you know what needs doing now, what can wait, and what to raise before going unconditional.
The Report Tells You What. Your LIM Tells You Whether It Was Consented.
A building report describes condition; a LIM describes council records. Shire reads both — plus your title and sale & purchase agreement — and correlates them. Recent renovations in the inspection with no matching consent in the LIM is a single risk story, and you'll hear it that way.
Built for Every Kind of Buyer
First home buyers
Inspection reports hedge everything in careful language. Shire translates inspector-speak into what it means for your decision.
Property investors
Compare defect profiles across multiple properties consistently, instead of re-reading every report line by line.
Buyer's agents & advisors
Turn a 50-page inspection report into a clear, cited risk summary your client can actually digest before the deadline.
Simple Pay-As-You-Go Pricing
No subscription. No lock-in. Single-document review services charge $25–$50 per report — Shire analyses your whole property, and your first one is on us.
Free to start
$20
of credits on signup — enough for a full property's documents. Property research when you add an address is always free.
Documents
$0.99 + 9c/page
Per document, any type. A typical 100-page LIM is about $10 — analysed in minutes, not days.
Ask anything
Cents per question
Chat is billed by usage — typically a few cents a question, with every answer cited back to your documents.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a pre-purchase building inspection report?
A written assessment of a property's visible condition, usually carried out to NZS 4306:2005 — the New Zealand standard for residential property inspection — and typically costing $400-$800 to commission. It's a visual, non-invasive inspection covering the exterior, interior, roof, subfloor, and site, flagging defects, moisture risks, and maintenance issues. It reports condition, not council records — that's what your LIM covers.
What does a building inspection NOT cover?
It's visual only — it won't identify problems concealed behind finished surfaces like plumbing, framing, or wiring, and it doesn't confirm whether work had building consent (that requires council records or a LIM). Invasive moisture testing, weathertightness assessments, and electrical or plumbing certification are separate specialist services. Worth knowing: the inspection industry is not regulated in NZ, so qualifications and professional indemnity insurance matter when choosing an inspector.
Does this replace getting a building inspection?
No — the opposite. You still need a qualified inspector to physically assess the property. Shire analyses the report they give you: it translates the findings, surfaces the items that matter most, and helps you work out which questions to take back to the inspector, your lawyer, or the vendor.
What red flags does Shire surface?
Elevated moisture readings and where they were taken, cladding and weathertightness caveats, roof and drainage issues, subfloor and foundation concerns, suspected DIY or unconsented work, and the inspector's recommendations ranked by urgency — each linked to the page it appears on.
How much does it cost?
You get $20 of credits free on signup. After that it's $0.99 per document plus 9c per page — a typical building report runs 20-40 pages including photos, so analysis costs roughly $3-$5. No subscription.
Can Shire cross-check the report against my LIM?
Yes — this is where it gets powerful. If your building report notes recent renovations and your LIM shows a consent with no Code Compliance Certificate, Shire connects those as one risk. Single-document tools can't do that.
Is my report kept private?
Yes. Your documents are stored securely against your own property workspace, are never shared with other users, and are only used to generate your analysis. See our privacy policy for details.
Deciding between documents? See our guides to the LIM report and Code Compliance Certificates.
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