Both scopes in one visit — building to AS 4349.1, timber pest to AS 4349.3. The fuller check, by a registered building contractor. Report within 24 hours.
Ardross sits on the same Swan River peninsula as Applecross and Mount Pleasant, elevated and river-adjacent, but it has its own distinctive feature: Wireless Hill, forty hectares of heritage bushland reserve on the suburb’s western boundary. That reserve is where WA’s first radio communications station stood, and the bushland that grew back after it is now a termite-rich native remnant sitting right against the backs of a row of established homes. A building and timber pest inspection at Ardross reads for that reserve edge as much as for the homes’ own age and construction.
The Wireless Hill edge is the pest-side context that sets Ardross apart. Native bushland, leaf litter, moisture-holding soil and the absence of chemical barriers at the boundary between reserve and residential give termites a base and a corridor. We read homes backing the reserve with particular care: the subfloor, the roof timbers, any fence or garden bed set close to the wall, and the perimeter of the slab or the stumps, because this is one of the clearest settings in Perth for a genuine termite pathway into an established home.
The building side reads a suburb of interwar and mid-century homes plus substantial modern prestige rebuilds, all on elevated river-peninsula land. The older homes are brick-and-tile or solid-brick from the 1930s through the 1960s, and we read the things that age in that stock: the roof, the gutters, the original wet areas, and any original wiring or services. On an elevated, exposed site these wear faster than they would in a sheltered suburban setting.
The prestige rebuilds that have replaced many of the older homes get the modern envelope read: flat and skillion roofs, box gutters, large glazing, balconies and waterproofing. On a river-view site the building faces the weather, and the detailing of these elements decides whether the design holds.
The Riseley Centre nearby makes Ardross a busy residential and commercial node, and any home adjacent to the commercial strip earns a note on what that proximity brings to the site.
What you get is a plain reading of the Ardross home on its elevated riverside site, Wireless Hill and all, with the report inside 24 hours and the real defects separated clearly from the cosmetic.
We run the same two-scope visit across the area, including nearby Applecross and Mount Pleasant.
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Wireless Hill. A forty-hectare native bushland reserve runs along the western boundary, and homes backing it face a genuine termite corridor from the reserve into the residential area.
Native bushland, leaf litter and moisture-holding soil give termites a large, undisturbed base. With no chemical barrier between reserve and residential, homes on the edge sit closest to that population.
Those backing or adjacent to the Wireless Hill reserve boundary, where the distance between native bush and the building perimeter is shortest.
The things that age in 1930s-to-1960s stock on an elevated site: the roof, the gutters, the original wet areas, and any original wiring or services, all of which wear faster in an exposed riverside setting.
The building envelope on a river-view site: flat and skillion roofs, box gutters, large glazing, balconies and their waterproofing, and the junctions that decide whether the design performs.
For homes adjacent to the commercial strip, we note what proximity to a busy activity node brings to the site, so a buyer can weigh it with open eyes.
It helps drainage, which keeps subfloors drier than low ground. But the Wireless Hill edge is the dominant factor for homes on that side of the suburb.
The inspection identifies the risk and what we find. Ongoing chemical or physical barriers near the reserve boundary are worth discussing with a licensed pest manager after you buy.
Yes. The building inspection to AS 4349.1 and the timber pest inspection to AS 4349.3 are done in one visit, with a single report within 24 hours.
A flat $616 inc GST for both scopes, report within 24 hours.
Buying in Ardross? A pre-purchase building inspection — building scope only, report within 24 hours — gives you the documented record before exchange.
Pre-purchase inspection →Our office is at Suite 55, 15 Labouchere Road, South Perth WA 6151 — on the Swan River foreshore near the Perth Zoo.
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