Browse Forums General Discussion Re: House inspector 2Sep 21, 2018 7:55 am ? In Victoria - Do you mean the registered building surveyor who issues the certificate of Occupancy and applies for the building permit? In Victoria I would call the VBA information line. They can be surprisingly helpful with information when they want to be. They can explain role and action you can take against them. 1300 815 127 Re: House inspector 5Sep 21, 2018 6:09 pm If you have had inspection and a pre purchase report done by professional in accordance with AS 4349.1 then you would have had an opportunity to read pre purchase agreement that states what is included and what isn't. If significant issues were missed that should have been reported then you will have a claim and it will usually be handled by inspector's insurance. However there is a whole heap of exclusions limitations and disclaimers and there are good reasons for that so you need do your homework and read everything before inspection. What is the nature of your defects? Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: House inspector 6Sep 21, 2018 8:09 pm A beam that had been termite infested was not given in the report. The building inspector said that it was impossible to go up and check it as the passage was not suitable enough, but I later hired a pest inspector and was easily able to check above and said that the building inspector was giving BS. And also the banging of the pipes was also not given. Re: House inspector 7Sep 22, 2018 11:31 pm Did you specifically ask the original inspector to do both a structural and pest inspection? Alot of them will add a waiver that they do not do specific pest inspections and that you should hire another inspector if you want a dedicated pest inspection. Re: House inspector 8Sep 23, 2018 7:58 am We hired him to do a structural inspection as thats we he only offers. Now after buying the house it was not occupied for atleast 4 weeks resulting to having cockroaches and rodents running around the house, so we hired a pest control to deal with it and told us that were we aware of the beam that had been termite infested? And we had no clue about that as it was not given in the report. So is he liable then? Re: House inspector 9Sep 23, 2018 11:15 am If you are buying a home then its wise to order building and timber pest inspection. They are actually two inspections and 2 reports. Building inspection should be done to AS 4349.1 and a Timber pest inspection to As 4349.3 and the inspector should be accredited and have professional indemnity insurance. I had been doing building inspections for about 18 months and subcontracted out timber pest inspection to a pestie (because we offered combined building and timber pest inspections) when I decided to do Timber Pest Management course that led to my accreditation as Timber Pest inspector. Since then I carried out thousands of inspections in the last 12 years. If your inspector is not accredited timber pest inspector (and you have only ordered building inspection ) then you are expecting him to do what he is not trained to do unless the damage is so obvious that it should have been picked up by a layperson (if so why didn't you pick it up?) You have to remember that your purchase is probably the biggest investment in your life and taking care when ordering inspection means doing a fair bit of homework beforehand. The inspection is no guarantee that there are no defects(because of disclaimers, limitations and exclusions) but a best attempt on the day to find significant defects. So it's risk reduction but not a guarantee. If you don't do your homework and just go with the lowest inspection price don't complain when the weather gets rough and you have sailed on a cheap boat. There are many inspection companies out there, many are poorly qualified and equally many are very good so do your homework beforehand. Before you do anything ask for inspector's qualifications, insurance and a pre inspection agreement It should look like that, look at the bottom of the page https://www.buildingexpert.net.au/book.htm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog I would send it to the certifier who is technically your representative and working on your behalf not the builder's 1 2273 I do enjoy the drama:-D In his latest two videos he has started bringing security guards to site, I am waiting for the punch on to begin lol 6 45554 If you already have a contract, is the inspection cost stated in there? If not they would be forced to issue you a variation which you could of course object to. 12 25870 |