Where a pre-purchase inspection stops
Define the edges and everything inside them holds up.
In short: AS 4349.1 is visual, and each exclusion exists for a reason.
The scope in a line
An examination by eye of everything readily reachable, nothing taken apart, setting out significant items, conditions capable of causing structural damage, and safety hazards.
Services stay off
Nothing is switched on, no line is put under pressure, and no appliance or motor gets run.
Nothing is opened
We leave linings in place, we do not dig, and concealed framing or damp proof course stays concealed.
Separate scopes
Timber pest sits under AS 4349.3, while asbestos and mould testing are specialists' work beyond either.
Why the limits help
An inspection clear about its boundaries can be relied on inside them.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Leppington. Licensed building practitioners, NSW Fair Trading licence 366177C.
