Topic hubs
Every article on Building Inspect sits in a hub. There are no orphan pages: if we publish it, it is linked from here, from the navigation, and from related pieces.
Pre-purchase inspections
What a building inspection covers before you buy, how to read the report, and how inspection clauses actually work in Australian contracts.
5 articles
Pest and timber
Termites, borers, fungal decay and the difference between a timber pest report and a building report.
4 articles
Defects and construction
Cracking, damp, roofs, stormwater, services and incomplete work — the defects that show up in Australian houses.
5 articles
Apartments and strata
Inspecting lots, common property, cladding, balconies and off-the-plan buildings.
4 articles
Standards and reports
AS 4349.1, the limits of a report, how to brief an inspector, and what happens when a defect is missed.
4 articles
Climate and regional risk
Bushfire, flood, cyclone country and older weatherboard — inspecting houses in the Australian landscape.
4 articles