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 Whiteman reads a whole property, not just a house. This semi-rural, parkland-fringe locality on the edge of Whiteman Park is a place of large blocks and rural-residential homes, with newer estate development along its edges, and the building inspection to AS 4349.1 reads the outbuildings, on-site services and bushland setting that a large block brings, alongside the dwelling itself.
The rural-residential property is the defining factor. On a large block the building inspection reads not just the house but the sheds and workshops and other outbuildings, which are often owner-built and not always approved, and which carry their own structure, roofing and, in older ones, asbestos to flag. Where the property is on on-site wastewater rather than deep sewer, the inspection notes the presence and accessible condition of the system while recommending a specialist check, because the function of a septic or treatment system is beyond a visual building inspection. The same applies to a bore or rainwater supply, whose presence is noted while the water and pump are specialist matters.
Bushland proximity is the second factor. Backing onto or near Whiteman Park's bush, a home may be in a bushfire-prone area, which can carry construction requirements for a home built or renovated to a bush-fire attack level, so the building inspection notes where a property's setting makes that relevant, a matter to confirm with the local authority.
The houses span eras, from older rural homes to newer estate stock. The older homes are read for age, asbestos and the wear of decades, and the newer brick-veneer-on-slab homes for build quality: the frame and the slab, and the roof plumbing of a volume build, with wet-area waterproofing to AS 3740.
The roof space and the outbuildings take extra time here, read for framing condition and water entry, and the state of any owner-built structure.
Because it reports to AS 4349.1, the building inspection excludes timber pests, and near Whiteman Park that exclusion matters, because the bush is a reservoir for subterranean termites and the large gardens and timber outbuildings add to it, so the timber pest scope is well worth adding. The building inspection's value here is reading the whole property, its house and outbuildings, on-site services and setting, not just the walls of the home.
We run the same inspection across the area, including nearby Brabham and Bennett Springs.
MISSING: phone number · Book online → · Flat $440 inc GST, report within 24 hours.
The kind of property. Whiteman is a semi-rural, parkland-fringe area of large blocks, so a property here often carries outbuildings, on-site services and bushland proximity. We read the whole property, not just the house, reported to AS 4349.1 with the areas not safely accessed.
Yes. On a large block the sheds and workshops and other outbuildings are part of the read, for their structure and roofing, and, in older ones, asbestos to flag. They are often owner-built and not always approved, which we note, because unapproved structures pass to you at settlement.
We note the presence and accessible condition of an on-site wastewater system, but its actual function is beyond a visual building inspection, so we recommend a specialist check. The same applies to a bore or rainwater supply, whose presence we note while the water and pump are specialist matters.
It may be, backing onto or near Whiteman Park's bush. That can carry construction requirements for a home built or renovated to a bush-fire attack level, so we note where the setting makes that relevant, a matter to confirm with the local authority.
For its age: the roof, the structure, rising damp, and asbestos in the older materials, flagged without being disturbed. We read an older rural home for the wear of decades and any owner-built additions and their approval.
Build quality: the timber frame behind the brick skin, the slab for movement and slab-edge damp, and the roof plumbing of a volume build, along with wet-area waterproofing to AS 3740.
It identifies and flags suspect materials without disturbing them. Older homes and outbuildings can contain asbestos in eaves, sheeting and old shed cladding, and knowing where it is matters given how much outbuilding stock a rural block can carry.
Yes. The building inspection reports to AS 4349.1 and excludes pests, and Whiteman Park's bush is a reservoir for subterranean termites, with the large gardens and timber outbuildings adding to it, so the timber pest scope is well worth adding.
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.
Yes. A clear building report separates the significant issue, an unapproved outbuilding or a failing structure, from the cosmetic, and gives you a concrete basis to renegotiate.
Also available as a combined building and timber pest inspection in Whiteman — 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.
Tell us about the property and what you need. We'll come back to you with a firm quote and a time.
PERTH