About | Coastal Intel

Where this started

The information has always been out there. Most buyers just never knew where to look.

The planning portals, flood maps, council overlays and environmental data that Coastal Intel draws on have always existed. Professionals have always known where to find them. Experienced buyer advocates, town planners, building certifiers and conveyancers have been navigating these sources for decades.

The problem was never that the information didn't exist. It was that it was scattered across dozens of government portals, written in technical language and never designed for a regular buyer to find, interpret or act on.

Most buyers didn't even know these resources were available. And even those who did rarely had the background to know what they were looking at.

Coastal Intel was built to change that. To take the same data that informed professionals draw on and present it clearly, simply and in one place — so anyone making a significant property decision can access the same intelligence that was previously only available to those who knew where to look.

The data was always there. Planning portals, flood maps, council overlays, environmental records. Available to anyone. But scattered, technical and never designed for a regular buyer to find or understand.

Some professionals know where to look. Experienced professionals draw on these sources. But most buyers never have access to that level of research and even when they engage professionals, the full picture rarely gets presented clearly.

Built by people who know property. Coastal Intel was founded by professionals with backgrounds in construction, building certification, planning and buyer advocacy. Not a technology company that discovered property. A property intelligence platform built by people who have spent careers inside it.

The problem we solve

The roadworthy that property never had.

Nobody buys a used car and takes the seller's word for it. The roadworthy certificate exists because there is an obvious conflict of interest. The seller wants the best price. The buyer needs to know what they are actually getting.

We have normalised that protection for a twenty thousand dollar car. Somehow we have accepted that a million dollar property just needs a marketing brochure and a smile from the selling agent.

The selling agent's job is to achieve the best outcome for the vendor. That is not a criticism. It is the system. But it means the buyer walks into the most significant financial transaction of their life as the least informed person in the room.

Coastal Intel is the roadworthy that property never had. Independent, clear and on your side.

87%

of Australians — more than 22 million people — live within 50km of the coastline, where environmental constraints, planning controls, climate risks and development pressures can significantly influence property decisions. (Australia's State of the Environment 2021), in the most environmentally complex property markets in the country.

1 source

Most buyers rely on a single source of information about a property. The selling agent, whose job is to achieve the best outcome for the vendor.

30+ sources

The number of data sources a thorough buyer advocate or due diligence professional draws on before advising a client. Coastal Intel brings them all together.

Our philosophy

Five things we believe about information.

These are not marketing principles. They are the constraints we design every product decision around. If something we build does not meet all five of these, we do not ship it.

Independent

Never aligned to sales, commissions or vested interests. We do not take referral fees, advertising revenue or commissions of any kind. Our only interest is the buyer's.

Practical

Focused on what actually impacts decisions. Data for its own sake is not intelligence. Everything we surface has to be relevant to a real decision a real person is making.

Accessible

Technical data translated into plain English. No jargon. No assumption that you already know what a planning overlay, a flood immunity level or a material change of use actually means.

Transparent

Sources cited, methodologies explained, limitations acknowledged. You should always know where the information comes from and where the gaps are.

Actionable

Every report ends with clear next steps. Specific questions to ask, risks to investigate and decisions to make. Intelligence that helps you act, not just information that sits on a screen.

What we are not

Clarity about what Coastal Intel does not do.

One of the most important things about Coastal Intel is what it is not. The property industry is full of platforms that present themselves as neutral while quietly being funded by the transaction they are supposed to be independent of.

We are not one of those. Our revenue comes from users who pay for intelligence. Not from agents, developers, lenders or anyone with a stake in the outcome of a property decision.

That independence is not a feature. It is the whole point.

Not a property portal

We do not list properties for sale. We help people understand them.

Not a mortgage broker

We do not take commissions from lenders or refer buyers to finance products.

Not a lead generation business

We do not sell your data or pass your details to agents, developers or anyone else.

Not a sales platform

We have no financial interest in whether you buy, sell or do nothing.

Not a valuation tool

We provide context and intelligence. Not automated valuations or price predictions.

Where we are going

The long term vision.

Coastal Intel's long term ambition is to become Australia's most trusted independent property intelligence platform. The place people go before they get excited about a listing. Before they make an offer. Before they commit.

We are starting with the intelligence gaps that matter most to Australian buyers today. Environmental risk, planning complexity, building history and the coastal context that shapes so much of how Australians live.

Over time we will expand into new intelligence areas, new product formats and new ways of delivering insight to buyers, homeowners and the professionals who serve them.

The goal throughout is the same. Reduce uncertainty. Reveal opportunity. Help people make decisions they feel genuinely confident about rather than decisions they hope were right.

Australia's most trusted independent property intelligence platform. Not the biggest. Not the loudest. The one people trust most when it matters most. That is the only goal that has ever guided this platform.

We exist because buyers deserve better.

The information has always been out there. Most buyers just never knew where to look.

The roadworthy that property never had.

Five things we believe about information.

Clarity about what Coastal Intel does not do.

The long term vision.

Know more before you commit.