Solutions/Home Inspectors
Know the property's history before you walk through the door
Home inspection requires documenting condition, deficiencies, and risk factors for every property. NE Provenance gives you the property's documented background before you arrive — building characteristics, environmental exposure, condition baseline, aerial imagery of the roof and lot, and where available, permit history and systems age.
Spend your on-site time on what requires physical presence — interior, mechanicals, crawl spaces — not gathering basic facts you could have had before you left the office.
Pre-inspection briefing
Everything you can learn without being there
A home inspector with an NE Provenance briefing is dramatically more efficient and thorough. You focus on-site time on things requiring physical presence rather than gathering basic facts available from public records and imagery.
Permit History
Building permits on file for the parcel — what work was done, when, by whom, and the scope. When permit data is available, know the roof was replaced in 2019, the kitchen renovated in 2025, and the plumbing upgraded in 2018 before you arrive.
No permit on file for roof or electrical? That's an inspection priority.
Systems Age
Roof, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC last permitted dates derived from the permit record. When you walk in, you already know which systems are aging and which were recently updated.
A 1928 home with no electrical permit ever — you know where to look.
Environmental Exposure
Flood zone, radon zone, contamination proximity, lead paint risk (from building age and EJScreen), wetlands, and historic district constraints. Context that changes what you look for.
Radon Zone 1? Recommend testing. Flood zone AE? Check for water intrusion evidence.
Building Characteristics
Year built, construction era, architectural style, stories, lot features — confirmed from assessor records, cross-referenced with permit data.
Stone foundation on an 1803 Federal — different inspection priorities than a 2005 slab.
Aerial Imagery
Lot layout, outbuildings, and site features visible from above. Aerial imagery provides context on building footprint, lot coverage, and proximity to neighboring structures — before the on-site visit.
Two outbuildings visible in aerial, large lot, wooded area near structure — context that shapes the inspection.
Ownership Context
Owner type (individual, LLC, trust, corporate), occupancy status (owner-occupied vs. absentee), and the deed chain showing when and how the property last transferred. A property held by an LLC since 2024 has a different documentary context than an owner-occupied home held by the same family since 1987.
Context that shapes which systems and records you ask about on-site.
Leveraging expertise
Add effective and efficient insights to your inspection workflow
NE Provenance empowers home inspectors — we don't compete with you. You serve buyers and homeowners. We provide the property's documentary history and environmental context so you can focus on what only a trained inspector can evaluate.
You bring physical presence, professional judgment, and interior access. We bring the property's documentary history, environmental context, and exterior data. Together, the inspection report is dramatically richer.
Once inspectors see the data available for a property, it becomes part of their standard workflow. The data compounds — you build familiarity with properties in your market area over time.
Without NEP
Arrive cold — learn the property as you walk it
With NEP
Arrive briefed — verify and supplement what the record already says
Without NEP
Spend 30 minutes on basic exterior documentation
With NEP
Focus on-site time on interior, mechanicals, crawl spaces
Without NEP
No context on systems age unless seller discloses
With NEP
Permit history where available: roof 2019, plumbing 2018, electrical unknown
Without NEP
Environmental context requires separate research
With NEP
Flood zone, radon zone, contamination, wetlands — all in the briefing
Part of every home transaction
A single home sale in New England involves 7–9 professionals who each need property data. The home inspector is one of the first to engage — and the inspection report often shapes what every subsequent party does. Better inspection data means better decisions across the entire transaction.
20+
Inspections/month for an active inspector
140+
Data sources backing every property briefing
PDF
Export for attachment to your inspection report
API
For inspection firms — integrate briefings into your scheduling workflow
Explore the intelligence for yourself
Open a Property Wallet for a real New England property. With over 4.7 million similar records across all six New England states, see how it fits into your workflow.
Newburyport, MA · Federalist · 3,524 sq ft · 4 bed / 3 bath · Built 1800 · Historic District
NEP Property Intelligence Summary
ConditionC1Fire ClassBFlood ZoneXOwnerIndividualOccupancyOwner-Occupied
Purchased2018 (8yr)Permits11 total · 4 in 5yrSystems3 updated · newest 0yrLiensClearAssessed$1.6MOcean0.3 miSurgeCat 2
EraPre-1940HistoricDesignatedRenovationRecent (5yr)CommercialNo Business ActivityRadonZone 1 — Highest
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