Every service we offer
Which inspection
do you actually need?
Thirteen inspections and reports, grouped by the situation people are actually in when they call us. Tell us what is going on and we will point you at the right one. Residential and commercial, Australia wide, and every job is quoted first.
I’m buying a property
Before you sign, or before you settle. What the sale photos do not show.
I’m building right now
Every stage the builder would rather you skipped, checked while it is still cheap to fix.
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Construction Stage Inspections
Pre-slab, frame, lock-up and waterproofing. Defects found before the next trade covers them up.
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Practical Completion Inspection
The build measured against your contract while the builder still needs your signature to be paid.
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Handover Inspection
Your last look before the keys change hands, with everything outstanding written down.
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Post Handover Inspection
For defects that surface after you move in, while the work is still the builder’s to fix.
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Something is wrong with my home
You can see it, or smell it, or the bill arrived. We find where it actually starts.
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Building Defects Inspection
The most requested report we write. Defects investigated, photographed and referenced to the standard they fail, in a form regulators have acted on.
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Water Leak Inspection
We find the source, not just the stain. Non-invasive first, so nothing gets opened up on a guess.
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Thermal Imaging Inspection
Moisture, missing insulation and heat loss behind a wall, without cutting into it.
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Roofing Inspection
Flashings, penetrations and box gutters, checked from the roof rather than guessed at from the ground.
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Owners Corporation Report
Common property assessed and documented, so a committee can act on facts instead of opinions.
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I am in a dispute or making a claim
When it has gone past a conversation and the evidence has to hold up.
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Insurance Claim Inspection
Independent assessment of what happened and what it will take to put right.
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Expert Witness Report
A report prepared to the standard a tribunal expects, by someone who will stand behind it.
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Dilapidation Report
The condition of a property recorded before works start next door, so later damage is provable.
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The equipment does the arguing
Not every defect is visible, and a report that says “appears satisfactory” is worth nothing. These come to every job that needs them.
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Thermal imaging
Sweeps a whole wall or ceiling for moisture and missing insulation without opening anything up.
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Moisture meters
Puts a number on how wet a material actually is, rather than how wet it looks.
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Laser and spirit levels
Measures movement and out-of-level across a floor or a wall, so a slope becomes a figure.
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Borescope cameras
Sees inside a wall cavity, a subfloor or a roof void through an opening the size of a coin.
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Drone photography
Puts a camera over a roof that is unsafe or impossible to walk, at close range.
Questions we get asked
Tell us what is happening and we will tell you, including when the answer is that you do not need one. If you are buying, it is a pre-purchase inspection. If you are building, it is stage inspections. If something has gone wrong, it usually starts with a leak inspection or thermal imaging.
Every job is quoted, so there is no honest list price to publish. What moves the price is the complexity of the build, its size, the number of sites, the type of inspection or report, and where it is. Tell us the address and what you need and you will typically have a figure back within 24 hours.
Normally within 24 hours of the inspection, though a large or complex property, or a longer form of report, takes longer and we will tell you up front. Plain English, a photograph of every defect, and the standard or plan reference it fails against, so you can send it straight to a builder, an agent or an insurer.
Australia wide, residential and commercial. Most of our work is in Melbourne and regional Victoria, and we travel interstate regularly. Ask about your address and we will tell you straight away.
No, and plenty of clients are not. We photograph everything and the report stands on its own. If you can make it, we will walk you through what we found on site within the time allocated for the inspection.
On a build in Victoria the right is in the Act. Section 19 of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 provides: “A builder must permit the building owner (or a person authorised by the building owner) to have reasonable access to the building site and to view any part of the building works”, with a penalty of 20 penalty units. You authorise us, and we become that person. For a purchase, access is arranged through the agent as part of the sale. Other states have their own provisions, so ask us if the property is interstate.
Yes, and it is a different mix to residential. On commercial we do pre-purchase, post-handover, warranty period inspections before the warranty expires, leak investigations and expert reports. Tell us what the building is and what has happened and we will tell you how we would approach it.
A week is the typical lead time. We also keep a wait list, so when a job is rescheduled a slot can open up sooner, sometimes at short notice. Tell us the date you are working towards and we will tell you straight away what we can do.
Not sure which one you need?
Tell us what is going on and we will point you at the right inspection, including when the answer is that you do not need one.
TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON
Send an enquiry or give us a call and you will speak to someone who does this work, not a call centre. We will tell you which inspection you need, including when the answer is that you do not need one. Residential and commercial, Australia wide.