Buying a five year old house in Kalkallo
What a pre-purchase inspection finds on young Cloverton homes, and why new does not mean defect free.
In short: Young Kalkallo homes show settlement cracking, sticking doors, roof space problems and handover items nobody fixed. A pre-purchase inspection to AS 4349.1 finds them before you are committed.
Why buyers skip it
A house only a few years old looks clean and modern, so buyers assume an inspection will find nothing. On the young homes we inspect here, it rarely finds nothing.
What tends to show
Cracks at door corners and cornices, doors that stick or will not close, paint breaking down outside, insulation shifted in the roof, and debris in roof valleys.
Safety items
We have flagged an unstable boundary fence and insulation packed against downlights, which is a fire risk, on Kalkallo resales.
Using the report
Major items give you grounds to renegotiate or ask for repairs before settlement. Minor items give you a maintenance list.
Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Kalkallo. Licensed building practitioners, Building & Plumbing Commission registration CDB-U 53425.
