Looking for Your Forever Home? Costly Traps You Can’t Afford to Fall Into
So the time has come. It’s going to be your first home purchase – an existing home. You have settled on the basic features you want and the [...]
So the time has come. It’s going to be your first home purchase – an existing home. You have settled on the basic features you want and the [...]
Standing in the living area of a two-bedroom apartment in Southbank, it quickly becomes obvious why this building’s residents are having trouble sleeping. The click, creak, click emanating from the [...]
I am pleased to welcome Mr Constantine, who likes to be known simply as “Con”; our soon-to-be regular columnist and a man I am certain most of you will [...]
It’s an unfortunate truth: the Melbourne building inspection industry is rife with under qualified inspection agencies with little to no experience — or a wealth of experience in the wrong [...]
As any property expert will tell you, investing in rental housing is a long-term commitment and there is more to being a landlord than just filling a house with tenants, [...]
Last week, while inspecting a home for one of our clients we found a serious contender for our notorious "Worst New House of the Year Award". Like so many [...]
Two questions we hear all too often: "Aren’t Building Inspection Reports all pretty much the same" and "shouldn’t I just get the inspector offering the lowest price?" The answer to [...]
There are lots of people in the building industry who think they would make a good Building Inspector - the kind people who think they have just the right type [...]
It may be stating the obvious, but the primary use of a Building Defect Report for a property buyer is to assist in understanding the true condition of the property, [...]
This short video will show you examples of how damp earth and bad drainage can cause structural damage around the home. Unwanted moisture enables the growth of various fungi in wood, which can cause rot or mould. Airborne concentrations can become serious health issues. This is why home building inspections are a must.