Buying a house younger than the suburb
Nothing in Gledswood Hills is older than 2011.
In short: What a pre-purchase inspection is actually looking for on a near new Camden home.
The suburb sets the question
Gledswood Hills was gazetted in December 2011. There is no Federation cottage here and no century of alterations. Every resale is a recent build, so the risk profile is workmanship rather than age.
What that means on the day
We are looking for items that were on a handover list and never closed, for movement in a slab still finding its level, and for site drainage that was signed off and then landscaped over.
The paperwork is half the job
Ask for the occupation certificate, the original handover report, correspondence with the builder, and the durable termite notice. Those four documents tell you more than any single walk through.
What the inspection is
AS 4349.1: visual, limited to readily accessible areas, reporting significant structural damage, conditions conducive to it and safety hazards.
What it is not
Nothing is energised, pressurised, operated or dismantled, no engineering is certified, and it is not a snag list of every mark on every wall.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Gledswood Hills. Licensed building practitioners, NSW Fair Trading licence 366177C.
