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  • Due Diligence for Home Buyers

    Literal meaning of Due diligence is doing a comprehensive appraisal of any buying task undertaken by a prospective buyer, especially to establish its assets and liabilities and evaluate its potential. It is utmost important to do your due diligence when buying…

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  • Tax Depreciation Schedules

    Did you know Jim’s Building Inspections have now started providing Tax Depreciation Schedules for Property Investors around the country?  Why? Our Inspectors are in thousands of homes and apartments everyday conducting Pre-Purchase Building Inspections, many of these are for Investment Property. …

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  • House Inspections Take Time

    House Inspections Take Time

    Okay, random question: How long would you spend inspecting a house before buying it? In Australia, more than half of homeowners (58%) spend less than an hour inspecting before the big buy, according to research put out by ME bank. Thus,…

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  • The Block’s Depreciation Schedules And You

    The Block’s Depreciation Schedules And You

    So, “investors could claim an average of over $2.2 million in depreciation deductions for each apartment on Channel 9’s 2016 season of The Block,” according to new analysis reported by The Urban Developer. By far the biggest potential depreciation winners are…

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  • Is Your Smoke Alarm Up To Scratch

    Is Your Smoke Alarm Up To Scratch

    Fires can spread rapidly (in less than five minutes) through your house, according to findings from a Fire & Rescue NSW report. Interesting also is that homeowners are encouraged to look at how many fire alarms in their house to cover…

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  • Building Inspectors Break Secrets

    Building Inspectors Break Secrets

    Building inspectors break secrets. It’s their job to do so and we wouldn’t have it any other way. They’re in one very real sense property detectives. It’s fraudulent for a vendor to knowingly conceal defects according to the law. This includes…

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  • The Politics Of Smoke Alarms

    The Politics Of Smoke Alarms

    From 1993 to 2015, CSIRO conducted tests on smoke alarms but the public is yet to read the findings. This comes at a time when activists want ionised smoke alarms banned due to alleged issues with response times to common fires.…

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  • The Dirty World Of Termites

    The Dirty World Of Termites

    This summer it’s time to think pests. “Generally the soil moisture is high, that makes a big difference to termites. Termites are really just organised cockroaches,” says Dr Ewart to The Age in an article titled: Hungry termites marching on Melbourne…

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  • Asbestos-Caused Cancer Trends Up

    Asbestos-Caused Cancer Trends Up

    Asbestos-caused cancers are trending up, according to recent data from 2017. The grim facts from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: 710 Australians were diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2016 – a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Western Australia has…

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  • Go With Licensed Pre-Property Inspectors

    Go With Licensed Pre-Property Inspectors

    What makes a good pre-property inspector? Sourceable’s Howard Ryan writes: ‘To do the job properly, a qualified building inspector will have extensive knowledge of the Building Code of Australia, the Building Act, the Building Regulations and various Australian Standards in the…

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