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DIY and when a professional tradesman should be used

16/11/2017

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​DYI repairs prior to a house inspection will not look good on any report. If you have an issue that requires maintenance work, have it done by a professional. Here the bathroom recess floor and wall junction was leaking and had damaged the door frame. The home owner re siliconed the junction and replaced part of the door frame.
 My client once she had seen the issues has requested that she be compensated for the replacement of the entire door frame and have the bathroom professionally re grouted and the joints re sealed.
So the home owner had wasted good money on a DIY repair that was not up to the required standard.
The same can be said for cracked tiling on a bathroom shower floor. The bathroom requires a full renovation to rectify the issue, costing between $8,000 to $20,000 depending on fixtures or alternatively you could call a bathroom restoration company to replace the damaged tiles, re grout and then paint the tiles to look the same. This type of restoration normally comes with a 7 year guarantee or 3 year transferable warranty if your selling the home and costs approx $3,000 for a full size bathroom.
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The hidden traps of buying a house

16/11/2017

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Looking to buy a house this weekend?
Open inspections are exciting as you are looking at all the features and benefits of a great looking home that will be so good for your family.
But did you look inside the roof for faults or do you have access to the tools required to check for damaged bathroom wet areas?
This is why having a house inspected is such an important thing to do.
At only $320 for a 3-5 bedroom home, single storey, it's not really that expensive and it should give you the opportunity to re negotiate your offer to the vendor. 
Once you know that the bathroom will cost you over $20,000 to stop the damp related issues that are effecting the adjoining walls.
These are the same walls that your children will be sleeping next too, it suddenly makes sense to have an inspection done.
The agent of course will not let you or me actually inspect the house at an open inspection, for fear of scaring away other buyers.
This is why most inspections are arranged after you make an offer during the cooling off period.

Our inspections include on roof and in roof visual inspections to check for failed timber work, damaged roofing etc. These are places you couldn't see during your open inspection time.
Every house has faults or defects and every repair will cost you money. This is money you didn't know you would also have to spend.

Wouldn't you like the ability to ask to change your accepted offer by having a reason in writing that could save you thousands off the purchase price.
So you can afford to have the house repaired when you are ready and its not a rude financial shock that you were not prepared for.

Of course I check guttering and down pipes for fall and rust. House walls for structural defects and to assure they are plumb. Perimeter pathways for fall away from the home to ensure salt damp issues are controlled.
Fencing stability and corrosion issues. Sheds for compliance issues such as poor electrical wiring, over span construction etc. 

Then the whole house gets inspected.
​To see the whole list of what is included have a look under the "WHATS IN MY REPORT" tab in the page header.

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