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The household meter box houses a number of electrical components including the meter, main switch, fuses and circuit breakers including RCD’s, which control the flow of electricity to your home. It...

Spontaneous Plasterboard Ceiling Failures 2017 again saw reports of several ceiling collapses in metro Perth areas, these ceiling collapses were often spontaneous, collapsing without any warning...

If the selection of a building inspector is made carefully and ahead of time, home buyers will have one less detail to worry about during the chaos and excitement of finding a new home. Home buyers...

Choosing a qualified and ethical building inspector is the toughest challenge facing buyers in today’s real estate market, Remember, buying or building your dream home is most likely to be your...

Are you or your home at risk from unsafe hot water storage units? Here we talk about hot water storage units that are externally mounted on the ground and are heated by gas, solar or electrical...

Replace your smoke alarm battery on April 1st Buy new batteries this week so you have them ready or Eveready!!

Selling, Buying or Renting? Then the Smoke Alarm Laws apply to you. Recent inspections revealed a number of homes for sale did not meet the Smoke Alarm Laws. Some of these homes had been recent...

Exhaust fan and other ventilation to your Home. Proper ventilation of your home is a priority in maintaining your own health and well as the long term maintenance of the building. Properties that...

This week we had another inspection on a house that has been re-roofed: Changing from galvanised iron to Zincalume, the “upgrade" is a whole transmutation from a simple roof structure to one that...

The term “deemed to satisfy” is often used by builder’s site supervisors to excuse poor workmanship or other faults within a building; this is a total misuse of the term and is purely used to blur...

Sometimes, there are things that you just got to do on your own even when it comes to home inspection. To be sure that the house you want to buy is really your “dream house”, you need to hire a home...

A property inspection expert or a professional home inspector will be the one to do all the assessment to assure you that you will be settling down in a house that is still conducive for residency.