Survey software for New Zealand
In New Zealand, PropertySurvey Pro is the app for pre-purchase inspections, new-build snag lists and rental property inspections, and DampApp Pro records the moisture and ventilation evidence behind a damp or Healthy Homes finding. Community and public housing providers can keep that evidence for every home in HousingSurvey Pro.
For a pre-purchase inspection, a snag list or a rental property inspection in New Zealand, use PropertySurvey Pro. For damp, mould and the ventilation and moisture parts of the Healthy Homes Standards, use DampApp Pro. Community housing providers and public housing teams can hold that evidence across a portfolio in HousingSurvey Pro.
Two things shape most New Zealand reports. The first is water: a wet, windy maritime climate, and the leaky homes, built from the mid-1990s onwards in ways that did not keep the weather out or comply with the Building Code. The second is the rental baseline: since 1 July 2025 every private rental must meet the Healthy Homes Standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, and draught stopping.
Pre-purchase inspection is not a regulated industry in New Zealand, as the government's Settled home-buying guide points out, so the standard an inspector works to and the limits they state give the report its weight.
Building inspectors and building surveyors
PropertySurvey Pro gives New Zealand building inspectors a structured, offline way to produce a pre-purchase report: each area of the site and building with captioned photographs and a clear statement of what could not be seen.
Consumer Protection describes the standard pre-purchase inspection as a Residential Property Inspection to NZS 4306:2005: a visual inspection that will not find problems concealed behind finished surfaces such as plumbing, framing, insulation or wiring. The Real Estate Authority recommends that agents point buyers to inspectors who conform to the standard. So state the limits: which cladding junctions you saw, whether invasive moisture testing was in scope, and which findings need a building surveyor or engineer.
The same guidance tells buyers that an inspection will not say whether renovations had building consent; council records or a LIM answer that. Noting that a sleep-out or converted garage looks like later work and advising a LIM check is useful; guessing at consent is not.
AI Polish turns your notes into draft wording you edit, and the stair checker includes NZBC D1 limits.
Damp specialists, Healthy Homes assessors and property managers
DampApp Pro records the evidence behind a damp or mould finding in a New Zealand home: air and surface readings, dew point calculated on the device, the extractor fans present and whether they work, and the drainage and subfloor conditions that let water in.
Two of the five Healthy Homes Standards sit squarely in damp territory. The ventilation standard requires each liveable space to have a window or door that opens to the outside and can be fixed open, and kitchens and bathrooms to have an extractor fan. The moisture ingress and drainage standard requires efficient drainage, guttering and downpipes, and a ground moisture barrier where there is an enclosed subfloor. Landlords must also keep records that show compliance.
The app documents what you saw and measured. It does not certify a home: some requirements need prescribed measurements or calculations, and exemptions can apply, so compliance stays the landlord's decision.
Building Code clauses E2 External moisture and E3 Internal moisture govern new building work; use them to explain a moisture path in an existing house, not as a verdict on it.
Snagging inspectors, property managers and landlords
PropertySurvey Pro handles two photo-heavy New Zealand reports: the new-build snag list and the tenancy property inspection report.
For new homes, the Building Act 2004 sets a 12-month defect repair period after completion: the building contractor must fix defects notified in writing within that year, and implied warranties run for longer. A dated, itemised snag list, sent in writing, is that notice. A follow-up visit from the finished survey then shows what was fixed and what is still open.
For rentals, Tenancy Services recommends that landlord and tenant check the property together at the start of a tenancy, take photos, and complete the property inspection report in the tenancy agreement template. Routine inspections can happen at most once every four weeks, with at least 48 hours' notice and between 8am and 7pm, and photos should leave out the tenant's belongings where possible.
Community housing providers, public housing teams and contractors
HousingSurvey Pro lets a housing provider keep Healthy Homes and damp evidence for every home in one place: surveyors capture offline, the office portal runs cases and works orders, and each record is sealed when it is finished.
Tenancy Services' timeline shows that houses rented by Kāinga Ora and registered community housing providers had to comply with the Healthy Homes Standards by 1 July 2024, a year ahead of private rentals. Holding that position means showing it still holds: fans working, insulation undisturbed, drainage clear, each with a date.
