How to Choose a Building Inspector
Two questions we hear all too often: "Aren’t Building Inspection Reports all pretty much the same" and "shouldn’t I just get the inspector offering the lowest price?" The answer to both questions is definitely not! Some building inspectors are true professionals and a home buyer’s best friend. These inspectors will protect you from making an expensive mistake by uncovering hidden [...]
What Makes a Competent Building Inspector?
There are lots of people in the building industry who think they would make a good Building Inspector -the kind people who think they have just the right type of experience to recognise building defects, hidden faults and likely future repair expenses. It's not hard to understand why: for the most part, it's typically because they don’t enjoy their job [...]
Tips on Re-Negotiating a Property Purchase Price
It may be stating the obvious, but the primary use of a Building Defect Report for a property buyer is to assist in understanding the true condition of the property, its present (possibly hidden) and future repair costs to help ensure the buyer can actually afford to become the owner of the property. However, a secondary, lesser known, function of [...]
Liar liar pants on fire: Why the right building inspector is a home buyer’s best friend
It’s a story you’ve probably heard before, or perhaps you’ve even been unlucky enough to experience it firsthand: after years of saving and hard work, a young couple is finally ready to enter the property market and the exciting time of buying their first home arrives. However, to their dismay, the whole experience turns out to be quite different [...]