How it works

You don't need to know
the neighbourhoods yet.

Tell us about the move. The companion narrows the city down to places that fit, says why each one fits and what you would be giving up, and stays with you while you investigate, compare and decide.

The decision

Seven stages, in the order the problem arrives.

These are the product's own stages, not a marketing story. The companion works out which one you are in from what you have actually done, so you can skip stages, repeat them, or arrive halfway through.

  1. Tell us

    Companion

    Say which city, whether you are buying or renting, who is moving with you, where you need to get to, and what matters most.

    What the product does
    Five questions at most, and every one of them is skippable. Anything you leave out is recorded as a gap and worked around rather than demanded before you can continue.
  2. Discover

    Companion

    Read what came back, and why it came back.

    What the product does
    A deterministic engine ranks the neighbourhoods in that city against your priorities and names the trade-off beside the fit. The engine picks the places. The language model only writes the sentences.
    We are a family of four moving from Toronto to Calgary. I work downtown. We want more space, good access to schools and parks, and a commute under 30 minutes.

    Scarboro/Sunalta West

    Strong fit · 94/100

    Schools
    98 vs 50 median
    Parks and recreation
    91 vs 46 median
    Trade-off. Affordability: scores 5 against a city median of 48.

    Real output from the decision engine for the situation above. An example, not a recommendation for you.

  3. Shortlist

    Companion

    Keep the ones worth keeping, rule out the ones that do not work, and say what ruled them out.

    What the product does
    Ruling a place out is recorded with its reason rather than deleted, and it stops appearing in later suggestions. The shortlist becomes a record of your decision instead of a list of bookmarks.
  4. Investigate

    Analyze

    Pick one neighbourhood, or one address, and go deep on it.

    What the product does
    A full analysis across property value, safety, access, community context and climate, with the source and the limit stated next to each number.
  5. Compare

    Compare

    Put two or three finalists side by side.

    What the product does
    A neutral read of where they differ and what you would be giving up in each direction. No winner is declared, because which trade-off is acceptable is yours to decide.
  6. Check it for yourself rather than taking our word for it.

    What the product does
    Every lens is on the map, with travel-time isochrones and real routing to the places you actually go. Ask answers follow-up questions against the same data the analyses use.
  7. Commit, or take one more look next week.

    What the product does
    Your priorities, your shortlist and everything you ruled out are still there when you come back, so returning is not starting over.
Start at stage one.
No account, and no card. The first recommendations are free.
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Behind every stage

Five lenses on every place.

The same five bodies of evidence sit behind the recommendations, the analyses and the comparisons. Each one is published with what it cannot tell you. See where the data comes from →

01
Property value

Municipal assessed values and how they have moved.

Assessments are not sale prices and they lag the market.

02
Safety

Reported incidents by area, ranked against the rest of the city.

Reporting rates differ between areas. A rank is not a verdict.

03
Access

Real travel times by car, transit, walking and cycling to the places you name.

Measures proximity and time, not the quality of what you reach.

04
Community context

Census characteristics of the people already living there.

Context only. The engine never ranks a neighbourhood on who lives in it.

05
Climate

Modelled exposure to local climate hazards.

Exposure across an area, not a forecast for one address.

Ready when you are

Start with the move,
not the map.

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Free, and no account needed to see your first recommendations. Plans from $50/mo when you want the deeper analyses, with a 7-day trial and no credit card.