Who this article is for
Buyers researching a strata or community-titled building
Lot owners and committee members
Buyer’s agents, conveyancers and advisors
Anyone opening a building in Cohabit and wanting to understand what they’re seeing
What a Building Profile is
A Building Profile is the central place in Cohabit where all information about a building lives.
Every user — buyers, owners, agents and advisors — sees the same Building Profile for a building.
It brings together:
High-level building information
The Building Health Score (if available)
Building Snapshot tiles (financials, works, compliance, insurance, issues, etc.)
Expert Insights (including supporting documents)
Ongoing updates through Building Intelligence (if enabled)
Whether you arrive via Research or by clicking an apartment in Apartments, you’re always viewing the same Building Profile.
This is the page used to answer:
“What’s going on in this building?”
📸 Screenshot: Building Profile opened on the Overview tab
How you can open a Building Profile
There are two main ways users reach a Building Profile.
From Research
Research is used to search for and explore buildings:
Search by building address or strata plan
Review buildings you’re researching
Open a building to view its profile
From Apartments (for connected owners)
If you’ve connected an apartment:
Go to Apartments
Click an apartment card
This opens the same Building Profile, with owner-specific context enabled.
Key areas of a Building Profile
Not every building will show every section. What appears depends on the data available and which features are enabled for that building.
Overview — the starting point
The Overview tab is the front door to the building.
Here you’ll typically see:
Building details (address, strata plan, number of apartments)
The Building Health Score (if available)
A link into the Building Snapshot
Owner-only context (such as My Apartments, where applicable)
To get a quick sense of the building
To see whether a Health Score exists
To decide where to go next (Snapshot or Expert Insights)
Building Snapshot — a structured building overview
The Building Snapshot provides a structured, at-a-glance view of the building’s key areas.
Snapshot tiles may include:
Financials
Works & maintenance
Compliance
Insurance
Issues or defects
Liveability or condition signals (where available)
Renewals and compliance tracking are now shown within these tiles, rather than as a separate section.
To quickly identify strengths, risks and gaps
To support due diligence, negotiations or committee discussions
To track changes over time, especially when Building Intelligence is active
Related: Understanding the Building Snapshot
Expert Insights — expert interpretation and records (if available)
If Expert Insights exist for the building, you’ll see an Expert Insights section.
Expert Insights bring together:
Plain-English interpretation of strata records
Highlighted risks, patterns and areas to watch
Supporting documents used by the expert (such as minutes, financials, insurance and compliance records)
This is now where building documents live in Cohabit.
How people use it
To go beyond raw data and understand context
To review supporting documents alongside expert commentary
To inform advice, negotiations and next steps
Related:
Owner context: My Apartments (owners only)
If you’re connected to an apartment as an owner, you’ll see a My Apartments tab inside the Building Profile.
This tab:
Is only visible to owners
Shows the apartment(s) you’re connected to in the building
Allows owners to manage apartment-level details only
It does not change building-level data.
Where the information comes from
Everything shown in a Building Profile is based on:
Strata records Cohabit is authorised to inspect
Expert Insights prepared for the building (and their supporting documents)
Building Intelligence updates (if enabled)
Owner-provided apartment details (for ownership context only)
Building Profiles are not live feeds from strata manager systems. They reflect the most recent authorised records available at the time of inspection or update.
Related:
FAQs
Why does a Building Profile sometimes look empty?
It may not yet have a Health Score, Expert Insights, or enough authorised records available.
Is everything guaranteed to be current?
No. Profiles reflect the most recent authorised records. Ongoing updates rely on Building Intelligence or new inspections.
Is this suitable for professional due diligence?
Yes. The Building Profile is designed to support informed decisions, alongside professional advice and source documents.