SolutionsBuilding inspectors
Inspection software for building inspectors
Pre-purchase and residential building inspectors who write NZS 4306-aligned reports and would rather not spend their evenings doing it.
Walk the property with your phone, photograph what you find, and say what you saw. By the time you are back in the ute, the report is drafted: your sections, your disclaimers, your wording, aligned to NZS 4306:2005, the New Zealand standard for residential property inspection. You review it, fix what needs fixing, and send. This is the part of ducksoup that is live today, with real inspectors using it on real jobs.
How does capture work on site?
Photo first. You shoot the finding, tag where it is against your own template's areas, and add what you want to say by voice or a quick note. One hand, gloves on, no laptop. Each finding carries its photos, its location in the property, and a written comment drafted the way you would have written it, because the drafting learns from your own past reports rather than a generic library.
What does the report look like?
Yours. Ducksoup imports the template and report style you already use, then follows it: terms of engagement, scope, area-by-area findings with photos and a rating, summary, sign-off with your details. Findings state what was observed, where, why it matters and what to do about it, which is what separates a report a client can act on from a list of vague notes. Consumer Protection's guidance on building reports describes what buyers are told to look for; a report that reads well against that page is a report that wins referrals.
What about the standard?
NZS 4306 defines the minimum scope and reporting requirements for pre-purchase residential inspection in New Zealand, and membership bodies like NZIBI expect reporting to it. Ducksoup ships with an NZS 4306-aligned starter template, and the checklist keeps you honest before the report reaches the client: if an area you marked as required has nothing recorded, you get reminded before you finish. It never blocks you, because the professional judgement is yours.
What if my template is different?
Then bring it. Upload an old report or your current checklist and ducksoup rebuilds it as a living template: your structure, your boilerplate, your phrasing. Every report after that follows it.