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Buying a home can be the biggest investment you will make in your life. That’s why its important to get both a timber pest inspection and a building inspection done so you know the house is a good investment. Building inspections are very different to a pre-purchase timber pest inspection.
A building inspection is completed by a qualified builder, who will report on the structural integrity of the house. The timber pest inspection is completed by a qualified pest controller. They will report whether there are any timber pests in the house or around the property. Timber pests include termites and borers.
Although we don’t do building inspections ourselves, we work very closely with some other reputable building inspectors who can complete the building inspection side of the inspection. When you call us we can organise the builder who will do the inspection at the same time as us
A pre-purchase timber pest inspection is slightly different to a normal timber pest inspection. By law we are required to sign an agreement with the buyer before conducting a pre-purchase timber pest inspection.
We take great care when doing our inspections as we realise we are conducting a very important service and what we report on can have heavy repercussions on whether the buyer goes ahead with the sale or not.
It can also be noted that in a pre-purchase timber pest inspection we work for the buyer. Our job is to inform the buyer if their purchase has any hidden “skeletons in the closet” per say.
A lot of the time when we conduct a pre-purchase timber pest inspection the buyers often wishes to be there at the same time. We strongly welcome this as it gives us a chance to show and explain anything that we may find in our inspection.
We are happy to spend as much time as needed until the buyer is satisfied with their purchase or has adequate information to enter into negotiations with the seller.
We have at times conducted a timber pest inspection for the seller before listing the house for sale. This is highly recommended as we can let the seller know if there could be any issues they may not know about before selling. We can also give our recommendations as to what should be done if timber pests are found, therefore giving the seller a greater chance at selling their house.