Riverstone Building
Inspections

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Riverstone

For established Riverstone homes, a visual inspection carried out to AS 4349.1.

  • Carried out to AS 4349.1
  • Roof space entered where safe
  • Subfloor entered where accessible
  • Flood history flagged for your searches
  • Significant items called out
  • Report inside 24 hours
  • Booked around your cooling off
  • Call once you have read it
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What is included

What is included in a Riverstone pre-purchase building inspection

A pre-purchase inspection is carried out to AS 4349.1, a visual inspection of readily accessible areas reporting significant items, conditions conducive to structural damage and safety hazards.

Older homes

  • Fibro and weatherboard condition
  • Piers and bearers where seen
  • Signs of past restumping

Cracking and settlement

  • Brick and plaster cracks
  • Sticking doors and windows
  • Floors out of level

Roof cladding

  • Old tiles and ridge pointing
  • Rusted iron and gutters
  • Valley irons and lead flashing

Inside the roof

  • Framing and sag
  • Leaks and water marks
  • Sarking and any insulation

Under the house

  • Ventilation and damp
  • Timber framing condition
  • Access limits noted

Older and newer bathrooms

  • Shower leaks into adjoining walls
  • Fall to the floor grate
  • Cracked and drummy tiles

Inside rooms

  • Cornices and ceiling sag
  • Walls and floors
  • Sashes, frames and doors

Sheds and later additions

  • Garage, carport and shed
  • Additions that may lack approval
  • Granny flats on the block

Yard and site drainage

  • Surface drainage
  • Old retaining walls
  • Concrete paths and driveway

Risks to safety

  • Possible asbestos, flagged for testing
  • Steps, landings and rails
  • Glazing in doors

30 checkpoints across 10 areas on a standard Riverstone pre-purchase building inspection. We need the property accessible and, on a new build, the builder aware an independent inspector is attending. Anything not complete on the day is recorded as such rather than passed.

Sample findings

How a pre-purchase inspection works in Riverstone

No defect grid appears here; the reason is above.

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Why Riverstone owners choose us

Independent. Licensed. Insured.

  • A handover practice
  • The envelope still gets checked at the end
  • Flood history taken seriously
  • A list your builder can work
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FAQ

Pre-Purchase Building Inspections in Riverstone: common questions

Do you check for flood damage?

We record visible evidence consistent with past water entry, and we say where the flood history of the area makes that worth pursuing. Establishing the flood classification of a specific lot is a council and conveyancing search, not an inspection finding.

Is older Riverstone stock worth inspecting?

Particularly so. It predates the growth releases by decades and has had that long for alterations, additions and deferred maintenance to accumulate.

What is excluded?

Nothing is energised, pressurised, operated or taken apart, and no engineering is certified. Timber pest sits outside it altogether, under AS 4349.3, and is booked alongside.

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