Independent inspections before you sign.
Pre-Buy Inspection
Buying a property is the biggest cheque most people write. A 90-minute inspection by a builder who's seen a thousand homes catches the things that cost five figures to fix — hidden water damage, unsignable structural work, dodgy electrical. We turn up, we look hard, we give you a written report with photos and a real recommendation: buy, walk, or negotiate.
Included scope
- Pre-purchase building inspections
- Pre-settlement and handover inspections
- Dilapidation reports for adjoining works
- Pest and termite inspection coordination
- Defect reports for new builds
- Asbestos visual inspection
- Independent second-opinion reports
Pre-Buy Inspection
Independent inspections before you sign.
Why Briks
What changes when we run it.
Independent — no kickbacks from agents, builders, or vendors.
Inspector is an experienced builder, not a checkbox-tick service.
Plain-English recommendation: buy, walk, or negotiate the price down.
Heritage and modern builds — we know what each one hides.
Recent work
Common jobs we handle.
Glenelg unit · pre-settlement
Caught a failing shower waterproof membrane and corroded balcony steel mid-build. Buyer used the report to negotiate remediation before settlement.
Norwood heritage · pre-buy
Identified asbestos eaves, structural settlement at the rear add-on, and unsigned electrical from a previous reno. Buyer walked, kept their deposit on a finance clause.
Mawson Lakes new build · handover
47-item defect list delivered to the builder under their warranty obligation. All items remediated before the buyer took the keys.
Magill auction · pre-auction sniff-test
Two-hour walkthrough day-of-auction, called the buyer with a verbal go/no-go before the bid. Saved them from a roofing replacement they would have inherited.
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
Every job closes with paperwork, photos, and warranties — not a shrug and a handshake.
- Written PDF report — typically 20–40 pages
- 60–100 photos with annotations on issues
- Summary recommendation: buy / walk / negotiate
- List of negotiable items the vendor should fix
- Follow-up call to walk through the report
The flow
How a pre-buy inspection job runs.
01
Tell us
Phone, online form, or email. Two sentences is enough.
02
Quote
Written price back fast. Renovations get a site visit + itemised quote without delay.
03
On-site
Vetted, licensed tradie dispatched. Photos before and after.
04
Invoice
Single tax invoice on completion. Pay direct, card, or EFT.
Common questions
Things people ask first.
Inspection day, written PDF report and photos sent to you soon after. Verbal go/no-go on the day if you need it for an auction or short cooling-off.
Related trades
Other trades we cover.
Need a pre-buy inspection quote?
Two sentences is enough. We come back fast with a written price.