BUILDING INSPECTION PACKAGES
Basic Inspection
Package includes: 2-3-4 Bedroom
- Basic Inspection (Verbal)
- Minor Defects
- Significant Defects
- Safety Hazards
- Colour Photos Provided
From Pricing $390 Plus GST
Premium Inspection
Package Includes: 2-3-4 Bedroom
- Building Inspection (Written Report)
- Safety Hazards
- Minor Defects
- Significant Defects
From Pricing $560 Plus GST
Gold Inspection
Package Includes: 2-3-4 Bedroom
- Building inspection (Report)
- Safety Hazards
- Minor Defects
- Significant Defects
- Spot Moisture Testing Around the Joinery
- Spot Moisture Testing Around Wet Areas
From Pricing $730 Plus GST
Platinum Inspection
Package Includes
- Building Inspection & Meth Inspection (Two Seperate
Reports)
- Safety Hazards
- Minor Defects
- Significant Defects
- Meth Testing
- Moisture Spot Testing Throughout The Home (Seperate
Report)
From Pricing $999 Plus GST
Apartments
- Basic Inspection
- Minor Defects
- Significant Defects
- Safety Hazards
- Colour Photos Provided
From $500 Plus Gst
Second Inspection Fee 1 hour only From $225 Plus Gst
(Return to site to inspect repairs)
Pricing listed above are for homes upto 180m2,
Additional traveling costs can occur for properties over
50km
Meth samples are sent to a lab, urgent return will be an
addittioal $30 plus Gst which is next day (Bookings must be in the
morning for urgent results)
We accept visa, mastercard and eftpos payments on site - please
note there is a 3% charge for credit card payments.
Our inspection prices exclude GST and cover homes of up to
180sqm.
Services:
- Pre-sales and pre-purchase inspections
- Full written and verbal reporting
- House inspections building reports
- Maintenance plans
- Advice on concerns
- Invasive inspections on requests
- Methamphetamine swab testing (known as P)
- invasive probe testing (to be arranged)
All building inspections are non-invasive:
What Your inspection report will cover:
- Interior room to room
- Foundations/subfloor structure
- Insulation ceiling and subfloor only (limited to access and
what can be visually seen)
- Borer
- Roof space (If accessible)
- Exterior claddings (where this can be sighted from a ladder or
a line of site)
- Joinery
- Roof, if accessible from 3.6 meters (health and safety
requirements)
- Spouting and downpipes
- Plumbing and drainage ( very limited)
- Moisture spot test detection (around doors & windows
only)
- Deck and handrails
- Site items (retaining walls,fences etc)
- General maintenance
- Detailed colour photos describing the issues
Examples of exclusions include:
Second story roofs can be inspected by arrangement.
Explanation of title or ownership matters, planning regulations
or specific zoning matters.
Issues surrounding compliance with the new zealand building
codes and standards.
Anything concealed within the walls like insulation,plumbing and
electric wiring.
LIM reports and property files, unconsented bedrooms added or
additions.
Our verbal service can be carried out when you are viewing the
property, on the auction day or whenever convenient. Please call
for prices on other services available.
BANK APPROVED - Hassle free & comprehensive
FULLY QUALIFIED - Reports by professionals
LBP - Licensed building practitioner
METHAMPHETAMINE (METH DRUG TESTING) RESULTS ARE LAB TESTED
To confirm meth presence in the property, sampling every room
reduces the risk of not detecting meth in the property. This
Baseline test is not used to confirm the effectiveness of cleaning
in a property. DO NOT BOOK THIS TEST IF YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN
ANY RECENT CLEANING.
We use lab based testing, because it is the most accurate
and sensitive way of testing for meth. A lab based meth test will
identify meth residues when just 0.02µg of meth is picked up in a
sample. For one sample, this amount is equivalent to just 4% of the
currently acceptable Ministry of Health Guidelines. So, low levels
of meth can be identified. Particularly important when a property
has been repainted!
If you want a Garage or sleep out tested please state this in
the booking.
What is methamphetamine?
Methamphetamine is an extremely addictive, powerful stimulant. It
produces wakefulness, hyperactivity and a euphoric effect.
Methamphetamine is also known as speed, pure, P, burn, goey,
crank, meth, crystal, ice and yaba.
What Police are doing about methamphetamine
Methamphetamine has serious social, economic and even environmental
consequences. Police are focused on breaking-down local and
international crime syndicates and disrupting the production,
importation and distribution of methamphetamine.
Police has a methamphetamine action plan which makes disrupting
methamphetamine manufacturing a priority for all Police staff.
Police works closely with the Organised and Financial Crime Agency
of New Zealand, which targets organised criminal groups such as
gangs that are involved in the methamphetamine trade.
Visit the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet website to
read
Tackling Methamphetamine: Indicators and Progress
Report(link is external) [PDF
987KB].
Clandestine drug laboratories
Methamphetamine is manufactured in New Zealand in clandestine
(secret) drug laboratories, known as 'clan labs', or imported in
crystal form. There are risks in the process due to the poisonous,
explosive, corrosive, toxic and extremely flammable chemicals
used.
Exposure to chemicals found in clan labs can cause various symptoms
including headaches, watery or burning eyes, nausea, burning skin,
coughing or choking, diaphragm pain, feeling of coldness or
weakness, shortness of breath or dizziness, decreased cognitive
function, vertigo and convulsions.
If you find a clan lab, get out
Strange smells, fumes and vapour escaping from windows or
ventilators, sealed windows and premises being used for purposes
other than normal, are some of the signs that indicate premises may
be being used as a clan lab. If you suspect you have found a clan
lab get away from the area immediately.
If you suspect the house you are moving into has previously been
used as a clan lab, contact your local council's environmental
health officer or your local police
station.
Methamphetamine laws and penalties
Methamphetamine is a class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act and
therefore attracts severe penalties.
Manufacturing, importing, dealing and possession for supply can
lead to a life sentence. Possession of five grams of
methamphetamine (a tablespoon) is enough to warrant a conviction
for possession for supply.
Those caught importing the precursors of methamphetamine
(pseudoephedrine and ephedrine) without a licence can attract jail
sentences of up to eight years.
Possessing a pipe or utensil for smoking methamphetamine is also an
offence and can result in a one year jail term or a fine of up to
$1000.
To find out more about penalties associated with methamphetamine
see
Illicit drugs.
LBP - Licensed building practitioner
Call NOW 0800 Buysafe (289 7233) to discuss our process and the peace of mind we can offer you.