Independent inspection to AS 4349.1 by a registered building contractor. What you are buying, read by someone who has built. Report within 24 hours.
Brookdale's pre-purchase read has two distinct characters depending on which era of housing you are buying: the older State Housing Commission stock from the 1970s and 1980s at forty to fifty years on reactive Armadale clay-loam, and the more recent infill stock at a younger age on the same clay-loam. Both sit in the Wungong Brook catchment, and brook-adjacent lots across either era carry the additional year-round watercourse moisture that most estate pre-purchase reads do not account for. The inspection is building scope only, to AS 4349.1.
\n\nFor the SHC stock at forty to fifty years: the wet-area condition is the first pre-purchase priority, because the original installations have been in continuous use across multiple tenancies for the full service life. Asbestos in outbuildings is a second priority. The accumulated clay movement in crack patterns and subfloor bearing is the third.
\n\nFor newer infill on the same clay: the pre-purchase shifts to construction-era boom defects — waterproofing quality, render bonding — alongside the reactive clay slab movement that has been accumulating since the home was built. Brook-adjacent lots in either era earn the watercourse moisture context added to whichever age read applies. The report follows within 24 hours.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Wungong and Haynes.
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A building inspection to AS 4349.1 where lot position relative to the Wungong Brook and the construction era determine the primary pre-purchase read — brook-adjacent lots carry year-round watercourse moisture on top of the clay-loam reactive read.
No — but the combined inspection is strongly recommended for brook-adjacent lots given the year-round watercourse moisture on reactive clay-loam.
Year-round watercourse moisture sustaining colony conditions on reactive clay-loam is the most specific concern. The pre-purchase report reads the perimeter and subfloor at that combined moisture baseline.
Wet-area condition at forty to fifty years across multiple tenancies, asbestos in outbuildings, and the full clay movement history at the specific age.
Construction-era boom defects on reactive clay-loam: seasonal slab movement adding to the standard waterproofing and render defects to produce a combined read.
Yes. The brook position and era-specific condition findings give you a factual pre-purchase basis.
Yes. SHC outbuildings from the 1970s and 1980s commonly contain asbestos cement sheeting. Noted throughout the report.
Yes, critically for brook-adjacent lots. The combined inspection is strongly recommended there.
Yes. Subfloor conditions on reactive clay-loam, especially on brook-adjacent lots, are primary pre-purchase reads.
Within 24 hours of the inspection.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Brookdale — both scopes in one visit to AS 4349.1 and AS 4349.3, one report within 24 hours.
Combined B&P 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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