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Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Point Cook

Much of Point Cook is now fifteen to twenty five years old, which makes it one of the few western suburbs where a pre-purchase inspection is about a settled house rather than a nearly new one.

  • Significant items under AS 4349.1
  • Written up inside a day
  • Moisture meter and thermal camera
  • Roof space entered where safe
  • Movement measured, not estimated
  • Exclusions stated openly
  • Arranged around your cooling off
  • Inspector contactable after
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What is included

What is included in a Point Cook pre-purchase building inspection

A pre-purchase inspection is a visual inspection of readily accessible areas reported under AS 4349.1, covering significant items: structural damage, conditions conducive to it, and safety hazards.

Brick veneer and facade

  • Mortar joints and brick faces
  • Weep holes above the damp course
  • Render bands on 2000s facades
  • Eaves lining and fascia boards

Signs of settlement

  • Stepped cracks at window corners
  • Gaps at articulation joints
  • Cornice lines pulling away
  • Sticking internal doors

Tiled and steel roofs

  • Concrete roof tiles and ridge caps
  • Bedding and pointing on the ridge
  • Box gutters on double storeys
  • Downpipes to the stormwater

Up in the roof space

  • Trusses, rafters and struts
  • Gaps in the ceiling batts
  • Water stains on the sarking

Bathrooms, ensuite, laundry

  • Moisture readings at shower walls
  • Floor waste and tile falls
  • Grout and silicone failures
  • Vanity and laundry tub surrounds

Rooms and finishes

  • Plaster walls and ceilings
  • Timber stairs and handrails
  • Window frames and sills
  • Floor coverings where visible

Garage and outdoor living

  • Attached garage slab
  • Timber decks and pergolas
  • Alfresco ceilings and posts

Ground, paths and runoff

  • Paving levels against the slab
  • Garden beds above weep holes
  • Pits and surface water flow
  • Retaining edges near the house

Safety items noted on the day

  • Balcony and stair balustrades
  • Glass near doors and baths
  • Uneven paths and steps

33 checkpoints across 9 areas on a standard Point Cook pre-purchase building inspection. Whatever is locked, sealed or buried under stored goods on the day goes in as not inspected. Unreachable work is never marked satisfactory.

Sample findings

Sample defects recorded during our pre-purchase inspections in Point Cook

From a Point Cook pre-purchase inspection reported under AS 4349.1.

Slab movement measured at a 25mm deviation, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Slab movement measured at a 25mm deviation
Ground grading sloping back towards the house, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Ground grading sloping back towards the house
Downpipe discharging onto the ground rather than into the system, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Downpipe discharging onto the ground rather than into the system
Brick veneer cracking, category 2 at 1mm to 5mm, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Brick veneer cracking, category 2 at 1mm to 5mm
Mould growth found in one or more areas, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Mould growth found in one or more areas
Cabinetry water damaged and needing repair or replacement, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Cabinetry water damaged and needing repair or replacement
Stormwater pipe broken or blocked, recorded during a lock-up inspection in Point Cook
Stormwater pipe broken or blocked
Conditions around the property favouring termites, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Point Cook
Conditions around the property favouring termites
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Why Point Cook owners choose us

Independent. Licensed. Insured.

  • The inspector who walks your Point Cook site writes and signs the report.
  • Structural findings are checked against the engineering drawings, not a generic checklist.
  • Point Cook is established enough that we inspect resales as often as new builds.
  • You keep the inspector's number for the length of the job.
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FAQ

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Point Cook: common questions

What does 25mm of slab deviation mean?

It means the floor is measurably out of level across that span. Whether it matters depends on the pattern and what is causing it, which is why it is measured and reported rather than glossed over.

What is excluded from a pre-purchase inspection?

AS 4349.1 is visual and covers readily accessible areas. Operation and testing of electrical, gas and plumbing sit outside it, along with appliances, climate control, automatic garage doors, pools and spas, concealed framing, footings underground, asbestos and mould testing, and anything obstructed.

You mention mould but say mould testing is excluded.

Both are true. We record visible mould and the conditions causing it. Laboratory sampling and identification is a separate specialist service.

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