It is quite normal to want to know if your prospective home or building is in normal condition before purchase and even before closing the deal. This prevents you from getting into contracts that will cost you a fortune on along term basis.

When purchasing a building, it is quite possible not to notice existing or potential problems until after the building is bought; hence professional eyes are needed to ensure the building is in safe condition and does not have any major issues that will jeopardize your investment.

Types of inspection

There are two major types of inspection; Pre purchase inspection and Final building inspection.

Pre purchase Inspection

This inspection covers the exterior, interior, roof space, under floor space, site features within 30 meters of the building and roof exterior. This is to ensure that there is no form of damage, distortion, water issues, deterioration, operation or installation malfunctions. 

This inspection generally occurs before purchasing the house at all and it is in compliance with the Australian law on building inspection. 

For this inspection, a trained eye is very crucial to the process. This is because, conducting the inspection yourself might lead to unintentional omission of some parts of the building and you might not have experience to notice any potential major damage that might lead to long-term repair or new replacement. 

You can easily hire a building inspector such as Adelaide Building Inspections to help cover the thorough inspection of your building.

Final building inspection

This inspection is generally done close to the time the deal is closed. This is to ensure that the building is still in safe condition and it majorly covers damages that pre purchase inspection probably missed. This inspection can be given to a professional to oversee or otherwise carried out by you. However, this inspection should only be carried out by you, if you have already consulted professional assistance for the pre purchase inspection.

During a pre purchase inspection, the owner of the building (if a home) might still be living there when the inspection takes place; hence it is quite possible to honestly omit certain aspects of the house covered by belongings. The final building inspection will cover up for this and help spot these errors such as:

• Garbage left behind. Some house owners might leave a whole ton of rubbish behind for you to dispose when they leave the house. If you do not want to pay for the disposal of unneeded items on the property, a final inspection will go a very long way in preventing that.
• Missing and damaged furnishing or appliance. There are other times whereby certain appliances will go missing after the previous occupants move out. This is why it is essential to get a pre purchase inspection done so as to have pictures on the items in the house and be able to compare when the occupant moves out. It is quite possible for certain furnishing to get damaged before the deal is closed. Rechecking will ensure that you don’t get to pay for the repair.