What is a Building and Pest Inspection in Sydney?
A building and pest inspection in Sydney is a combined pre-purchase assessment covering two critical risk areas: the structural and physical condition of the building, and the presence of timber pests — including termites, borers, and wood decay fungi.
In Sydney's inner west, where a significant proportion of housing stock dates from the late 1800s to 1940s, timber pest activity is a genuine and common risk. Termite damage in older hardwood sub-floors and structural framing can be extensive and costly to rectify — and is frequently invisible to the untrained eye.
Our building and pest inspections are conducted in accordance with Australian Standard AS 4349.1 (building) and AS 4349.3 (timber pest), and your comprehensive written report is delivered within 24 hours of the inspection completing.
We inspect every accessible area of the property — roof exterior, roof void, interior, sub-floor, exterior walls, drainage, and the immediate site — and report individually on major defects, safety hazards, and the general condition of minor defects.
Sydney's inner west contains some of Australia's highest concentrations of termite-susceptible timber-framed housing. Properties built before 1960 typically have hardwood sub-floor structures with no termite barriers. A building-only inspection without a pest component leaves a critical blind spot — and termite damage can cost $20,000 to $80,000+ to remediate.