The Inspector’s Notebook
What Is a Building Inspection? A Practical Guide for Homeowners and Buyers
Never booked a building inspection? A plain-English guide to what’s checked, how the process works and what to do with the report afterwards.
Pre-Purchase Pest Inspections: What Buyers Need to Know About Timber Pests
The timber under the floor rarely gets a look at an open home. Here’s what a pre-purchase timber pest inspection checks, and what happens if termite damage turns up.
How to Read Your Building Inspection Report (Before Contracts Become Binding)
Building inspection reports use four defect categories. Once you know what Serious Safety Hazard, Major Defect, Minor Defect and For Your Information actually mean, a fifty-page report becomes easy to act on.
Rising Damp and Timber Pest Risk Found in a South Yarra Pre-Purchase Building Inspection
Thermal imaging and moisture meters found rising damp, a possible wet-area leak and fungal decay in this South Yarra pre-purchase inspection.
What Do Building Inspectors Look For? The Clues That Matter
A crack, a ceiling stain, swollen skirting. Here’s how building inspectors read the clues you spot at an open home, and what to ask about each one.
What is a Pre-Purchase Building Inspection?
A pre-purchase building inspection looks past fresh paint and staged furniture to what’s really going on. Here’s what it covers, what it can miss, and what real Melbourne inspections have turned up.
Termite Damage and an Unstable Wall Found in a Hawthorn Pre-Purchase Inspection
An unstable wall and confirmed termite damage turned this Hawthorn inspection into a genuinely high-stakes result. Here's what our inspector uncovered before settlement.