A Victorian rental has to meet 15 minimum standards before it can be advertised. We go through each one in your Donnybrook property and tell you exactly what needs fixing.
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Building Dispute Practitioners Society Assessed against Schedule 4 of the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 (Vic), the 15 standards Consumer Affairs Victoria lists for every rental home. We look at and handle each item, photograph it and mark it met or not met, noting the fix wherever it falls short.
35 checkpoints across 15 areas on a standard Donnybrook rental minimum standards (Victoria) 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.
Each of these would hold back a Donnybrook listing until it was put right: a loose blind loop, an exhaust fan venting into the roof, an outside door that will not latch.
A house fresh from handover can still fail Victoria's rental minimum standards. What new Donnybrook homes most often lack before their first lease.
Two of the 15 Victorian rental standards are about keeping the home secure. What Donnybrook landlords need on every entry door and outside window.
Two of Victoria's 15 rental standards cover the bathroom and the toilet. What a Donnybrook rental needs in each, and the leaks that most often fail them.
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. 
VCAT Expert Witness Reports A tribunal-ready defect report for a Donnybrook building dispute. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record of your property before construction starts alongside it. 
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 for Donnybrook, or contact the booking team.
Locks, windows, window coverings, window covering anchors, structural soundness, mould and damp, ventilation, bathrooms, toilets, kitchen, laundry, heating, lighting, vermin proof bins and electrical safety. They sit in Schedule 4 of the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 and apply to every house, townhouse and unit let under a residential rental agreement in Donnybrook.
Since 25 November 2025 a rental provider cannot advertise or offer a property for rent unless it already meets the standards. Before that date the test was the day the renter moved in. The standards themselves have applied to agreements entered into from 29 March 2021, and the window covering anchor standard was added from 1 December 2025.
We do not certify electrical safety, carry out the two-yearly electrical or gas safety checks, or test smoke alarms; a licensed electrician or gasfitter does those. We do not run the heater, cooktop, oven or other appliances, test for asbestos or identify mould species, inspect for timber pests, or cut into walls, floors or ceilings. Rooming houses are covered by a different set of standards. Anything we could not get to on the day is listed in the report.
We name it in the report and photograph the switchboard so you can see what is fitted. Whether it complies is certified by a licensed electrician, so the report points you to one rather than signing it off ourselves.
Yes. A house handed over in the last few years can still fail on items the builder never supplied, such as window coverings in the bedrooms, or on things added afterwards, such as a corded blind with no anchor. Age is not the test; the 15 standards are.
The price depends on the size of the home and how many bathrooms and living areas it has. Enter your Donnybrook address in the quote form and the price comes back before you book.
A typical Donnybrook house takes about one to two hours on site. The report, with each standard marked met or not met and a photo beside it, arrives within 24 hours of the inspection.
Yes, as long as the renter has been given the written notice the Residential Tenancies Act requires for entry. Many Donnybrook owners book the gap between leases instead, because the rooms are empty and repairs are easier to schedule.
A condition report describes the property at the start of a lease so the bond can be settled fairly at the end. Our inspection answers a different question: whether the home meets the legal minimum to be let at all. Do this first, fix the list, then fill in the condition report.
Each shortfall is listed with a photo and what needs to change. Once the work is done we can come back and confirm it in writing. A renter who moves into a non-compliant home can treat the fault as an urgent repair or end the agreement before moving in, and the Consumer Affairs Victoria Renting Taskforce can issue fines.
A registered building practitioner who works the northern growth corridor every week. We cover Donnybrook 3064 and the neighbouring suburbs of Kalkallo, Beveridge, Wollert, Mickleham, Craigieburn and Epping North.