Building Inspections Cost
When searching for a building inspection company in Melbourne please be aware that in Victoria some businesses carrying out pre-purchase building inspections actually have NO trade qualifications.
Always ask your potential inspector for a copy of their indemnity insurance certificate and a sample report be emailed to you so that you know that you’re covered and know what you are getting.
Some house inspection reports maybe 5-10 pages. On the contrary, ours are 80-140 pages.
We do not carry out verbal only inspections as these are not permitted under AS4349.1 Anyone carrying out “verbal only” inspections will not be insured. Talk to a building inspector today!
You have come to the right building inspection business if you want the following:
- An Inspector who has been doing pre-purchase building inspections for 17 years.
- A qualified Building Inspector – Peter has a Diploma of Building Surveying, Paul has decades in the construction industry and is a licenced timber pest inspector and controller and Jack is a qualified Carpenter and timber pest inspector.
- An Inspector with the latest Thermal imaging Equipment and Termite Detection radar that can be utilised if deemed necessary.
- An inspector who checks all walls for damp using moisture meters.
- A detailed 80-120 page reports for a building and pest inspection report with photographs.
- The Building Inspection report emailed to you on the same day.
- An Inspector who you can contact after hours – to 10 p.m. on weeknights to assist.
- An Inspector who provides Unlimited free advice and assistance over the phone for as long as it takes for you to understand the significance of our findings.
Fees below exclude GST – additional fee for homes 30 kilometers or more from CBD will apply.
Building Inspection Only
1-2 Bedroom – $495
3-4 Bedroom – $595
5 Bedroom – $695
- 80 page inspection Report (Approx).
- 1-3 hour inspection
- Major Defects
- Minor Defects
- Maintenance Defects
- Safety Hazards – unsafe conditions for example, insulation over down lights that is a fire hazard.
- The Location of the Building Defects
- How to Rectify the Building Defects
- Labelled Color Photographs
Pest Inspection Only
Fees as per Building inspection above.
- 60 Page Inspection report (Approx)
- 1-3 hour inspection
- Live Termites
- Old Termite Damage
- Borer
- Timber Fungal Decay (Rot)
- Termite Recommendations
- Favourable conditions for termites that you need to remove
- Labelled Color Photographs
Building & Pest Inspection
1-2 Bedroom – $595
3-4 Bedroom – $695
5 Bedroom – $795
6 Bedroom – $895
- 100 plus page inspection report (approx)
- 1-3 hour inspection
- Major Defects
- Minor Defects
- Maintenance Defects
- Safety Hazards
- Location of Defects
- How to Rectify the defects of have assessed
- Live Termites
- Old Termite Damage
- Borer
- Timber Fungal Decay
- Termite Recommendations
- labelled Color Photographs