Selling a home can be almost as stressful and exciting as purchasing one, especially for first-time sellers who aren’t sure what to expect from the process. Before placing your home on the market and waiting for the offers to start rolling in, it’s important to consider all the ways you can help to facilitate a…
Building the home of your dreams or adding a long-desired expansion to your home should be a rewarding process, but it can be stressful and upsetting if you’re dealing with difficult builders. Even the smallest project can become a headache when incompetent or unpleasant builders are involved, and obtaining the answers you need as a…
The NSW budget papers gave 10 key reasons for the sense of an underlying strength in the NSW housing sector. They were: interest rates at historically low levels consumer confidence has seen improvement housing finance approvals are trending up building approvals are increasing vacancy rates are low and rents are on the up housing activity…
Did you know that Houspect can arrange for the termite inspection to be conducted, usually at the same time as the building inspection? Houspect carriers full Professional Indemnity insurance for conducting termite inspections and building inspections. All our termite inspectors are trained, experienced and registered. Both termite and building reports are usually available on a…
When conducting appraisals or home opens do you ever come across an odd building feature or a potential problem and wonder if the property could be a marketing nightmare? If you send Houspect an email describing what the problem is, we will endeavour to find a solution that we will include in our next e-news…
Houspect has recently completed development of a new digital reporting system using the latest tablet technology. This new system will allow our reports to be completed, and customer ready, in a much shorter period of time. This benefits our customers and agents alike by completing reports quickly and efficiently and ensures the real estate transaction…
The most common items our customers request Houspect to investigate during the winter months are roof leaks. Whilst a large brown mark or a damp area on a ceiling is of concern for a potential buyer, it is usually only a minor maintenance issue. Broken or shifted ridge caps or tiles can sometimes cause gutters…
Keeping warm in winter may be as simple as turning up your heater, but these days that option is becoming very expensive. Saving, or conserving the heat in the first place, is a much better option. Here are a few simple, often over looked, suggestions: Winter storms can sometimes move the insulation around in your…
If you are considering undertaking ANY work to a pre-1983 building (even as simple as drilling a hole in a wall) please make sure that the building material you are drilling into or working with is not ASBESTOS. Any flat sheet building material found in pre-1983 houses, especially in the wet areas, may contain asbestos.…
With many people looking to renovate, there are a few simple steps that need to be taken to avoid disputes, even with the most pleasant of trade’s men/women. Most building industry disputes that are referred to Building Commissions are due to defective building work. Other causes for disputes can be contractual issues, poor communication, poor…