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How Jim’s Building Inspections Became Australia’s Number One Choice
Jim’s Building Inspections has grown to become Australia’s largest building inspection business in just three years. How did we do that? It was actually pretty easy, which is probably a damning commentary on the state of the industry! The building inspection…
Who Needs a Building Inspection?
Building Inspections are generally ordered in the process of buying or selling a home. A building inspection may also be required if you discover that your home has developed a building defect over time or in response to an incident or…
What is a Building Inspection?
A building inspection is designed to give you independent and objective advice about the physical state of a building, enabling you to make an informed decision, generally about whether or not to buy a building. A building inspection is a snapshot…
Need To Know – Building Inspection Inclusions and Exclusions
It is important to understand what is generally included and excluded in a building inspection service. Jim’s Building Inspection works hard to understand what type of property you are purchasing. Factors that influence which building inspections we would recommend include: • …
What Does Jim Know About Building Inspections Anyway?
ACTUALLY, QUITE A BIT MORE THAN WE EVER REALISED! We recently discovered that Jim Penman’s dad was a forensic engineer. From an early age, Jim’s father was investigating materials, structures and their components which failed or were somehow involved in an…
The Jim’s Group Model – 25 Years of Success
WITHIN THE JIM’S GROUP THERE ARE MORE THAN 36 DIVISIONS, WITH MORE DIVISIONS COMMENCING ON AN ONGOING BASIS. Jim owns some divisions directly but many are independently owned. These Divisional or Master Franchisors may then sell Regions which provide Franchisors with…
Am I An Owner Builder?
Whether you are or aren’t an owner builder can sometimes be a tricky concept to get your head around. Even if you didn’t personally lift a hammer, but rather project-managed different trades to do the work, you are still, legally, the…
What’s involved in a home inspection?
Most of the time, we never get to meet our clients face to face, and only a small handful are ever able to come along to the home inspections we organise. So there is often a bit of mystery around what…
New homes & Termite zones
An increasing number of councils across Australia are seeing the value in designating residential zones as termite-prone areas in an effort to help local communities avoid costly repairs and horror surprises in the future. Victoria is the only Australian state that…