Score the house while you can still think straight.
This version weights the checks that do the most damage later, adds hard-stop flags the score should never hide, and lets you save, copy or print the result as a proper viewing note.
Score the house before you start explaining away the awkward bits. Zero means reassuring. One means manageable but needs checking. Two means this is likely to create real friction, cost or compromise.
You have a real listing, viewing or second-viewing contender and need to judge the property as a working home, not just as a lovely house. Pair it with the utilities checker when the systems look as important as the house itself.
Score the property
Use save, copy or print if you want to keep a viewing record. Nothing here is sent anywhere.
The basics look strong, straightforward or already well evidenced.
There is a trade-off here, but it may still be reasonable if you verify the detail.
This is likely to create repeated friction, cost or stress later.
Access, private systems, maintenance, routes, signal and financial margin count more because they usually hurt most later.
Hard-stop red flags the score should not hide
Tick these if they apply. They do not automatically kill the property, but they should override any temptation to wave serious issues through.
How to read the score
The basics look solid and the weak points feel limited, specific and answerable.
There are trade-offs here. The house may still be sensible, but only if the weak points are explicitly verified and accepted.
The property is asking for a lot of tolerance, money or repeated compromise. That does not make it wrong, but it does mean the risks are real.
If the red-flag box is doing a lot of work, treat that as the true story even if the weighted score looks passable.
Take the main weak points into your next viewing, survey or budgeting decision. A property that needs a lot of tolerance should also leave more room in the budget and the weekly routine.