ReportWise started with a 47-page building inspection report and a sinking feeling.

In 2024, our founder was buying a property in Sydney. The inspection report arrived - dense with AS/NZS code references, phrases like "efflorescence noted to north-facing masonry walls," and severity ratings from Minor to Major with no indication of what any of it would actually cost. Which findings were deal-breakers? Which were cosmetic? The report didn't say.

Two days of Googling, a dozen phone calls to tradespeople, and a lot of stress later, the picture finally became clear: roughly $18,000 in repairs, two genuine red flags, and three items that sounded terrifying but were actually routine maintenance. That clarity changed the negotiation entirely - but it shouldn't have taken two days and a dozen phone calls to get there.

That experience revealed a gap in the property market. Inspection reports are written by qualified professionals, for qualified professionals. But the people reading them - the buyers, the investors, the homeowners - aren't professionals. They're making the biggest financial decision of their lives based on a document they can't fully understand.

So we built ReportWise. We take the complex, jargon-heavy reports that come with property transactions - building inspections, strata reports, pest assessments, valuations, pool compliance, flood studies, and more - and translate them into plain English with severity ratings, real Australian cost estimates, red flags, and specific questions to ask. What used to take days of research now takes hours.

Today, ReportWise analyses 12 types of property reports across every stage of the buying journey. Whether you're a first-home buyer decoding your first building inspection, an investor reviewing a depreciation schedule, or a homeowner navigating a construction dispute - we give you the clarity to make informed decisions.