Confidence Building Consultants offers a range of building inspections to help you make informed property decisions and avoid costly mistakes — whether you’re buying, upgrading or maintaining a building. We take a thorough approach that goes beyond standard practices and brings peace of mind.
Our reports are clear, detailed and easy to understand, giving you real insight into the condition of your property. We also offer in-person walk-through inspections, where we identify issues and opportunities on the spot. No formal report needed — just invaluable, expert advice when you need it.
Our pre-purchase reports are thorough and go beyond the Australian Standard for Inspection of Buildings (AS 4349.1-2007 Inspection of buildings – Part 1: Pre-purchase inspections – Residential buildings). We take the time to investigate every accessible detail of the property, identifying both potential defects and opportunities for upgrades.
We work closely with you to provide a full understanding of the risks and opportunities, enabling you to make confident decisions about your purchase. Pre-purchase inspections can also be conducted as a ‘walk through,’ giving you the chance to see property assessments firsthand.
We conduct pre-sale inspections, also known as vendor reports, for anyone preparing to sell a property. This provides vendors the opportunity to address any issues before listing the property.
We work with you to identify problems early, assist with necessary fixes, and ensure your property is in optimal condition when it is listed on the market.
Confidence Building Consultants prepares detailed defect reports for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, including new builds, renovations, and strata properties.
Whether it’s a handover from a builder or identifying defects in common areas of strata buildings, we provide clear reports to guide you through the final payment, handover process, and statutory warranty requirements from the home building compensation fund insurance. Our reports ensure work is completed correctly, protecting you from paying for incomplete or faulty work.
Dilapidation reports document the existing condition of a property and neighbouring structures before construction begins. These reports protect you from potential disputes over damage and clearly record any changes throughout the project.
We offer staged and specialist construction inspections, including leak detection, waterproofing, facade and structural assessments, project progress reports, and final quality checks for compliance and defects.
“Fast and seriously thorough inspection service. Verbal followup was friendly, thorough and really useful and the formal report will be useful for a while to come.”
“Our pre-purchase building inspection was easy to arrange, personable and efficient service, thank you. Best laid out and easiest to understand written report we’ve seen.”
A building consultant goes beyond the basic property and pest report. Inspections are more in-depth and include structural integrity assessments, energy efficiency evaluations, and safety audits. Building consultants have specialised experience, expertise and qualifications.
A pre-purchase building inspection can potentially save you thousands in unexpected, costly repairs. We thoroughly inspect all aspects of the property and identify any structural defects, waterproofing issues, pest damage, asbestos, and more – issues that may not be visible to an untrained eye. Our reports give you an in-depth understanding of the property’s true condition, empowering you to make an informed purchase decision. For true confidence and peace of mind in your purchase, a building inspection is essential.
A dilapidation report will contain a full review and photographic log of the current condition of a property, completed by our expert consultant. We inspect all internal and external elements for existing damage, wear and tear, weathering, cracks, leaks, and more. You receive a detailed written report documenting the property’s existing state, along with high quality photographs. The dilapidation report provides a baseline record of the property’s condition before construction begins.
Our standard pre-purchase building inspection takes 2-3 hours to thoroughly assess a typical property, depending on the building size and condition. We inspect the roof, exterior, interior, structure, plumbing, electrical, drainage, council records, and more. Comprehensive dilapidation reports take longer due to the detailed photographic logging required. We will discuss the appropriate time required to provide a complete, quality inspection.