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 Duncraig reads a home among trees. One of the leafiest established northern suburbs, Duncraig is a large 1970s and 80s family area of generous blocks under a mature canopy, and the building inspection to AS 4349.1 reads the home and the decades-old trees around it together, because trees close to a house work on the structure, the roof and the ground in ways a bare block never does.
The mature trees are the distinctive factor. Large established trees near a house send roots under footings and slabs, and under paving and drains, where they can lift and crack a slab and block or break drainage, so the building inspection reads floor levels and cracking and paving with the trees in mind. The canopy drops leaf litter into gutters and valleys, where blockages cause overflow and water entry, and overhanging limbs damage roofs, so the roof and gutters and their drainage are read closely.
The construction is read for its era. Duncraig's 1970s and 80s homes are brick and brick veneer on shallow footings or a slab, with concrete or terracotta tile roofs read for brittleness and perished sarking, and asbestos, present into the late 1980s, flagged in eaves and sheeting without being disturbed. At forty to fifty years the older homes are reaching the point where original roofs and finishes need renewal, and the building inspection is honest about what is worn out versus renewed.
The generous blocks are increasingly subdivided, so some inspections are of a newer duplex or grouped dwelling, read for build quality and the shared elements grouped title creates.
The roof space and gutters take particular attention on a treed block, read for leaf-litter blockage and water entry, and the framing beneath the tiles.
Because it reports to AS 4349.1, the building inspection excludes timber pests, and on a shaded, treed block the timber pest scope is well worth adding, because the shade, damp and established gardens create strong conducive conditions. The building inspection's value here is reading the home and the mature trees around it together, because on a treed block the trees shape the structure, the roof and the termite risk alike.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Glengarry and Marmion.
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Its trees. Duncraig is one of the leafiest established suburbs, with a mature canopy on generous blocks, and decades-old trees close to homes work on the building in ways a bare block never does. We read the home and the trees around it together, reported to AS 4349.1 with the areas not safely accessed.
In several ways. Large trees near a house send roots under footings and slabs, and under paving and drains, where they can lift and crack a slab and block drainage, and the canopy drops leaf litter into gutters and valleys, causing overflow and water entry, and overhanging limbs damage roofs. We read the floor levels and the roof and drainage with the trees in mind.
It can be. We read for root effects on the footings and slab and paving, and for limbs over the roof, and we note where a large tree close to the structure warrants attention, because tree-related movement and damage are real costs over time.
For its era. These are brick and brick veneer on shallow footings or a slab, so we read the structure for movement, the concrete or terracotta tile roofs for brittleness and perished sarking, and we flag asbestos in eaves and sheeting without disturbing it.
It identifies and flags suspect materials without disturbing them. Duncraig's stock can contain asbestos in eaves and sheeting, present into the late 1980s, and knowing where it is before you renovate is the point.
Often, yes. At this age the original roofs and finishes reach the point where they need renewal, so we read the roof and coverings for what is worn out versus renewed and are honest about the maintenance the home is due for.
On a shaded, treed Duncraig block, yes. The building inspection reports to AS 4349.1 and excludes pests, and the shade, damp and established gardens create strong conducive conditions for termites, so the two scopes are well worth doing together.
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.
With the trees in mind. We separate cosmetic shrinkage from structural movement, and account for the settlement and slab disturbance nearby tree roots can drive, reading it against the footings and the ground.
Yes. A clear building report separates the significant issue, tree-root damage or a roof at end of life, from the cosmetic, and gives you a concrete basis to renegotiate.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Duncraig — 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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