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Pre purchase Inspections
Sunday, April 13 2014

The Australian Standard 4349.1 – 2007 The Inspection of Buildings states that an inspection is to be a "Close and careful scrutiny of a building carried out without dismantling, in order to arrive at a reliable conclusion as to the condition of the building."

The purpose of the inspection is to provide advice to a prospective purchaser of the property as to the condition of the property at the time of the inspection. The report will detail major and minor defects as well as any safety hazards. When assessing the house the inspector will compare the building with other similarly aged homes that have been maintained to an acceptable standard. 

The building inspector will inspect all accessible parts of the building and any outbuildings within 30m of the building and within the boundaries of the property in accordance with the standard. The building inspector will inspect:

  • The interior of the building
  • The roof space
  • The exterior of the building
  • The sub-floor space
  • The roof exterior
  • The property within 30m of the building subject to inspection

1 Comment
Posted by: SHS ADMIN AT 10:37 pm   |  Permalink   |  1 Comment  |  Email
Comments:
How can you ensure that you can back away from the purchase of a house, if it exposes serious defects? Remember that unless a major defect is discovered during the inspection it is unlikely that the standard contract working will help you. Well, perhaps when entering the contract you could provide your own clause to the contract, something along the lines of: "If the report exposes defects which the Purchaser deems an unnacceptable risk, the Purchaser may at their decision, terminate this contract in writing and supported by a copy of the building report, to the vendor's Agent. Whereupon the contract shall be terminated and all monies paid hereunder shall be repaid to the Purchasers without loss."
Posted by SHS ADMIN on 05/01/2015 - 07:09 AM

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Time limits on complaints for Building Work.

There are essentailly two reasons why you would have a building complaint. They are:

  • You have been adversely affected by building work (this can be a builder you hired or even one that your neighbours have engaged).
  • You have a contract dispute.

As set out in the Building Services (complaint Resolution and Administration Act 2011

Building Services Complaint:

A building service complaint must be made within 6 years after the completion of the regulated building service to which the complaint relates. This means 6 years from Pratccial Completion. It is interesting to note that a Building Services complaint may be made by sebsequent owners for a period of 6 years after PCI.

An example of a Building Services complaint is if the neighbours engaged a builder to construct a new home and the stormwater drainage is affecting your property.

Another example is if you hired a builder to install some new windows and they have begun to crack within 6 years.

If the builder attends to fix something, you get another 6 years waranty 


A Breach of Contract:

You have 3 years to lodge a claim for a contract dispute.

An example may be that you requested a specific brand of tile and it was not installed or the builder did not finish the home building work on time.

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