Pakenham East Building
Inspections

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Pakenham East

For the established homes in and around Pakenham, a visual inspection of what you are actually buying.

  • Assessed to AS 4349.1
  • Significant items called out
  • Safety hazards listed separately
  • Report inside 24 hours
  • Booked around your cooling off
  • Roof space entered where accessible
  • Plain language, no jargon
  • Call after you have read it
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What is included

What is included in a Pakenham East pre-purchase building inspection

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

Structure seen on the day

  • Visible footing and slab edge
  • Wall and roof framing signs
  • Diagonal cracks off corners

Facade

  • Weep holes and DPC line
  • Render or brick overhang
  • Cladding joins and trims
  • Eaves and soffits

Roof outside

  • Ridge capping mortar
  • Sheet screws and laps
  • Gutter, valley and downpipe

Ceiling space

  • Trusses and bracing
  • Batts across the ceiling
  • Sarking and water marks

Indoors

  • Cracks in plaster
  • Doors and windows close
  • Floors, tiles and carpet
  • Brown ceiling marks

Bathrooms, laundry, ensuite

  • Hollow or cracked tiles
  • Water marks near showers
  • Grates and floor grading

Garage and shed

  • Slab and wall condition
  • Owner-built additions
  • Water at the roller door

Outside within 30 m

  • Driveway and path cracking
  • Ground grading off the slab
  • Retaining and boundary fences
  • Trees planted close

Safety concerns

  • Balcony and stair rails
  • Unsafe glazing
  • Trip edges on paving

Written report

  • Summary up front
  • Photos for every item
  • What was not inspected

33 checkpoints across 10 areas on a standard Pakenham East pre-purchase building inspection. On a site still under construction we need the lot open and the builder told we are coming. Where a stage is not yet complete we say so in the report rather than pass it.

Sample findings

Sample defects from our pre-purchase inspections around Pakenham East

Moderate cracking to a driveway, recorded on a pre-purchase inspection in Pakenham
Moderate cracking through a driveway
Brick overhang to masonry cladding, recorded on a pre-purchase inspection in Officer
Brick overhanging beyond its bearing
Cracked roof tile, recorded on a pre-purchase inspection in Officer
Cracked tile in the roof covering
Evidence of water intrusion in a roof space, recorded on a pre-purchase inspection in Pakenham
Water staining to the ceiling structure
Loose deck boards, recorded on a pre-purchase inspection in Pakenham
Loose boards underfoot on a deck
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Why Pakenham East owners choose us

Independent. Licensed. Insured.

  • A precinct still under construction
  • Booked around the pour
  • Written for a builder to action
  • One inspector, all seven stages
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FAQ

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Pakenham East: common questions

How quickly can you inspect before an auction?

Usually within a day or two, and we prioritise jobs with a contract deadline behind them. The report follows within 24 hours of the inspection, which is generally enough to have it in hand before you bid.

What sits outside the scope of a pre-purchase inspection?

Electrical is not energised or tested, plumbing is not pressure tested, appliances and heating are not operated, nothing is opened up destructively, no engineering is certified and no ground is sampled. Timber pest work is booked separately and runs under AS 4349.3.

Will someone actually go up into the roof?

Where there is a hatch and it is safe and accessible, yes, and that is often where the useful findings are. Where ductwork or insulation blocks the access, the report says the space was not inspected and why, rather than passing it silently.

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