Donnybrook housing is barely a decade old in most streets, so a pre-purchase inspection here is not about decay. It is about whether the work was done properly and whether water is going where it should.
A pre-purchase inspection is a visual inspection of readily accessible areas reported under AS 4349.1, covering significant items: structural damage, conditions conducive to it, and safety hazards.
0 checkpoints across 0 areas on a standard Donnybrook pre-purchase building inspection. Where something is locked, sealed or buried under stored material on the day, it goes in the report as not inspected. We never mark unreachable work as satisfactory.
From a Donnybrook pre-purchase inspection, reported under AS 4349.1.
New Construction Stage Inspections Seven checks through a Donnybrook build, each timed for the moment before the work vanishes behind the next trade. 
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections The inspection before keys change hands, where code items still surface alongside the finishes. 
Building and Pest Inspections Building and timber pest together, starting with whether the termite barrier has been bridged. 
Defect Investigation Reports Measuring what failed against what was required, so the argument stops being about opinion. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record of your property before construction starts alongside it. Expert Witness Reports Prepared to the VCAT expert evidence practice note where a dispute reaches the tribunal. 
Pre-Listing Inspections Find what a buyer's inspector will find, before your home is listed. 
Insurance Claim Assessments An independent assessment of damage to support a claim. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
AS 4349.1 is visual and limited to readily accessible areas. Operation and testing of electrical, gas and plumbing work sits outside it, as do appliances, climate control, automatic garage doors, pools and spas, concealed framing, footings underground, asbestos and mould sampling, and anything obstructed on the day.
Not by a building inspection alone. Timber pests are reported separately under AS 4349.3, which is the building and pest scope.
Yes. One metre is the minimum height, and a balustrade below it is recorded as a safety hazard rather than a cosmetic note.
