Time and return, analysed
The true cost of an inspection report rarely shows up in full on an invoice. You pay most of it in hours: on site, at your desk and looking things up. We compare the three common working methods, put a value on your own time, and are honest about when the gain is smaller.
Time invested per job
Most offices work in one of these three ways today. The difference is not in the end result, but in how much of your day it takes.
On site you jot down findings and take photos. The real work starts back at the office: retyping everything, sorting and matching photos, wording your findings and looking up repair costs in reference works.
In apps such as Chapps or PB Plus you record the condition, the material and the damage room by room and element by element in a structured form. That saves typing at the office, but it moves the work into your walkthrough: hundreds of taps with your eyes on a screen.
You create your rooms, take photos and dictate whatever the photo does not show. The AI turns images, voice notes and damage detection into a complete report in under 2 minutes. Back at the office, only the review remains.
Net difference: about 3 hours per job compared with the manual method, and still 1 to 1.5 hours compared with a checklist app. The bulk of it is the office work: writing it up, linking photos and formatting goes from 2 to 4 hours down to about fifteen minutes of review, some 90% less.
Indicative figures for an average two-bedroom apartment, review and finalisation included. A larger or more detailed job pushes all three numbers up; the ratio between them stays largely the same.
Chapps, PB Plus, IMMOplanit and Kodi are trademarks of their respective owners. We mention them only to illustrate the common ways of working. The timings above are our own indicative figures per method, not a measurement of their products.
Where the gain sits
Saving time is not a slogan. It is the sum of four concrete shifts in your working day.
In a classic app you walk through a series of menus for every element: living room, wall, paint, condition, remark. With ImmoHabits you simply photograph the room and whatever stands out. You are out faster and your attention stays on the property and on your client.
Whatever a photo does not show, you dictate on the spot against the right photo. The AI works those spoken findings into the text in full sentences. So you no longer lose time phrasing and rephrasing descriptions.
With damage or a move-out, you no longer gather indicative prices yourself. ImmoHabits links detected damage to a minimum and maximum cost range based on indexed Belgian construction prices, bundled into one summary table.
Because photos, voice and damage detection become one finished report, your role changes. You no longer write: you review, adjust where needed and finalise. That is a fundamentally shorter task than filling a blank document.
The maths
Put the value of your own time next to the cost of a report. Move your hourly rate and your volume, and you see straight away where you land.
Based on 3 hours saved per job compared with the manual method and €40 per report (51 to 200 photos, excl. VAT). Smaller jobs start at €30.
At an hourly rate or internal cost of €70, 3 hours saved is worth €210 in labour cost. Subtract the €40 report cost and €170 net gain remains on a single inspection report. There is no subscription, so nothing runs on in a quiet month.
Saved hours only become real money once you fill them, with an extra job or with work that generates revenue. If you do not, what you mainly buy is a shorter day and fewer evenings spent on reports. Also a good reason, but a different kind of gain.
What you do with it
The real leverage is not in the saved hours themselves, but in what you do with them.
Where a day used to be good for one or two complete inspection reports including office work, three to four now fit. Without extra staff and without longer days.
Hours that no longer go into typing and looking things up can go into prospecting, winning new mandates and guiding your clients. Admin has never won anyone a new assignment.
Hundreds of taps and reports finished in the evening weigh on a team. On top of that, every report is delivered automatically in your own branding and in your client’s language, which makes the report look more professional straight away.
Honestly calculated
Not every profile gets the same return. Three situations where the maths works out differently.
If you produce two or three inspection reports a year, the time saved per job stays the same, but your annual result barely moves. The argument then becomes its value as evidence: a complete, structured report with photos instead of a description written in a hurry.
If you work with an external expert, or outsource your inspections to a full-service partner such as PB Plus, you are not comparing with your own hours but with an invoice. With an expert, that fee is in Belgium usually shared between tenant and landlord. Count that cost and the lead time, because you also depend on their schedule.
The AI writes, but you remain responsible for the result. When you record a voice note, there is no doubt: what you observe is taken as correct. Only where you let the AI interpret the photos on its own is it worth planning a review moment, especially for meter readings and for materials that are hard to tell apart on a photo. That time is included in the 40 to 50 minutes above, and it is exactly where your expertise makes the difference.
Companies get a free test report when they register. Take a property you have to handle anyway, time yourself and compare it with your current method.
How much time do I save with ImmoHabits?
Compared with a fully manual method you save around 3 hours per job: from 3 to 5 hours down to 40 to 50 minutes, review included. The office work itself, writing it up and formatting, drops by around 90%: from 2 to 4 hours to about fifteen minutes of review. If you use a data-entry app such as Chapps or PB Plus today, 1 to 1.5 hours of gain remains, because the tapping during your walkthrough disappears.
What are those time figures based on?
On an average two-bedroom apartment and on what users report themselves about their method before and after switching. These are indicative figures, not a guarantee: property size, level of detail and your own routine all affect where you land.
Do I earn the cost of a report back straight away?
At an hourly rate or internal cost of €70, 3 hours saved represents €210. Against a report cost starting at €30 you are comfortably ahead on your very first job. There is no subscription, so nothing runs on in quiet months.
What if I only make a few inspection reports per month?
The financial effect is smaller, but you also only pay when you generate a report. At low volumes the main gain is usually not the amount but the lead time: your report is finished the same day instead of the following weekend.
Do I still need to review the report?
Yes, and that is deliberate. ImmoHabits flags whatever it cannot establish with certainty from the photo, such as meter readings or the difference between parquet and laminate. You check those points, adjust where needed and stay responsible for the report.
What does an inspection report with ImmoHabits cost?
You pay per report, from €30 excl. VAT, depending on the number of photos. There is no subscription and no cost per team member. A move-out comparison or a repair cost estimate is only added when you need it.
How does ImmoHabits differ from other AI tools such as Kodi or IMMOplanit?
Kodi and IMMOplanit also use AI to write a report. With ImmoHabits you combine your photos with the observations you dictate on site, the AI recognises visible damage and you can attach a min-max repair cost estimate to it straight away. Your report is ready in less than 2 minutes, in your own branding and in your client’s language, and you pay per report without a subscription.
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