Buying & owning
An independent, visual inspection of a home you already own in Melbourne, covering its accessible areas and visible signs of timber pest activity. Buying a home? Choose a pre-purchase inspection: the same approach, set up around your purchase.
Illustration. Not an actual property or real inspection work.
If the home is rented out, arrange access with your property manager or renter, with proper notice, and confirm keys and entry times.
Make sure the roof space access, subfloor access, meter box and outbuildings can be reached.
Secure pets and let us know about any safety concerns on site.
Share anything you already know, such as previous reports or recent building work.
Tell us the main question you want the inspection to help you answer.
We offer building & pest inspections across Melbourne. The suburbs below each have their own page. Other suburbs and surrounds are confirmed per enquiry.
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Tell us about the property, what you're deciding and any concerns you have. We'll confirm the scope and provide a quote, then arrange a time that works for access. On the day, accessible areas are inspected visually, with photos taken to support key observations. You then receive a written report, and we can walk you through it.
If you're buying, choose pre-purchase inspections instead. They take the same approach, set up around your purchase and key dates.
It is an independent look at the visible condition of a home, and for visible signs of timber pest activity, that you commission for your own information. It isn't a statutory inspection for a building permit, a structural engineering assessment, or a promise that the property is free of defects. It can't see behind walls, under floor coverings, or into areas that are closed off or unsafe to reach.
Where an observation raises a question outside the scope (for example, a structural, plumbing or electrical concern), the report can recommend further investigation. We can suggest the type of specialist to speak with.
Start with the scope and limitations, then read the observations area by area. If anything is unclear, ask us. Keep in mind that the report describes the property at the time of the inspection. Conditions can change afterwards, and timber pest activity in particular can start or become visible later.
These public sources set out the requirements this page refers to. They are the places to confirm what applies to your property; we help you understand and prepare for them.
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Inspections
Pre-purchase, strata, new-build and specialist inspections each suit a different need: buying a house or an apartment, building, or looking into a concern such as cracking, damp or older materials. This topic explains what each type looks at, when people usually arrange it, and how to describe your situation so we can suggest the right scope.
Related service: Pre-purchase inspections
Inspections
Good access makes for a more complete inspection. This topic covers arranging keys and permission, clearing the way to key areas, and gathering documents that help explain the property.
Related service: Building & pest inspections
Inspections
An inspection report records what was observed at the time of the inspection, where it was observed, and what couldn't be inspected. This topic walks through a typical report structure and how to use it when you talk with builders, agents or other advisers.
Related service: Compliance & reporting
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Tell us about the property. We confirm the scope and a quote with you before anything is arranged.
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Inspections
A building and pest inspection is an independent, visual look at the accessible areas of a home and at visible signs of timber pest activity, written up in a photo-supported report. Owners arrange one before renovating or selling, or when something worries them. Buyers choose the pre-purchase version, the same approach set up around their key dates.
Inspections
Open up the access points, move stored items away from walls, secure pets, and have any previous reports and details of recent work ready. The more of the home we can see, and the more context you give us, the more useful the report is.