Pre-purchase building inspection in Falcon

Falcon was Miami until 1967, renamed after the yacht Falcon whose crew took an Olympic silver medal, and it sits between two water bodies: the Indian Ocean to the west and the Peel-Harvey Estuary to the east. Cox Bay, Falcon Bay and the estuarine wetlands meet here on low-lying coastal dune country, and a pre-purchase building inspection in Falcon has to account for that two-waterfront position and the low, moist ground it produces across the suburb.

The exposure read varies by position. On the ocean side the pre-purchase priority is the full Indian Ocean exposure that ages seals, fixings and external surfaces faster than a sheltered setting — on a home that has faced Warnbro Sound from the west for thirty or forty years, those elements are where the time shows first. On the estuary side the priority is the persistent organic moisture of the Peel-Harvey Estuary and its shallow coastal wetlands, which keep the ground wetter than the ocean-side dunes.

The low-lying sandy soil applies across the whole suburb and is relevant to the drainage and subfloor read on every property. Sandy dune soils that hold damp in the lower saddle positions, shallow estuarine wetland edges, and established coastal gardens all contribute to a ground moisture level that shows in older subfloors and wall bases over time.

The two-era stock, older Miami-era homes and post-2000 estate homes, is read accordingly: the older homes for their age in a coastal estuarine setting, the newer homes for their first-generation waterproofing as they approach their mid-twenties.

A pre-purchase inspection gives you the building scope on its own, to AS 4349.1, with the defects that matter set out plainly and separated from the cosmetic. At Falcon, where the suburb sits between two water bodies on low coastal ground, that reading tells you what the position has done to the home. The report follows within 24 hours.

We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Dawesville and Wannanup.