A Building Profile is everything Cohabit knows about a particular strata building, brought together in three main views:
Overview
Building Snapshot
Expert Report (if you’ve purchased one)
Use these together to go from high-level view → deeper summary → expert commentary.
Step 1 – Overview: quick building identity & context
The Overview tab is the first page you see when you open a building.
Here you can see:
The basic building details – address, plan (SP) number, who manages it, age/size and key attributes (e.g. pet friendly).
A Health Score summary – the overall building health score and how it compares to similar buildings, with a button to view the full breakdown.
Your Cohabit expert (where applicable) – the strata inspector/strata expert linked to the building.
Features and location – key amenities and a map showing where the building is.
💡 How to use it as a buyer
Confirm you’re looking at the right building.
Get a quick sense of what kind of building it is (age, type, manager, features, location).
Note the Health Score and whether it looks strong, average or like something you’ll want to question.
(Screenshot: Overview tab with building details card and Health Score card)
When you’re ready for more detail, move to Building Snapshot.
Step 2 – Building Snapshot: deeper summary of how the building is tracking
The Building Snapshot tab takes the high-level info from the Overview and breaks it into simple tiles so you can see how different parts of the building are going.
Here you can see things like:
Overall building health – the score and comparison to similar buildings.
Financial stats – a summary of levies and fund balances, plus whether special levies or loans are in play.
Insurance – key insurance info and a simple risk indicator.
Compliance & condition – signals about compliance, building condition and maintenance history.
Security, liveability & sustainability – quick indicators for security features, services, amenities and environmental features.
💡 How to use it as a buyer
Scan the tiles to see where to focus:
Does money look tight?
Are big works coming?
Are there compliance or condition concerns?
Decide which areas you want to dig into next (e.g. financials, works, issues).
(Screenshot: Building Snapshot tab with tiles for Health Score, Financial Stats, Insurance, Compliance, Condition, etc.)
When you want explanation in plain language, move to Expert Report.
Step 3 – Expert Report: plain-English insights from a strata expert
If you’ve purchased a Building Insight Report (Expert Report), the Expert Report tab is where you’ll see it.
Here you can see:
The expert’s written insights about the building, in plain English.
Insights grouped by section (e.g. Financials, Compliance, Meetings, Works & Maintenance, Defects, Issues, etc.).
Links from insights into the underlying sections and files the expert has used.
💡 How to use it as a buyer
Read the expert’s commentary to understand what the records mean in normal language.
Focus first on sections where the expert flags risks, concerns or “things to watch”.
Turn key points into questions for your conveyancer/solicitor, broker or other advisers.
(Screenshot: Expert Report tab with a list of insight sections)
For a full walkthrough, see:
What is an Expert Report (Building Insight Report)?
How to read your Expert Report
When to use each part of the Building Profile
A simple way to think about it:
Overview → “What building is this and what’s its overall health?”
Building Snapshot → “Which parts of this building look strong or concerning?”
Expert Report → “What does all of this actually mean for me as a buyer?”
You can then use the Files tab (and other sections) when you or your professionals want to see the underlying documents.