How to Prepare for a 99DIG Digital Property Assessment

1. What Is a 99DIG Digital Property Assessment?

99DIG Real Estate Intelligence is a guided digital system designed to help users organise property information and complete a structured property assessment.

Instead of beginning with a long generic form, the workflow starts by asking basic questions about why the property is being assessed and what kind of property it is.

The platform can then request information that is more relevant to the user's selected property and purpose.

2. Do Not Start by Guessing the Result

A common mistake is to begin with a figure already in mind and then try to make the information fit that expectation.

A better approach is to begin with the property itself.

Identify what the property is, where it is located, how large it is, what improvements exist and what supporting information you have.

99DIG is designed to organise that information before presenting the assessment outcome.

3. First Decide Why You Are Assessing the Property

The first major selection in 99DIG is the assessment purpose.

You may be reviewing the property because you are:

• considering a sale;
• considering a purchase;
• reviewing a rental or lease;
• considering an investment;
• looking at development possibilities;
• organising property information internally; or
• using another assessment purpose available in the platform.

Select the option that most closely matches your actual reason for using the assessment.

4. Choose the Property Type Carefully

The next important step is identifying the property category.

Examples may include:

• bare land;
• house;
• apartment;
• shop;
• office;
• warehouse;
• industrial property;
• agricultural property;
• development land;
• mixed-use property; or
• another supported property category.

This matters because a land parcel does not need exactly the same information as an apartment or commercial building.

5. Prepare Basic Property Identification

Before starting, it can help to have basic property-identification information available.

Depending on the property, this may include:

• property address;
• land name;
• lot number;
• survey plan number;
• GN Division;
• DS Division;
• Local Authority area;
• District; and
• Province.

You may not need every item for every assessment. The purpose is to identify the property as clearly as possible.

6. Prepare the Land Extent

If land forms part of the property, try to identify its extent before beginning the assessment.

In Sri Lanka, land extent may be recorded in Acres, Roods and Perches or in another measurement shown in the property information available to you.

If you have a survey plan, it can be useful to check the extent shown there before entering the information.

7. If There Is a Building, Prepare the Basic Building Details

Where the property includes a house, shop, office or another building, the system may request additional information.

Useful details can include:

• building type;
• approximate floor area;
• number of floors;
• number or type of rooms;
• current use;
• general condition; and
• other important improvements.

If you do not know an exact technical specification, avoid inventing one merely to complete the field.

8. Add an Accurate Location

Location is one of the most useful pieces of property context.

Where supported, 99DIG may allow you to provide a Google Maps location or other geographic reference.

Before submitting a map link, check that the pin or location reasonably represents the property you are assessing.

9. Gather Useful Property Photographs

Recent property photographs can help provide visual context.

Useful photographs may show:

• the main property or building;
• road access;
• important improvements;
• visible general condition; and
• surrounding context where relevant.

Try to use clear, recent photographs rather than images that no longer reflect the property.

10. Prepare Supporting Documents Only If Relevant

Some users may have survey plans, approvals or other property-related documents available.

These can help when entering property information, but you should provide only material relevant to the assessment.

Avoid uploading unnecessary confidential or sensitive information.

If a document contains information that is not required, there is no benefit in providing it simply because the file exists.

11. What If You Do Not Have All the Documents?

You may still be able to begin a 99DIG assessment without every possible property document.

The important question is whether you have enough reliable information to complete the relevant fields meaningfully.

If a particular item is unknown, unavailable or uncertain, it is generally better to handle that honestly than to create a false answer.

12. Understand the Difference Between “Unknown” and “Estimated”

Sometimes you may not have an exact figure but may have a reasonable estimate.

For example, you may know an approximate building floor area but not have a measured plan available.

If the 99DIG field allows an approximate answer, provide it honestly and avoid presenting an estimate as an exact verified measurement.

If you genuinely do not know the information, do not create a number simply to complete the field.

13. Market Information Is Helpful, but It Needs Context

You may have information about other properties being offered or discussed in the market.

That information can be useful, but another property's price should not automatically be applied to your property.

Look at whether the other property is reasonably similar in:

• location;
• property type;
• land extent;
• building size;
• access;
• use; and
• other important characteristics.

99DIG can organise comparable information as market context, rather than treating one nearby advertisement as the entire assessment.

14. An Asking Price Is Not Automatically the Final Answer

If a property is advertised for a particular amount, that tells you what is being requested.

It does not automatically tell you what a completed transaction would occur at.

This is why users should avoid entering one advertisement and assuming the assessment process is finished.

15. Read Every Question Before Answering

Digital forms are easy to complete quickly, but speed can create mistakes.

Before entering a figure, check what the field is actually asking.

For example:

• land extent is not the same as building floor area;
• monthly rent is not the same as annual income;
• lot number is not the same as plan number; and
• asking price is not the same as confirmed transaction information.

Taking a few extra seconds to read the field can prevent larger errors later.

16. Use Additional Notes for Relevant Information

Some property characteristics may not fit neatly into a standard field.

Where 99DIG provides an additional-notes area, use it for relevant information that helps explain the property.

Keep the notes factual and concise.

Avoid entering promotional statements or unsupported conclusions simply to influence the assessment.

17. Review Before You Continue

The review stage is one of the most important parts of the process.

Before generating the assessment, check:

• assessment purpose;
• property type;
• address and location;
• land extent;
• building area;
• survey references;
• photographs;
• market information; and
• additional notes.

If something looks obviously wrong, correct it before moving forward.

18. A Simple Beginner Checklist

19. What Happens After You Submit the Information?

Once the relevant information has been entered and reviewed, 99DIG can organise the data through the selected digital assessment workflow.

The final digital output may present property identification, land and building information, location, supporting information, market context and the assessment result in a structured format.

The exact content can vary according to the property type, assessment purpose and information available.

20. How Should a Beginner Read the Result?

Do not look only at the final figure.

Read the property information around it.

Check that the report refers to the correct property, the correct assessment purpose and the information you intended to provide.

Also read any notes or limitations shown in the assessment.

21. What 99DIG Is Designed to Help With

99DIG is designed to make the property-information process easier to organise and understand.

It can help users:

• identify what property information may be relevant;
• organise land and building details;
• record location information;
• add supporting context;
• review available market information;
• check their data before completion; and
• receive a structured digital assessment output.

22. What 99DIG Is Not Intended to Replace

Some property matters require specialist or formally authorised services.

Depending on the intended use, this can include matters involving surveying, legal advice, title investigation, structural analysis, statutory approvals or formal professional valuation.

99DIG does not need to replace those services in order to provide useful digital property assessment and information support.

23. Common Beginner Mistakes to Avoid

Before starting your first assessment, try to avoid these common mistakes:

• selecting the wrong property type;
• choosing a purpose that does not match the actual decision;
• guessing land extent;
• confusing land area with building area;
• using the wrong map location;
• treating one asking price as a complete market answer;
• uploading unnecessary confidential information;
• entering an estimate as if it were verified; and
• skipping the final review stage.

24. You Do Not Need Perfect Information to Start

Beginners sometimes delay starting because they believe every field must be supported by perfect documentation.

That is not always necessary for a preliminary digital assessment.

The better approach is to provide the best information reasonably available, identify uncertainty where appropriate and avoid inventing missing details.

25. Final Thought

Preparing for a property assessment does not need to be complicated.

Start by understanding why you are assessing the property, identify the property type and gather the basic information already available to you.

Then use the 99DIG workflow to organise that information step by step.