Steve at CW Design & Build offers pre purchase house inspections. With 25 years experience as a trade qualified carpenter and DB-U registered Builder, Steve has spent a lifetime working on houses all throughout Victoria. From 120 year old miners cottages, heritage listed homes and buildings, inner city terrace and town houses, modern suburban homes, high end penthouse suites and apartments, top end Toorak mansions and everything in between.

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What you get is not just a pre purchase house inspection, but a unique look through the eyes of an active working Registered Builder. A highly practical insight into one of the biggest investments you're ever going to make.

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A pre purchase house inspection will find something to report on for most houses. Some things will be a red flag, problematic money pits that are expensive and difficult to rectify, other things that may seem like trouble may actually be a reasonably simple fix.

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Then there's the context of what you're buying it for, is it a long term rental, family home, turn around investment. As an active builder currently carrying out extensions, renovations and new homes and studios, our pre purchase house inspections provide you with a depth of knowledge, experience and practical point of view you just can't replicate with an online course.

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We can quickly identify whether the house you're looking at is a good fit. Whether the things that have been found in the pre purchase house inspection need immediate rectification, or if they can wait until you can afford it. If the problems found are going to cost a bomb and cause heartache, or whether it's a bargaining point that actually isn't a big deal.

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From the condition of the bones of the house, frame and footings, asbestos, rising damp, signs of termites, signs of excessive movement, roof condition, claddings, flashings, signs of water damage, drainage, your possible plans for the future of the house. Are all these things manageable, not manageable?

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Through the right set of eyes you can make a super practical, highly informed decision off the back of your pre purchase house report based on what you're buying it for.

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We provide a full report with our pre purchase house inspection, but really it's the conversation that cuts to the chase. We encourage you to be there with Steve whilst he carries out the pre purchase house inspection. Talk about it as we go. That's how you really get a feel for what you're looking at.

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In Victoria there are no qualification requirements for carrying out pre purchase house inspections. Most providers offer a qualification based on a short online course with no pre-requisites, no practical experience.

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Probably the biggest investment of your life? I know who I'd rather talk to.

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Give us a call.

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