Buying a house on former army land
Nothing here predates 2012, and that shapes the inspection.
In short: What a pre-purchase inspection looks for on Edmondson Park's recent stock.
The suburb sets the question
The Ingleburn Army Camp held this land from 1939 to 1997. It was rezoned in 2008 and the first lots sold in 2012. There is no old housing stock here, so age related decay is not the risk.
What the risk actually is
Workmanship, and specifically items from an original handover list that were never closed. The envelope findings on this site are exactly the kind that survive a sale unnoticed.
The paperwork half
Ask for the occupation certificate, the original handover report, any correspondence with the builder, and the durable termite notice. Between them those four documents beat anything a single walk through can establish.
What the inspection is
AS 4349.1: a visual inspection of readily accessible areas reporting significant structural damage, conditions conducive to it and safety hazards.
What it is not
No circuit is switched on, no pipe put under pressure, no appliance run, nothing dismantled and no engineering certified.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Edmondson Park. Licensed building practitioners, NSW Fair Trading licence 366177C.
