PRE-PURCHASE PEST INSPECTIONS

Make sure you know exactly what you’re buying

Australian homes and offices are commonly constructed with wood. Wood just happens to be the primary source of food for wood-boring insects, subterranean termites and other timber pests.

The damage caused to homes by timber pests can be catastrophic and evidence of an infestation is not always obvious. If you’re in the market for a new home or office site you’re potentially making the largest financial investment of your life. Imagine how you would feel if, after you made the purchase, you discovered the structure was home to a colony of termites, wood-borers or severely damaged by decay?

Don’t gamble with your future, engage use to thoroughly assess the structural integrity of your investment.

It’s rare for a vendor (owner of a property) to provide a pre-purchase inspection report as part of the sale documents. You owe it to yourself and to any loved ones to protect any and all of your investments.

A pre-purchase report is possibly the wisest investment you can make. The risk of termites in Victoria is assessed as moderate to high, with 70% of municipal council areas declared termite prone zones. There is also mounting evidence to suggest that all of Victoria should be declared as a termite prone area.

Our pre-purchase reports will assess the following:

• whether pests are, or have been, present in the building
• whether there’s a heightened risk of the presence of timber pests
• whether there’s existing damage caused by timber pests