Pocket Urbanist.
Send us the address and your question. A selected expert from the Cementum team takes on the case, studies it with the platform and checks every result at the source. Within 48 to 72 hours of agreeing the question you receive two documents: the Flash Briefing, with the answer you can read in two minutes, and the full technical report, cited line by line.
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48 to 72 hours.
From when we agree the question, not from when you first write to us.
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Cited at the source.
Every result links to the regulation, the article and the document it comes from, so you can check it.
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First, we talk.
A short call to understand the case. If it is not one for us, we tell you before you spend anything.
The real cost is finding out too late.
A deal rarely falls through because the zoning plan is hard to read. It falls through because the problem was written in a document nobody opened until month four: a buffer zone cutting across the plot, a floor area the seller states one way and the land registry another, a use the plan never allowed. This information can be found. But finding it has always cost thousands of euros and weeks of work, so it comes to light after the money has moved, rather than before.
At the bottom of every page of this site it says that Cementum is a research tool and that results must be checked by a qualified professional before acting. We mean it, and that is why the service exists: instead of doing the research yourself and handing the raw result to someone else, you have an expert from our team on the case from day one. They use the platform, check every result at the source, tell you what could not be confirmed and stay on the call until the answer is clear to you.
Bring us the question the listing does not answer.
- Can I build what I have in mind on this plot, or does it need a planning variation?
- What is the best use the plan really allows on this parcel?
- What is blocking the deal, and can it be solved?
- Does the floor area stated by the seller match the land registry?
- Which permit is needed, CILA, SCIA or a building permit, and how long does it take?
- Is it better to walk away?
- Can I restore and extend the existing building, and by how much?
- Can this land host a photovoltaic plant, and with which authorisation?
Three steps, with an expert on your case.
The platform does the research. The expert decides what matters, what is missing and what is in your interest to do.
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You tell us about the case.
On a short call, or with the address and a message if that suits you better. We agree the question and what the answer must contain. The clock starts from there.
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We study it.
We read plans, regulations, constraints and land registry data with Cementum and check every result at the source. What could not be confirmed, we flag rather than hide.
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You receive two documents and a call.
Within 48 to 72 hours we deliver the Flash Briefing, with the answer you can read in two minutes, and the technical report behind it: what is clear, what depends on conditions, what remains to be confirmed and how to do it. Then we go through them together, until you have what you need to decide.
The answer in two minutes, and all the evidence behind it.
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The Flash Briefing.
The answer first: the verdict, the steps that decide it and the next step. About ten slides to read in two minutes and share with your partners.
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The technical report.
The complete case, usually between 26 and 36 pages, more for complex cases: planning, parameters, constraints, hydrogeological risk and land registry, each linked to the regulation and the article. Your professional or your lawyer can check it without starting from scratch. When it helps to understand the project, it comes with a 3D study model.
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Open points, stated.
What could not be confirmed is written down, with its effect on your numbers and the concrete step to close it. Often a zoning certificate or a phone call is enough, and we tell you which.
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The explanation.
As well as the documents, a call in which we explain the verdict, the conditions and the open points. You check, you decide.
- 01 Verdict whether you can proceed, and on what conditions
- 02 Binding steps what has to be resolved first, and what it costs
- 03 Verified and ruled out what does not weigh on the case, with the reasons written down
- 04 Procedure the steps ahead of you, with realistic timings
- 05 Documents to obtain and who has to sign them
- 06 Next steps in order, with what each one unlocks
For people who have to decide on a property or a plot of land and do not have weeks.
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Builders and contractors.
Before making an offer, to know what can really be built on a plot and on what conditions.
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Investors and developers.
To screen several plots in a few days and commission the full study only for the right one.
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Owners who are selling or adding value.
To show, with sources, the best use the plan allows and the value that comes from it, before negotiating.
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Banks, firms and professionals.
To start from a picture that is already reconstructed and cited, instead of a blank page.
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Public bodies and universities.
For the reuse of existing buildings and reading the planning instruments in complex projects. We have carried out pilot work for the Municipality of Savona and the University of Macerata.
We do the research. The decision stays yours.
What you receive
A verified reading of your property's situation, in which every result links to the document it comes from and every open point is written down.
What it is not
It is not a legal opinion, an appraisal, a signed drawing or a building application. We do not certify or approve: we reconstruct the situation and cite the sources. Your professional, your lawyer or your surveyor then starts from a picture that is already reconstructed and can check every line we have written.
Pocket Urbanist
- A selected expert from the team on your case
- Flash Briefing and technical report
- Within 48 to 72 hours of agreeing the question
- Price agreed on a call, case by case
You can also do it yourself
With the Cementum platform you run the same research yourself, from the address to the cited report, at your own pace. 14-day free trial.
Try CementumFour answers before the call.
Are 48 to 72 hours enough for serious work?
The weeks went into the research, not the reasoning. The platform reads plans, regulations and constraints in minutes, and our time goes into judgement: what applies to your parcel, what does not, and what nobody has confirmed yet. And because every result is cited, you do not have to take our word for it.
So it is artificial intelligence?
Yes, the research is done by Cementum, which uses artificial intelligence. People who hand us a case usually do so precisely because they do not want to do the research themselves: they want it done by someone who knows the trade, and someone to explain what it means. The platform decides nothing and does not hide what it has not found, and every case is led and managed by an expert from the team, from start to delivery. How we use artificial intelligence.
How much does it cost?
We agree it on a call, case by case, because a single parcel and a portfolio of twelve plots do not take the same work. The right comparison is with the cost and time of a traditional check.
Who handles the case?
A selected expert from the Cementum team, with a background on building sites, the platform at hand and the time to read everything. If the case needs a qualified professional, we tell you and point out what is needed.
Bring us the plot you are assessing.
A short call, no sales pitch: the address, the idea, the deadline. You come away with the question in writing, the agreed scope and a delivery date. If we are not the right people for your case, we tell you straight away.