Gledswood Hills Building
Inspections

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Gledswood Hills

A visual inspection to AS 4349.1, on a suburb whose oldest house is barely fifteen years old.

  • Visual, to AS 4349.1
  • Significant items, not a snag list
  • Roof space and subfloor where accessible
  • Movement 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 Gledswood Hills 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.

Slope and retaining

  • Retaining wall lean or bulge
  • Ag drain outlets visible
  • Cut and fill batters
  • Surface water toward house

Footings and walls

  • Step cracks in brickwork
  • Slab edge on the low side
  • Settlement on filled ground
  • Earlier crack repairs

Roof on a hillside home

  • Slipped or broken tiles
  • Loose ridge capping
  • Valley iron rust or gaps
  • Gutters ponding along the fascia

Truss space

  • Water marks on timber
  • Sarking sagging below the tiles
  • Batts pushed aside

Brick and render walls

  • Weep holes above ground
  • Articulation joints open
  • Window sill gaps

Rooms on both levels

  • Cornice cracks at corners
  • Doors rubbing or dropped
  • Brown marks on ceilings

Bathrooms upstairs and down

  • Leaks out of the shower recess
  • Shower floor waste fall
  • Floor tiles cracked or hollow
  • Silicone breakdown

Kitchen, scullery and laundry

  • Water damage under sinks
  • Benchtop and cabinet wear
  • Laundry floor stains

Garage and outdoor

  • Garage slab shrinkage
  • Raised decks off the slope
  • Garden shed condition

Hazards on a slope

  • Upper level balustrades
  • Stair risers and handrails
  • Low glazing
  • Steep driveway edges

35 checkpoints across 10 areas on a standard Gledswood Hills pre-purchase building inspection. We need the property accessible and, on a new build, the site supervisor aware that an independent inspector is attending. Anything obstructed on the day is listed as inaccessible rather than passed.

Sample findings

What a resale inspection looks at on a near new home

General cleaning required, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Cleaning outstanding at handover, Oran Park
Splashback, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Splashback finish, Oran Park
Marks and damages to a laundry trough, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Marks to a laundry trough, Oran Park
Mirror marked, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Mirror marked, Oran Park
Bathroom painting, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Bathroom finish recorded, Oran Park
Toilet painting, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Painting in a toilet, Oran Park
Powder room painting, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Powder room finish, Oran Park
Ground floor painting, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Ground floor painting, Oran Park
External painting to be completed, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
External painting outstanding, Oran Park
Grading is required, recorded during a handover inspection in Oran Park
Grading required away from the slab, Oran Park
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FAQ

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Gledswood Hills: common questions

Is a near new home worth inspecting?

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

Does the builder's warranty transfer to me?

The statutory warranty under the Home Building Act 1989 benefits successors in title, six years for major defects and two for the rest from completion. How you enforce it is a question for your conveyancer.

What is excluded?

No circuit is switched on, no pipe put under pressure, no appliance run, nothing dismantled, and no engineering certified. Timber pests sit under a separate standard, AS 4349.3, and are booked alongside.

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