Finalise Your Project With A Comprehensive Defects Report

Tackling your own building work can be a satisfying experience. Such a sense of pride and accomplishment when you can look at that deck or that house, knowing you created it! With the glow of achievement, however, come some real obligations, particularly if you are selling your property.

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If you are selling your house within 6.5 years of completing the work as an Owner-Builder, you must by law, provide the purchaser with a Defects Report. Where the domestic work is over $12,000, you also have to provide Owner-Builder Warranty Insurance. You can face penalties of up to $10,000 if you fail to do so.

SPI Property Inspections can help to ease you through the final Defects Report process. We will provide you with:

  • a comprehensive report on any defects in materials or workmanship, as well as work still to be completed, so you know the condition of the property before you go out to sale
  • an awareness of your negotiating position with potential buyers
  • the benefit of our 40 years of building experience, and any practical advice you may require
  • fast turnaround on the inspection and report, so you can move quickly.

Present your building work with pride. Contact us today and make an appointment – 1300 721 032.