Documents, video, physical: three different inspections
They are deliberately never presented as equivalent. Papers checked, a guided video call, and an officer standing in the building are three different claims.
Documents reviewed
Ownership or management papers were supplied and checked against the person listing the property.
What it does not prove: nobody from Domicium has seen the property itself. The papers may be perfect and the building may be nothing like the photographs.
Live video walkthrough
A Domicium officer was walked through the property on a live call and saw the rooms as they are today.
What it does not prove: the walkthrough was guided by the person making the claim, and the officer was not physically present. What the camera was pointed away from is not part of the record.
Physical inspection
A Domicium officer attended the property in person, unaccompanied by the lister where possible.
What it does not prove: an inspection reflects the property on the day it was visited. Tenants move in, works are done, and a visit from last year says little about this month.
Why they are never merged
The three methods carry different strength and are labelled by name rather than reduced to "inspected". Presenting them identically is how a weaker check borrows the credibility of a stronger one.
The strength ordering is used to sort and to describe. It is never averaged into a score, because a number would put the distinction back where it started.
GPS confirmation is recorded separately from the method. Coordinates are captured during a visit, so a documents-only check cannot carry one.
Which one you should ask for
If you are renting from abroad, or committing a large advance, a physical inspection is the only one of the three where someone independent of the lister stood in the building.
A video walkthrough is still worth a great deal, particularly for confirming that the rooms exist and are in the state shown. Treat it as evidence about the rooms you were shown.
Still stuck?
Email info@domicium.com or WhatsApp +233 54 012 8220. To report a listing or a person, use complaints in your dashboard.
Read next
- What a badge proves, and what it does notA tier is a colour. The panel on every property page shows the four underlying checks, including the ones nobody has done.
- When a check lapsesIdentity does not go stale. A building does. Inspections carry a date done and a date they stop counting.
- The four verification tiersUnverified, bronze, silver, gold. Each is earned with named evidence, each includes everything below it, and none of them can be bought.
- Losing a tier, and badges that outrun their evidenceA downgrade always works, even when a check has been withdrawn. Raising a tier back is a reviewed request, never a reversal.