Our Services
New home handover inspection
We provide property inspection before the builders hand it over to you so that you can ensure that your construction is structured sound and fulfilling building standards and other formalities.
We provide you a complete documented report with expert analysis along with possible optimal solutions and professional advice for current and future decisions related to your new home.
Never take the risk of move into a new home if you are unaware of your building condition.
Price for single report
$399
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Pre-purchase building inspection
As per a survey report, approximately 30% to 35% of homes, buildings, or constructions for sale in Australia have structural faults, termites, bore issues, or other sanitary fitting or electrical defects. Smart people do not take any risks of potential losses by hiring us for property inspection before purchase to decrease the probability of disappointments.
Our inspection process is fast and we provide you detailed reports about the condition of your property, costs, and options available to fix the problem.
We empower you to make rational decisions by providing you key essential data about your concerned project.
Price for single report starts from*
$399
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
We Offer Following Type of Property Inspection Services
We protect your dreams and investment by providing accurate building inspections as per your desires.
A safe and happy home is the dream of everyone which involves the investment of your time, energy, emotions, patience, and dependency on builders. We help you out in making sure that your building, home, or property is as per your commitments and dreams in Melbourne and its surrounding areas..
Pre-auction Inspections
Being independent building inspectors, we show you a clear picture of what you are buying before bidding or auction. We secure you from wrong purchase decisions by identifying if there is any fault line, undercover defects, intentional or unintentional structural failures of property which is under auction and consideration.
Price for single report
$399
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Complete Stage Inspections Package for New Homes
Complete Stage Inspections Package by Ozzi Building Inspections includes all 5 stage inspections of new home building inspections:
1- pre-pour or steel insepctions, 2- slab insepctions, 3- frame or pre-plaster inspection, 4- lockup stage inspection, 5- final handover inspection.
From slab stage, pre-plaster till handover with reports related to structure, drainage and plumbing examination, fitting quality of windows, doors, and other aluminum or woodwork.
Perfection in kitchen cabinetry work to wall and flooring cross-check is a very important part of the complete inspection.
Walls of the interior, exterior, roof ceilings, waterproofing, driveway, waste management, water management mechanism, outbuilding sheds, pests’ inspection, downpipes, and other technical or structural areas of your building comes under the umbrella of complete inspection.
Price for complete report
$1599
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Pre-pour or Steel Inspection
Pre-pour or Steel inspection are important stages in house building process. Ozzi Building Inspections team will identify any issues with the construction of your Pre-pour or Steel. Serious errors in steel or pre-pour can have disastrous effects on your property, both short term and long term, and can often go unnoticed for years until they become extremely expensive and stressful to fix. We will inspect and report on issues surrounding:
For the slab stage inspection components may include:
- vapour barrier
- storm water
- steel
- concrete cover
- pipe penetrations
- termite protection
- secondary earth
- excess sagging (raft slab)
- measurements of throat angles (raft slab)
- mesh touching pods (waffle pod)
- termite collar (waffle pod)
- additional assessments as per the engineering plans
Price for single report
$349
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Slab Inspection
Slab inspection is an important stage in house building process. Ozzi Building Inspections team will identify any issues with the construction of your slab. Serious errors in floor slabs can have disastrous effects on your property, both short term and long term, and can often go unnoticed for years until they become extremely expensive and stressful to fix. We will inspect and report on issues surrounding:
For the slab stage inspection components may include:
- Undersized materials
- Incorrectly placed materials
- Missing pads, beams and footings
- Omissions or left out materials
- Poor building practices
- Lack of termite protection
- Damaged vapour barrier membrane
- The slab is in accordance with the floor plan for your new home
- There is no reinforcement protruding from the slab
- The slab is straight and level
Price for single report
$349
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Frame / Pre-plaster Inspection
Frame / Pre-plaster inspection is the step just after completion of wall and room framing. In case if the building is multiple stories, then the garage area or other lower areas are not required to be finished at the frame stage. Inspectors must be providing inspection-related services at this stage to unleash and point out defects.
