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 Wembley is a varied job, because the suburb's stock spans interwar character homes, post-war and mid-century brick, and a steady run of knockdown-rebuilds, on ground that shifts from the damp lake edge to the free-draining sand and limestone toward the coast. The building inspection to AS 4349.1 reads whichever era, and whichever block, the property turns out to be.
On the older homes, the structure is interwar brick on shallow footings, read for movement and, in the oldest, for the rising damp the pre-damp-course walls draw up. On the substantial post-war and mid-century stock, the building inspection reads the brick against the ground and reads the era's asbestos into the picture, identifying and flagging the suspect materials in eaves and sheeting without disturbing them. The concrete tile roofs of that era are read for brittleness, perished sarking and the delignification that turns up in the hardwood beneath.
The ground is a genuine structural variable in Wembley. Toward Lake Monger and Herdsman the lower blocks can carry a higher water table and damper ground, which the building inspection reads for its effect on subfloors and site drainage, while toward the coast the ground runs to free-draining sand and limestone. The same house performs differently on the two, so the block matters as much as the building.
Knockdown-rebuild means the inspection also meets new stock, where the read shifts to build quality: waterproofing to AS 3740, roof-space workmanship, articulation on the ground and the finishing a quick build rushes. Additions run through the older homes, and each is a junction read for structure, for the waterproofing of any retrofitted wet area, and for whether it was approved, because unapproved building passes to the buyer.
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 Wembley's established gardens and the damper eastern blocks the timber pest scope is worth adding in the same visit. The building inspection's value here is reading exactly which era and which ground it is dealing with, and telling the significant structural issue from the cosmetic.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby West Leederville and Glendalough.
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A visual inspection to AS 4349.1 of the accessible parts of the property, tailored to its era and its block. On an interwar or mid-century Wembley home that means the footings and wall movement, the ageing roof, asbestos-era materials and the ground the home sits on, reported as significant defects with the areas not safely accessed.
It does, and it is structural. Toward Lake Monger and Herdsman the lower blocks can carry a higher water table and damper ground, while toward the coast the ground runs to free-draining sand and limestone. We read the subfloor and drainage with the specific block in mind.
It identifies and flags suspect materials without disturbing them. Much of Wembley is post-war and mid-century stock, with likely asbestos in eaves and sheeting and behind wet-area tiles, and knowing where it is before you renovate is the point.
For meaning, not by counting. We separate cosmetic shrinkage from structural movement, read it against the shallow footings and the ground, and account for any lake-influenced dampness on the lower blocks.
The focus shifts to build quality: waterproofing to AS 3740, roof-space workmanship, articulation on the ground and the finishing a quick build rushes. A pre-handover look while the builder is liable is worth as much as a pre-purchase one.
Often. The concrete tiles 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.
In most of Wembley, yes. The building inspection reports to AS 4349.1 and excludes pests, and the established gardens and damper eastern blocks here suit termites, so the two scopes are usually done together.
The junctions and the approvals. We read each addition for structure and for the waterproofing of any retrofitted wet area, and flag work that looks unapproved so it can be checked against council records.
Yes. Whether it is a character home, a mid-century house or a new build, a clear building report separates the significant structural issue from the cosmetic, and gives you a concrete basis to renegotiate.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Wembley — 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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