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Category Archives: Pre-Purchase Inspections
Pre purchase inspection, fraudulent cover up exposed!
If you are buying a home would you like to know if it had serious termite “HIT” and serous structural damage? Of course you would! Would you expect vendor and the vendor’s agent to disclose it? Don’t hold your breath! … Continue reading
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Tagged bee nest in wall, termite damage, termite damage cover up
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Pre Purchase Building Inspection, there is no business like repeat business!
The first rule of sale is to sell, the second is to make your customer want to come back for more. Here at Building Expert we work very hard to make your experience the best there is. From the moment … Continue reading
Pre purchase building inspection, slab causing rising dampness.
Why should we worry about regulations and standards? It’s because we want to preserve the quality of our built environment by setting at least the minimum acceptable standards. Australian Standard is the minimum default standard. Some of the most experienced … Continue reading
Pre purchase inspection, it’s what your customers think that matters!
In my other blogs I have talked about how impressed I was with Apple, in fact so much that I have set it up as “The benchmark” for everything I do in business. It is a tough call to be … Continue reading
Roof leaks, the devil is in the detail!
The almost perfect score of an 18 year old house was ruined by three defects. Two roof leaks and sub standard timber sizes in pergola (construction without permit was suspected) The two roof leaks were in the garage and were … Continue reading
18year old home, why is it structurally perfect?
I had pleasure to inspect 18 year old home for a prospective purchaser and reported that it is structurally perfect. Why? There was absolutely no evidence of foundation movement and no cracking. There were other issues with the home … Continue reading
Pre purchase building inspection, building defects we find.
A nice home was inspected yesterday, but like most things in life, not perfect. In fact it was enough to have this purchaser worried. It’s at a time like this that it is essential that good and balanced advice be … Continue reading
Building Inspection could save you from getting hurt or save you from Injury claim!
Most people would not know that polished timber stairs are injury risk because a person could easily slip and get seriously hurt. This is why BCA has requirement that the treads must be finished in non slip materials. Guess what? … Continue reading
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Tagged building and pest inspection, building defects, building inspection, building safety, building stage inspection, new home inspection, PCI inspection, pre final inspection, pre purchase inspection
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Pre purchase Inspection, ANOTHER DISASTER AVOIDED!
This week I inspected another home that would have been a complete purchase disaster for my clients. They suspected problems with the floor but were told by the vendor’s agent that all it was needed was re-packing of some stumps. … Continue reading
Pre Purchase inspection Melbourne, Things we find!
Here are some of the things we typically find on pre purchase inspections If you are buying a home you would want to know about it This was actually not a bad home but like all things not perfect
