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 Dianella reads a big-block suburb in transition. Its generous post-war and mid-century homes sit on large lots, many of which are now being subdivided into duplexes and grouped dwellings or bought to renovate and hold, and the building inspection to AS 4349.1 reads that mix, the solid older home and the newer development beside it, on ground that varies across the suburb.
The older housing is the foundation. Dianella's post-war and mid-century homes are largely double brick, moving toward brick veneer on the later stock, on shallow footings, so the building inspection reads them for movement, for the brittle tiled roofs and perished sarking of the era, for the chemical delignification that softens old hardwood framing, and for the asbestos common in the eaves and sheeting of the period, identified and flagged without being disturbed. On the bigger blocks these are solid family homes, and many are bought to keep and improve.
Subdivision is the other half of modern Dianella. Where a big block has been developed, the building inspection meets a duplex or grouped dwelling, and the read shifts to build quality and shared elements: wet-area waterproofing to AS 3740, roof-space workmanship, the finishing a quick build rushes, and the shared driveways and walls grouped title creates. Where an original home is bought to develop, the inspection focuses on the existing structure and the site.
The ground varies. Dianella has elevated pockets, its Heights among them, where blocks fall away and retaining holds the levels, read for bulging and drainage, and it has streets backing onto reserve and open space, where the bushland raises the termite stakes.
The roof space takes the longest time, read for framing condition, water entry, past repair and delignification under the ageing tiles.
Because it reports to AS 4349.1, the building inspection excludes timber pests, and on the reserve edges and mature gardens the timber pest scope is worth adding in the same visit. The building inspection's value here is reading the solid mid-century home and the subdivision beside it, and the varied ground beneath both, each on its own terms.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Mirrabooka and Nollamara.
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The older home and the newer development. We read the post-war and mid-century structure, largely double brick on shallow footings, for movement, an ageing roof and asbestos-era materials, and we read any duplex or grouped dwelling for build quality, all reported to AS 4349.1 with the areas not safely accessed.
For its era. The post-war and mid-century homes are largely double brick or brick on shallow footings, so we read them for movement, for the brittle tiled roofs and perished sarking, for delignification in the old framing, and for asbestos in the eaves and sheeting, flagged without being disturbed.
Build quality and the shared elements: wet-area waterproofing to AS 3740, roof-space workmanship, the finishing a quick build rushes, and the shared driveways and walls grouped title creates.
Yes, with the focus on the plan. Where a home is bought to develop, we read the existing structure and the site for what matters to that plan rather than cosmetic wear that may be removed.
It does. Dianella has elevated pockets, its Heights among them, where blocks fall away and retaining holds the levels, which we read for bulging and drainage, and it has flatter streets elsewhere. We read the specific block rather than assume.
Yes. Where blocks back onto reserve and open space, the bushland is a reservoir for subterranean termites. The building inspection excludes pests by name, so on those blocks the timber pest scope is well worth adding.
In the post-war and mid-century stock, yes, in eaves and sheeting. We identify and flag suspect materials without disturbing them, which matters most if you plan to renovate or develop.
Often. The tiled roofs of the era are brittle with perished sarking, and the hardwood framing can show chemical delignification, which reduces what it can carry. We read the roof structure closely and probe for it.
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. Whether it is a mid-century home or a new duplex, a clear building report separates the significant issue from the cosmetic, and gives you a concrete basis to renegotiate.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Dianella — 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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