Our Internal Building Inspection Covers

Ceilings and Cornices
For sagging, nails popping defective lining, cracking, damp damage

Internal wall Finishes
(Load bearing and non-load bearing walls) for bulging, nails popping, out of plumb, cracking / crazing, loss of adhesion, blowing and pitting, cracked glass blocks / glazed partitions

Floor Finishes
(E.g. polished wood, terrazzo, ceramic tiles or slates, but not a floor covering) for surface cracking / crazing, cracking at doorways, lifting, damp damage

Windows/window elements
For grazing putty, failed glazing seals, broken glass, sash operation, sash fittings and hardware, water staining, rotting wooden frames, corroded metal frames

Door/door Elements
For defective door hardware, damaged doors, binding doors, loose / badly fitting doors, corroded / rotted frames

Architraves/skirtings
For fixing, damp damage

Fireplaces/chimneys
For broken / missing grates or inserts, damaged timber/stone surrounds, damaged hearth tiles, smoke stains on fireplace openings, water stains on chimney breast

Kitchen bench tops
For lifting, damage, water damage

Kitchen cupboards
For fixing, fitting / operation of doors, drawers and hardware, water damage

Kitchen tiles
For cracking, being drummy / loose, missing / cracked grouting / sealant

Kitchen sink / taps
For leaking trap & waste pipe, damage, operation, incomplete assembly, leaking traps

Bathroom wall sheeting
For fixing, watertight joining, damage

Bathroom tiles
For cracking, being drummy, fixing, missing or cracked grouting / sealant
External Building Inspection

Masonry walls
(Including face brickwork, block work, external render or stucco) for bricks fretting and spalling, mortar eroding, blocked / obstructed weepholes, cracking brickwork, corrosion of embedded steel, arch bars or lintels & associated cracking, movement, crazing and surface cracking, sheet spalling

External Cladding
For wind damage, rotted weatherboards, warping/ splitting and corrosion

Damp-proof course / flashing
For fixing, damage, corrosion, being loose, dislodged / deteriorated

Windows / window elements
For gaps to wall structure, sealing to junction between frame and wall, state of glazing putty, weathering, rotted timber, corrosion

Slab floor finishes
(Balconies and patios) for damage, lifting and cracking

Paintwork
For effect of lack of painting on water-tightness of external walls & parapets, blistering, flaking, cracking, peeling

Chimneys
For lack of chimney support, continuity and intactness within roof space, intactness above roof line, missing chimney pots / cowls, dislodgement or deterioration of flashings, mortar erosion, metal flue corrosion

External Joinery
(E.g. barge boards, gable ends etc) for fixing, badly weathered or rotted timbers

Garage doors
For fixing, badly weathered or rotted timbers, corrosion, damage

Underside of roofing
For corrosion, deterioration, water-tightness

Roofing
For corrosion, secureness of fixing screws, lifting, damage, water-tightness, pointing, state of ridge tiles, shell ends, barge tiles

Skylights
Leaking

Valleys
For fixing, corrosion

Flashings
For being loose, dislodged or deteriorated, damage

Rainwater goods
(Including gutters, downpipes, and rainwater tanks) for fixing, damage, corrosion

Eaves/linings
For fixing, damage

Roof Insulation
For fixing, damage

Roof sarking
For fixing, damage

Termite shields
For fixing, damage, corrosion

Small retaining walls
(Non-structural) for cracking, movement, tilting

Paths and paving
For cracking, breaks, evenness

Driveways
For cracking, breaks, evenness

Stairs and handrails
For corrosion, rotted timber, safety

Fences
For fixing, being plumb, cracking & movement, badly weathered or rotted palings, corrosion, damage

Site drainage
For defective piping, possible drainage problems if the inspection is conducted during a prolonged dry spell.

Incomplete Construction
Items that normally form part of a completed dwelling that have been removed or never installed are noted
Safety Issue

Safety Inspections
Any items that the Inspector observes during the building inspection that he thinks may be a hazard to safety are noted.