Building and pest Inspections
Since 2004, Safehome Building Inspections have been conducting pre-purchase building inspections around Melbourne, assisting over 10,000 home buyers.
The photographs above was taken during a building inspection in Melbourne and shows a floor frame bearer join. This join should be made directly over the stump footing and is non compliant with Australian Standards 1684.2 – 2006 of the Residential timber framed construction.
Safehome Building Inspections conduct exhaustive & detailed building inspections Melbourne wide, assisting home buyers and home owners identify building defects.
The photograph depicts some poor stumping works with excessive packing between the bearer and the stump footings. You can also see the bow on the timber bearer running across the top of the stumps.
Safehome conduct exhaustive and independent inspections on properties with over 1000 defects to be crossed off before completing the inspection.
The photo to the left shows some missing tiles on a roof during a recent building and pest inspection in Albert Park. This is considered a major defect due to the potential damage that can be caused due to leaking into the roof space, roof frame and eave linings.
Safehome’s qualified building inspectors conduct independent building and pest Inspections in Coburg and Melbourne to assist home buys to make the right decision before buying a home.
Safehome Building Inspections in Melbourne was pleased to be awarded runner up in the Investors Choice Awards 2015 – Highly recommended company for Building Inspections in Victoria. Safehome Building Inspections in Melbourne is very proud that we only emailed 20 past clients from inspection jobs in July 2015 to nominate us for the award. They were contacted by Investors Choice Awards and interviewed over the phone.