Pre-purchase building inspection in Salter Point

Salter Point is a small river peninsula on the Canning, and buying here means working out which Salter Point you are actually buying. The suburb began as Commission and War Service homes in the 1950s and 1960s, but the riverside position has made it sought-after, and most of the original stock has been substantially extended or replaced by prestige rebuilds. The pre-purchase building read depends entirely on which of those three stages the home in front of you has reached.

Where the original postwar fabric survives, the read is about age and riverside wear. A Commission home at sixty to seventy years has tile roofs near the end of their pointing, a wet area that may have been the same wet area for decades, and wiring that may never have been upgraded. Riverside air ages metal fixings and flashings faster than inland air, so these findings come earlier at Salter Point than they might elsewhere. Knowing that before you set your price is the point.

Where the home has been extended over time, the read is about layers. The junctions at rooflines, the changes in wall construction between original and addition, and the wet areas redone at various points all need reading as a sum of their parts, because that is where the value or the cost sits in a layered home.

Where the home is a prestige rebuild, the read is about the modern building envelope. Flat and skillion roofs, box gutters, large areas of glazing and balcony waterproofing are what a contemporary river-view home depends on, and the detailing of these decides whether a bold design performs or leaks.

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 Salter Point, where the same address can mean three very different homes, that reading is what tells you exactly what you are buying. The report follows within 24 hours.

We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Como and Manning.