The roof, the panel, the wiring and the pipes are the things that cost money, and the things a listing almost never shows. Type one number, the year it was built, and I will tell you what to look for and what to ask.
Free. No account. Educational and impartial, not a home inspection.
Or browse every year from 1900 to 2026 and see what is typical for each one.
The year tells you what is typical. Photographs tell you what is actually there. A listing is built to show a house at its best. Add the photos, and Casaroo gives you an impartial read on what is worth a closer look, across the bones (roof, heating, electrical, plumbing) and the appearance (kitchen, bathrooms, finishes). Every flag comes with real prices, so an item that sounds small does not turn into a $12,000 surprise. You walk in with the questions that get you a straight answer. Free.
Free. Educational and impartial, not a home inspection.
Three steps today. You do the first one. Casaroo does the rest.
Save a few photos from any listing and drop them in. Screenshots and the listing PDF work too.
Three photos is enough. Eight different rooms gives the sharpest read.It looks at what the photos show, the way an experienced set of eyes would, and notes what stands out.
About one minute.Your scores, a list of things worth a closer look with real cost ranges, and the questions to ask at the showing.
Free. Read it on your phone at the door.The Listing Check works with the seller's photos. The Walkthrough works with yours: on a tour, Casaroo tells you what to photograph, then reads what a listing never shows.
Get told when it launches →A read on both halves of the home, what the fixes typically cost, and what to ask the agent.
Roof, HVAC, water heater, electrical, plumbing, windows. The systems that cost real money after you move in, and that photos quietly leave out.
"What will this house cost me after I get the keys?"
Kitchen, every bathroom, flooring, fit and finish. How updated it is, and whether you'll enjoy living there, or be renovating on weekends.
"Will I actually love it, or am I about to renovate?"
Anything worth checking comes with what that kind of work typically costs, so an item that sounds small does not turn into a number you never budgeted for.
Every Listing Check ends with the exact things to say at the showing. Read them off your phone. You do not have to know anything about houses to use them.
When the photos leave something out, Casaroo says so instead of guessing. A missing water heater photo is itself worth knowing about.
Casaroo points out what is worth checking. It does not give a verdict on the condition of a home, it cannot clear one, and no flag ever means something is in good shape.
Read this before you rely on anything Casaroo tells you.
Everything Casaroo looks for is explained in plain English, with what it costs to fix. Free to read, no account needed.
142 sourced, plain-English explainers covering both halves of a home. The bones are the wiring, plumbing, roof and structure that listings never show you. The appearance is what a dated kitchen, bath or floor would actually cost to make it yours.
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Eight free Canadian calculators: closing costs, your real mortgage payment, what you can actually afford, land transfer tax and rebates by province, what a home costs every year after the keys, what repairs cost, and what to take off an offer.
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A free printable walkthrough checklist. Roof, electrical, plumbing, heating, structure, and the exact questions to put to the agent while you're standing in the room.
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Plus a page for every construction year since 1900 and our repair cost table published as an open dataset.
A printable First-Time Buyer Money Pack, a one page showing checklist, eight calculators and an open dataset you can hand out or link to. Free, no sign up, nothing collected from the people you give them to.
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It started with a grey metal box on a basement wall.
In 2023 my wife and I bought our first house. In the basement was the electrical panel, a grey box neither of us looked at twice. It was a Federal Pacific panel: a brand with a documented history of breakers that fail to trip, treated as a fire risk, and something insurers now ask about by name. It was in the listing photos. We stood in front of it and had no idea what we were looking at.
That box is the whole problem. Inspectors know it, insurers know it, electricians know it. It just never reaches a first-time buyer at the moment they need it, standing in a stranger's living room with twenty minutes to decide. Casaroo exists to put that knowledge in a buyer's hands before they sign, for free, and to give the library away with it.
The whole story, what is free and why, and who is behind it →
When it launches, the Casaroo Walkthrough will guide you station by station as you tour. Snap the electrical panel, the water-heater label, the roofline, under the sink, and Casaroo will read each one on the spot, then give you the same kind of read for that specific home. It will even tell you what is worth photographing, so you do not miss the things that cost real money.
The Listing Check stays free, always, and walking the home will be free too. The paid part is the written read on the home you walked: planned at $29 for one home, or $79 for a House-Hunt Pass covering every home you walk for six months. None of it is live yet, and those prices are a preview of what is planned.
Be first to try the in-person Walkthrough when it launches. No spam, we'll only email you about the Walkthrough.
Add the homes you are considering and get a read on each one. Free, no account, no limit.
Educational and impartial, not a home inspection.