Buying an older Riverstone house
The suburb predates its estates by a century.
In short: What a pre-purchase inspection looks at on Riverstone's older housing stock.
Two suburbs in one
Riverstone has a station on the Richmond branch line and a meatworks history running from 1878 to 1992. The streets around that history hold housing much older than the estates on the edge of the suburb.
What changes on an older house
Movement in the walls, the state of the roof plumbing, subfloor ventilation and moisture, and whether alterations were done under permit.
What the inspection is
AS 4349.1: visual, limited to readily accessible areas, reporting significant structural damage, conditions conducive to it, and safety hazards.
What it is not
No circuit is energised, no pipe pressurised, no appliance operated, nothing dismantled. It is not a defect list and it is not a valuation.
Add the pest inspection
On an older property with established gardens, timber pest under AS 4349.3 is the companion report, and it reports evidence rather than treating anything.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Riverstone. Licensed building practitioners, NSW Fair Trading licence 366177C.
