For families
A home that works at every age.
Checking a property for Mum or Dad? Paste a Rightmove link and find out if it’s step-free and ready for the years ahead, before you drive across town to visit.
You’re the one who checks.
You’re holding down a job, a family of your own, and now the quiet worry of whether the next home will still work for your parent in a few years’ time. You scroll the listings looking for the step at the door, the bathroom upstairs, the hallway that’s just too narrow.
A bungalow, a ground-floor flat, an annexe close to you: each could be right, and each could hide a problem the photos gloss over. Senso reads the listing the way you would if you had the time, and tells you what to look at first.
Know whether it’s worth the viewing, before you rearrange everyone’s day.
How Senso works
Three steps. No more guessing.
Paste a Rightmove listing link
Any UK Rightmove property you're considering for your parent.
We read it in under 5 minutes
Every photo and floorplan, checked for step-free access, ground-floor living and more.
Get a plain-English answer
Colour-coded findings on doorways, steps, bathrooms and the neighbourhood, so you know in seconds whether to book the viewing.
What we check
The details that make a home work.
It might be planning ahead for a parent, a change in mobility, or simply a home you won’t have to move out of again. These are the things worth knowing before you visit.
Doorways & corridors
Door widths, corridor clearance and turning space, the things a photo won’t tell you at a glance.
Step-free access
Entrance steps, thresholds, split levels and ground-floor living, what makes a home work now and later.
Bathrooms & wet rooms
Grab rails, level-access showers, turning circles, and whether a ground-floor bathroom is realistic.
Neighbourhood & community
Nearby healthcare, transport and pavement conditions, the things that matter for staying independent.
Common questions
Checking a home for a parent
- I'm looking for a home that will work for my Mum — where do I start?
- Paste the Rightmove link of any home you're considering. Senso reads the photos and floorplan and tells you, in plain English, whether it's step-free at the door, whether the bathroom would work, and whether day-to-day living could stay on the ground floor — before you rearrange your day to visit.
- Is a bungalow always the safest choice?
- Not always. A bungalow gives you single-level living, but a listing can still hide a step at the front door, a narrow hallway, or a bathroom that's hard to adapt. Senso checks the specifics of the actual home rather than assuming the property type answers the question.
- What about a ground-floor flat or an annexe?
- Both can be excellent — a ground-floor flat with level access, or an annexe that keeps a parent close but independent. The details matter: the approach to the entrance, thresholds, turning space and the bathroom layout. Senso surfaces those from the listing so you can compare fairly.
- Mum's fine now, but I want somewhere that works as she gets older.
- That's future-proofing, and it's exactly what this is for. A home that works at 80 usually means step-free access, a workable ground-floor bathroom and room to adapt later. Senso flags which of those a listing already has and which would need changing.
- Do I need an account?
- No. You get 3 free checks with no account. Sign in only if you want to save reports, share them with family, or download a PDF.
The right home is out there.
Find out if the one you’re looking at works, in under 5 minutes, free.