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.
A pre-purchase building inspection in Connolly reflects a particular kind of suburb. Built around the Joondalup Resort golf course in the 1990s, Connolly is a place of larger, often custom-built and two-storey homes, many fronting the fairways, and the building inspection to AS 4349.1 reads both the ambition of an individually built home and the ground it sits beside.
The prestige, custom build is the distinctive factor. A larger custom home carries more that can go wrong: a pool and its surrounds; decks and extensive glazing; two storeys with upper wet areas over living space, and any balconies; and rendered or feature finishes that hide the substrate. Because these were individually built rather than volume-produced, quality varies from one home to the next, so the building inspection reads the build on its own merits, the frame and roof structure, and the slab and any movement; the wet-area waterproofing to AS 3740; and the render for cracking that telegraphs movement behind it.
The fairway edge is the second factor. The golf course is irrigated to stay green, so a block fronting a fairway sits beside ground kept moist year-round, which raises the local moisture and the termite pressure, so on those blocks the building inspection reads the slab edge, drainage and perimeter with that constant watering in mind.
Being 1990s and later, asbestos is largely absent, and some homes may still sit within a builder's warranty, worth understanding when timing an inspection.
The upper wet areas, any balconies and the pool surrounds take the most attention on a larger home, read for the waterproofing and complexity a custom build carries.
Because it reports to AS 4349.1, the building inspection excludes timber pests, and the fairway irrigation and landscaped gardens raise that risk, so the timber pest scope is worth adding. The building inspection's value here is reading both the complexity of an individually built home and the moisture the fairway brings to its edge.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Heathridge and Ocean Reef.
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Its homes and its setting. Connolly is a 1990s golf-course estate of larger, often custom and two-storey homes, many fronting the fairways, so we read both the complexity of an individually built home and the moisture the irrigated course brings to its edge, reported to AS 4349.1 with the areas not safely accessed.
Because quality varies from one to the next. Individually built homes were not volume-produced to a set standard, so we read each on its own merits: the frame and roof structure, the slab and any movement, the wet-area waterproofing, and any render for cracking over movement.
More that can go wrong above ground: upper wet areas over living space; any balconies and their waterproofing and balustrades; a pool and its surrounds; and decks and extensive glazing. We give those elements the extra attention they need.
Yes. The course is irrigated to stay green, so a fairway-fronting block sits beside ground kept moist year-round, which raises the local moisture and the termite pressure, so we read the slab edge, drainage and perimeter there with that constant watering in mind.
Some may be, though many are now beyond it given the estate's age. Where a home is newer we note that a builder's statutory warranty may still apply, worth understanding when timing an inspection.
It identifies and flags any suspect materials without disturbing them, though asbestos is largely absent being 1990s and later, so it is not the concern it is in older stock.
Yes, particularly near the fairways. The building inspection reports to AS 4349.1 and excludes pests, and the irrigation and landscaped gardens, with any pool surrounds, suit termites, so the two scopes are worth doing together.
We note the pool and its immediate surrounds, including barrier-compliance and wet-area questions, though a pool-specific compliance certification can be a specialist matter. The pool surrounds also matter for the termite read.
A flat $440 including GST for the pre-purchase building inspection, or $616 including GST with the timber pest scope added in the same visit. The fee is the same in every suburb, and you have the report within 24 hours.
Yes. A clear building report separates the significant issue, upper-floor waterproofing or a build-quality defect, from the cosmetic, and gives you a concrete basis to renegotiate.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Connolly — 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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