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The answers before your first analysis

What is Scan my Home?

Scan my Home is an online service from Austria that checks a single property before you buy, sell or rent it. You paste the link to the listing or type the address, and you get a report as a PDF: a deliberately cautious market value, the warning signs on the property, the location with official hazard maps, and the costs that will genuinely fall due. It works in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, sells no properties itself, and belongs to no estate agent and no bank.

What sets Scan my Home apart from a free value calculator?

A value calculator estimates roughly what a property is worth, usually as a range. Scan my Home checks one specific listing before you sign: whether the rent is lawful under tenancy law (rent brake in Germany, Richtwert guideline rent in Austria), whether the purchase price matches the market value, and which burdens and costs the listing leaves out, every key figure with its source. It belongs to no bank and no estate agent. For a valuation that holds up in court, a sworn expert is still needed.

Is a Scan my Home report a real sworn valuation?

No. Only a court-appointed expert may issue a valuation that holds up in court. Scan my Home is the thorough check that comes before it, and it shows where such an expert should start. In an inheritance it still helps: as a documented basis for dividing the estate among siblings and for deciding whether an official valuation is worth the cost at all.

How accurate is the valuation?

For every central figure the report shows its working and numbered sources. How certain a result is depends on the data available, and that is stated in every report. When in doubt we round downwards.

Why can I not simply judge this myself?

Because you do not have the comparable sales, the official figures, or the eye for what sits behind fresh paint. A single overlooked point can easily cost five figures.

Why is your value lower than the asking price?

Because an asking price is a negotiating position, not a value. We calculate the fair value from real comparables, the same way for buyers and sellers. Next to it stands a conservative value with a ten percent discount, which is your negotiation target.

Which countries does Scan my Home cover?

Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In all three we name the official registers responsible, from the land register to the sale price register, and lay the official maps directly over your property, such as flooding, noise and zoning, each with its source and legend.

Which languages can I get the report in?

You pick from 13 languages, from German and English to Polish and Turkish, and the report comes out fully in that language: the assessment, the headings and the legal text. The PDF's fixed framework now exists in all 13 languages. If you switch the language only afterwards, the assessment text stays in the original language, so the document ends up mixed-language.

Can I check listings from any portal, not just ImmoScout?

Yes. We know the major European portals, from Funda and Idealista to Rightmove. Every listing works: a few portals, among them ImmoScout24 and Immowelt, do not allow automated reading, and we respect that. There you paste the listing text or attach a screenshot. It takes half a minute and gives you the same report.

What is the verification number and how do I check a report?

Every report carries its own verification number. Using the verification page or the QR code on the PDF, anyone can confirm in seconds that the report is genuine and unchanged. That makes trust checkable instead of claimed.

What does the Full Analysis do?

It reads your documents, from the land register extract and the energy certificate to the floor plan and the service charges, and calculates using recognised valuation methods (comparison value, income value), plus lending value, stress tests and the honest total including fees. Where a document contradicts the listing, that appears as a warning.

Is Scan my Home useful for owners who want to sell?

Yes. In the seller view the report gives a justified market value with a range, so you see what a sale could bring before you name a price.

What happens to my data and the documents I upload?

Only you can see your reports; there is no shared open archive. For the analysis your property data and uploaded documents go to our AI provider. Which other providers receive data (hosting, email delivery, payment, map services, image AI when enhancing a photo) is set out in our privacy policy. You can delete any report yourself at any time.

Why should I believe you of all people?

Do not. Check it: every source is numbered, every central figure comes with its working, and every report can be confirmed online through its verification number. We broker nothing and pass nobody on, so a low figure costs us nothing. A complete report is there to read without signing up.

I only want to rent. Is this any use to me?

Yes. We place the rent being asked between the lower end, the local norm and the legal ceiling, and name the rule behind it. On top of that come noise, flooding, the energy certificate and the heating costs you can expect. A link to the listing is enough.

What does Scan my Home cost?

€19.99 for an Essential Analysis, €29.99 for the Full Analysis, VAT included, paid directly, with no credit to top up. Single, as a bundle or by subscription, no minimum term.

As of: 2026-11-15

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What is English here, and what is not

Pages without a small DE mark are in English; a few pages are still German only.

Legal texts are translated, but the German version under legal notice, privacy and terms is the one that is legally binding.

Our newsletter PDF and a few image captions are still German.

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