IS A BUILDING AND PEST INSPECTION REALLY WORTH IT?

I think so…

Homes in Australia are expensive, and although a building and pest inspection can’t protect you from everything (it’s not an insurance policy), it can help you decide whether or not to proceed with your purchase, knowing that you know everything knowable about the property.

Top 5 Situations where your building and pest inspection is totally worth it:

(1) If you’re going to substantially renovate the property, it will give you an idea about the challenges you might come up against.

(2) If you’re going to move in and hope to never do anything except maintain the property as is, it will help you with your maintenance list and give you time frames to work to.

(3) If you want to change up the kitchen and knock out a wall, you can talk to your building inspector about that (ideas and information about structural walls)

(4) If you are buying an investment property and need information about what will make the property safe and rentable, our building inspection will help there too - and you can send it through to your property manager to help them manage it better.

(5) If you get your building inspection back and there are un-expected, un-explained surprises, you could also try to use the report as leverage in price negotiations.

All those examples show how the cost of the building and pest inspection pays for itself!

And of course, as with all “professional advice”, it’s only as valuable as the professional giving it. Referrals, social media stalking and the usual investigative tools highly recommended.