For the frame inspection stage, inspection components may include:
- Concrete thickness and level examination, cracking check, extra hangings, or exposed frames/metallic structures.
- All dimensions of wall framing
- Doors and windows check
- Neem and brackets checking
- Floor bed and proper compactions
- Ceiling and roof trusses
- Plaster, bricks, and plaster checking
- Adherence to Australian construction standards and building code.
Price for single report
$349
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Lockup Stage
The paint and fixing stage is that stage that hides the defects deep inside. It becomes challenging to find the hidden defects if there is no proper pre-paint or pre-fixing inspection being done.
Prepaint/fix inspection includes:
- Doors and windows installation
- Smoke and other safety alarms
- Skirting boards and other architrave related installation job
- Checking with decks and other structural errors
- Safety features as per safety standards
- Water and vermin proofing
- Ceiling heights and ventilation.
- Material quality check.
Price for single report
$349
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Final handover Inspection
The final pre-handover inspection is also called the PCI (Practical Completion Inspection) report in which the inspection team provides a complete detailed document about physical structural analysis, overall condition, and strength of the property.
This is a complete evaluation document with all identified potential errors and defects in construction from design and construction methodology to structure and material being used.
This information helps you to make a rational decision about your investment to secure your dreams and future. Final pre-handover inspection includes evaluation of the interior and exterior structures, quality of material being used, fencing, roofing, tiling, and other micro and macro details of your project.
Price for single report
$399
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Post-handover and Maintenance inspection
Even after the handover of the project to the landowner, the inspection job can be performed by Ozzi Building Inspection to make sure that your building is designed as per Australian
Standards of construction. Its includes:
- Checking the safety measures of your building
- Overall structural or building material inspection
- Technical or other functional errors or fault lines in home
- Pending jobs, water, and electrical supplies
- Checking with roofing, tiling, and other interior and exterior elements of your construction to make sure that everything is in its right position as per clients and builder promise upper building standards of Australian Government.
Price for single report
$399
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Off the plan inspection
The inspection job to be performed for the areas which are not covered within the builder’s responsibility directly. Inspection job related to off the plan premises either its exterior or interior is very important and it must be taken seriously as per legal policies and code of ethics given by the constitution of Australian Government.
Price for single report
$349
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Insurance Inspection
Insurance inspection is required to check the condition of building property which may be required in insurance decisions of your property.
In general insurance inspection, the following areas are included to be considered by the inspector:
- Building roof condition and its estimated life
- Outside hazards leading towards the probability of natural or other disasters.
- Exterior and interior drainage management system.
- Electrical system, plumbing work, and condition of basement/foundation
- Energy management system, ventilation, and temperature control system.
- Surrounding forests, traffic, wildlife, lakes, or mountains with the probability of natural disaster.
- Fire alarm, smoke detector, emergency measures, and anti-theft security system.
- Life of HVAC system.
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Price for single report
$349
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Building and Timber Pest Inspection
We offer services all over Melbourne Metropolitan and Surrounding areas. Our Building and Timber Pest Inspection report consists of the following information:
- Major hazards safety hazards, such as structural issues or the suspected presence of asbestos documented.
- Minor defects, such as expected property maintenance documented.
- Overview on the presence and/or workings of termites or timber pests documented.
- Review of any present conditions that may attract or assist termite or timber pest infestation
- Information on the works that may be required to rectify defects or issues
Price for single report
$499
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.
Timber Pest & Termite Inspection only
We offer services all over Melbourne Metropolitan and Surrounding areas. Our Pest Inspection report consists of the following information:
- Overview on the presence and/or workings of termites or timber pests documented.
- Review of any present conditions that may attract or assist termite or timber pest infestation
- Information on the works that may be required to rectify defects or issues
Price for single report
$499
*Depending on size of the property
All our reports come with detailed photos describing defects and other potential issues.