Building Inspectors. What exactly do they do and how can they help you?

A qualified, experienced building inspector will be able to assist you with matters of building workmanship, compliance with building regulations, as well as they can be relied upon to provide expert advice. As leading industry experts Building Inspectors must be impartial and any reports must present the facts.

In Perth the main three ways in which a building inspector can help you are:

If you are buying a new house
To assess the major defects and structural issues with the home, which can assist you with negotiations whilst purchasing as well as informing you of any immediate or expensive maintenance issues. Some examples of common Issues are with waterproofing, a lack of RCD's, no smoke alarms, poor Weatherproofing, ineffective or daamged roof structure, defective pool fencing.


If you are building or have built a new home
An inspection at PCi is strongly advised, but many people do not realise the benefits of inspections at other stages. Roof frame, bricks at plate height can be assessed for workmanship to ensure your new home is being constructed in line with expected industry standards in regards to complaince of structure and acceptable workmanship.


Advising on matters of defective workmanship
If at any time (with maximum time limits applicable) after the building work or trade has completed the building work you may lodge a complaint for defective building work. As a general rule you have 3 years for a contract dispute and 6 years for a building dispute.

And a part fromk the aformentioned SHS building consultants are available to comment on matters relating to building compliance, acceptable trade practices, contracts and much more.