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Building Inspection tips, tricks & inspiration
Stay updated with our latest articles and expert advice on property inspections. Our blog offers valuable insights, helpful tips, and industry news to guide you through every aspect of property assessment and maintenance.
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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…
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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: • …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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EXPLAINED – Owner Builder Warranty Inspections & S137B of the Victoria Building Act 1993
You’re an owner builder, and it is time to sell your home. The last thing you want is for your hard work to be a hindrance to potential purchasers who have reservations about quality or compliance, just because the works weren’t…
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Jim’s Building Inspections hits 100 Franchisees!
Jim’s Building Inspections is pleased to announce that September 2017 saw its 100th Franchisee sign on to Jim’s Building Inspections, officially launching the division as one of the biggest building inspection companies in Australia. Director Paul Commerford said he was thrilled…
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Property Styling – the Melbourne stats
Property Styling, Melbourne, works. If you were considering property styling in Melbourne as part of your sale campaign, you can now rest easy knowing that every dollar invested in property styling is likely to return over $1900 to your back pocket…
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Building Inspection Reports – the ultimate negotiation weapon
Rising damp and termite damage. Two issues that would normally send shivers down your spine and see potential buyers running for the hills. But what if you could turn a negative building inspection report into the ultimate negotiation weapon? Real Estate…