Because every photo is fingerprinted when it is taken and every finished record links to the one before it for that home, an edit after the fact is detectable. Integration runs over API, webhooks, EDI or SFTP. HousingSurvey Pro stores data in London, which your privacy and procurement teams will want to know.
Rules that shape the report
Tenancy Services (MBIE)
Minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, and draught stopping in rental homes. All private rentals must comply from 1 July 2025, unless an exemption applies.
Official sourceTenancy Services (MBIE)
New or renewed tenancy agreements must include a signed statement of the home's current compliance, and landlords must keep records that show it.
Official sourceStandards New Zealand
The New Zealand standard for pre-purchase residential property inspections. Government consumer guidance calls it the standard pre-purchase inspection and describes it as a visual inspection.
MBIE Building Performance
E2 covers resistance to moisture from outside; E3 covers avoiding fungal growth and excess moisture inside. They govern new building work and frame how moisture findings are explained.
Official sourceNew Zealand Government (MBIE)
Residential building work carries a 12-month defect repair period after completion, for defects notified in writing, and implied warranties that last beyond it.
MBIE Building Performance
The route for eligible owners of leaky homes to resolve claims through negotiation, mediation or adjudication.
Official sourceTenancy Services (MBIE)
Landlords can inspect at most once every four weeks, with at least 48 hours' notice and between 8am and 7pm.
Official sourceOn site in New Zealand
Consumer Protection notes that plaster-style monolithic cladding was used from the 1980s to the mid-2000s and that many leaky homes have it. A clean exterior tells you little, so record junctions, flashings, deck and balcony details and cladding clearances, and recommend invasive testing where risk indicators stack up.
The same guidance flags Weatherside, a weatherboard known to leak that may be on houses built in the early 1980s, and asbestos, used widely from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980s. Call suspect materials suspect and name the test that would confirm them.
Intermittent heating, washing dried indoors and bathrooms without working extraction produce the familiar winter mould on cold external walls, window reveals and behind furniture. Record the heating, fans and readings so the advice fits the cause.
The Healthy Homes moisture standard requires a ground moisture barrier under an enclosed subfloor. Where access is safe, photograph the barrier's coverage and condition; where it is not, say so rather than assume either way.
DampApp Pro and PropertySurvey Pro can be used without an account or card. The free tier supports full offline surveys, watermarked PDF export, 3 free uses a month of each AI tool and a reusable on-device capacity of up to 25 surveys. Export or delete completed work to free a slot.
Pro is optional and adds cloud sync, greater storage, the full AI allowance, premium integrations and white-label branding. Eligible new subscribers start Pro with a free trial. Review the current entitlements, free trials and store prices on the ProSurvey pricing page.
PropertySurvey Pro helps you structure a report for an NZS 4306:2005 pre-purchase inspection: each area of the site and building, the limitations that applied and dated photographs. It is not certified or endorsed by Standards New Zealand, and the inspector remains responsible for the scope and the conclusions. Buy the standard from Standards New Zealand and work to its current text.
No. DampApp Pro records ventilation, moisture and drainage evidence with readings, photos and dates. Some Healthy Homes requirements need prescribed measurements, calculations or an exemption check, so the compliance decision stays with the landlord and their assessor.
Yes. You can download PropertySurvey Pro or DampApp Pro and run a real pre-purchase or damp inspection without paying. Free reports export as watermarked PDFs, each AI tool gives you 3 free uses a month, and the device holds up to 25 surveys. The stores show the optional Pro price in NZD.
Inspect room by room in PropertySurvey Pro, log each defect with a numbered photo and location, and send the dated PDF to the building contractor in writing. When the builder has been back, start a follow-up visit from the finished survey to show what was fixed and what remains.
Yes. Nothing in a survey needs a connection: you can inspect a back-country bach or a new subdivision with no mobile coverage and export the report on site. If you subscribe to Pro, cloud sync uploads the work when coverage returns.
Yes. Pick New Zealand as your region in Settings, under Region & Language. Spelling in the app and PDF, NZD costs, Celsius temperatures and the tax label on your company details all follow, and AI Polish writes its drafts in New Zealand English for you to edit.
Not in New Zealand? Choose your country
Download the app that fits your work, run a real survey offline and hand over the PDF on site. Pro is optional, with a free trial first.
Compare prices and free trials on the pricing page.
PropertySurvey Pro
DampApp Pro
HousingSurvey Pro