Edmondson Park Building
Inspections

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Edmondson Park

A visual inspection to AS 4349.1, on a suburb whose first lots sold in 2012.

  • Visual, to AS 4349.1
  • Significant items, not a snag list
  • Roof space and subfloor where accessible
  • Cracking measured, not described
  • Site drainage and where water sits
  • Evidence of unresolved builder items
  • Attend the last twenty minutes
  • Report inside a day
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What is included

What is included in a Edmondson Park pre-purchase building inspection

A pre-purchase inspection is a visual inspection of readily accessible areas under AS 4349.1, reporting significant structural damage, conditions conducive to it and safety hazards.

Frame and slab signs

  • Slab edge buried by paving
  • Cracking measured by width
  • Sagging lintels over openings
  • Past patch repairs

Townhouse and terrace facades

  • Brick veneer and weep holes
  • Render and FC sheet joints
  • Lightweight cladding gaps
  • Flashing over window heads

Roof from outside

  • Concrete or metal roof tiles
  • Cracked ridge capping pointing
  • Box gutters between townhouse roofs
  • Downpipes joined to stormwater

Up in the roof void

  • Trusses and tie-downs seen
  • Sarking torn at the eaves
  • Bare patches in batts
  • Stains under valleys

Bathroom, ensuite and laundry tub

  • Silicone at shower screens
  • Water ponding off the floor waste
  • Vanity carcass swelling
  • Cracked grout and tiles

Living and bedrooms

  • Cornice cracks in plasterboard
  • Ceiling sag or nail pops
  • Doors catching the frame
  • Hollow floor tiles

Garage and car space

  • Shrinkage cracks in the garage slab
  • Separating wall to neighbour
  • Door frame and jambs

Lot and drainage

  • Ground falls from walls
  • Leaning boundary retaining wall
  • Silt in yard pits

Safety in two storey homes

  • Balcony balustrade height
  • Stair handrail gaps
  • Low glass without safety marking
  • Lifted path edges

34 checkpoints across 9 areas on a standard Edmondson Park pre-purchase building inspection. We need the property accessible and, on a new build, the site supervisor aware an independent inspector is attending. Whatever is blocked on the day gets recorded as inaccessible, never as checked.

Sample findings

What a resale inspection looks at on recent stock

Slight cracks under 5mm, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Brickwork cracking measured, Austral
Control joint not continuous, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Control joint not continuous, Austral
Render damaged or defective, recorded during a lock-up inspection in Austral
Render damaged at lock-up, Austral
Excess mortar, recorded during a lock-up inspection in Austral
Excess mortar in the cavity, Austral
Poor mortar workmanship, recorded during a lock-up inspection in Austral
Mortar work recorded as poor, Austral
Downpipes installed to first floor only, recorded during a lock-up inspection in Austral
Downpipes to the first floor only, Austral
Downpipe not installed to ground floor, recorded during a fixing stage inspection in Austral
Ground floor downpipe not installed, Austral
Grading is required, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Grading required, Austral
Driveway, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Driveway recorded at handover, Austral
General views of the balcony, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Balcony recorded at handover, Austral
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FAQ

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Edmondson Park: common questions

Is a recent house worth inspecting?

More than people expect. The defects are workmanship rather than age, and a house four years old can still carry items from a handover list that was never closed out.

What changes on an apartment or townhouse?

Party wall detail, fire separation at every service penetration and control joint continuity, plus a boundary between your lot and common property that has to be established before anything else.

What is excluded?

No circuit is switched on, no pipe put under pressure, no appliance run, nothing dismantled and no engineering certified. Timber pest work answers to its own standard, AS 4349.3, and is booked at the same time.

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