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 Ocean Reef is shaped by the suburb's new marina. A purchase here can now be a brand-new waterfront apartment or townhouse in the marina precinct, or an established elevated coastal home on the streets above, and the building inspection to AS 4349.1 reads the two very differently, so the first thing it establishes is which it is looking at.
The new marina precinct is the distinctive factor. A brand-new home sits in the harshest marine position there is, right on the water, where salt is relentless, so even on new construction the building inspection reads how the build has been detailed for that environment: the corrosion protection on any exposed steel and fixings; the sealing against wind-driven rain and spray; and the waterproofing of balconies and podiums, and wet areas, to AS 3740. Because the stock is new, build quality and the builder's statutory warranty matter, and much of it is strata, so an apartment is read as a building-wide proposition where the common property and the strata records carry the real picture. New does not mean faultless, and on the waterfront the environment tests a build hard from day one.
The established homes above are read as ageing coastal stock: salt corrosion of steel and fixings and roofs; any retaining that steps an elevated block, for movement and drainage; and the era's construction, with asbestos flagged in older materials without being disturbed.
On a new build, the balconies, podium and exposed steel take particular attention, read for the waterproofing and corrosion protection a waterfront position demands.
Because it reports to AS 4349.1, the building inspection excludes timber pests, which still matter where landscaped gardens or podium planters hold moisture, so the timber pest scope is worth adding. The building inspection's value here is reading each home for what it is, a new build tested by the marine environment, or an older home ageing in the salt.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Connolly and Heathridge.
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Its new marina. A purchase here can be a brand-new waterfront apartment or townhouse in the marina precinct, or an established elevated coastal home above, and we read the two very differently, so we first establish which we are looking at, reported to AS 4349.1 with the areas not safely accessed.
The marine detailing and the build. A brand-new home right on the water sits in the harshest marine position, so we read the corrosion protection on exposed steel and fixings; the sealing against wind-driven rain; and the waterproofing of balconies and podiums, and wet areas, to AS 3740. New does not mean faultless.
Yes. Because the stock is new, build quality and the builder's statutory warranty matter, so a defect found early may still be the builder's to fix, which is worth understanding when timing an inspection.
A lot. An apartment is read as a building-wide proposition, where the roof, envelope and common structure are common property and the strata records carry much of the real picture, so we read the building as well as the unit.
It is read as ageing coastal stock: salt corrosion of steel and fixings and roofs; any retaining that steps an elevated block, for movement and drainage; and the era's construction, with asbestos flagged in older materials without being disturbed.
Very. The closer to the water, the harder the salt works, so even on new construction we read how the build has been detailed to resist it, because the environment tests a waterfront home hard from day one.
It identifies and flags any suspect materials without disturbing them. In the older elevated homes asbestos can be present in eaves and sheeting; in the new marina stock it is not a factor.
Yes. The building inspection reports to AS 4349.1 and excludes pests, and landscaped gardens or the podium planters of a strata building hold the moisture termites seek, so the two scopes are worth doing together.
A flat $440 including GST for the pre-purchase building inspection of a house, or $616 including GST with the timber pest scope. A marina apartment may suit our strata scope, which we can advise on, and you have the report within 24 hours.
Yes. A clear building report separates the significant issue, waterproofing or corrosion on a new build, or salt damage on an older one, from the cosmetic, and gives you a concrete basis to renegotiate.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Ocean Reef — 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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