+Peter Duncan   March 10, 2013

“Company director of The Habit Australia Pty Ltd plans to have two new areas launched April 2013 servicing the Brisbane and Sydney areas.”

Victoria St, Wellington, NZ– The Habit Australia (Home & Building Inspection Team) will launch two building inspection franchises in the April to kick off their assault into the Australian market.

One of the directors Steven Brien said today in an interview “We have been planning and preparing the extension of our service into the Australian market for the last 12 months. We see it as a good time to offer Australian home buyers and sellers a unique product and service that has been built purely on the support of it’s existing network over the last 6 years of operation in New Zealand.”

Habit are one of the fastest and largest growing group of companies in Australasia covering 24 out of 26 regions.

The outlook in the inspection industry looks incredibly promising as more and more banks are requesting their customers have a building inspection carried out on top of more buyers a becoming increasingly cautious before they buy… it’s a logical fit to have a building inspection done as well as the pest inspection..
Steven also says “After months of research and the formation of partnerships with Australian companies we have a very good knowledge of what the expectation of house buyers and sellers in Australia is… and we think we can over-deliver in this area.”

Their reports are based on Australian Standards AS 4349 and provides an in-depth form of reporting, which talks to home buyers and sellers in their language, preventing any ambiguous or technical language from being misinterpreted.

“We have a unique form of reporting which is backed up by the hundreds of testimonials we get from happy customers that we’ve carried out inspections for.”

Steven also says “We’ve had a tonne of enquiry off the back of the building downturn with builders looking to diversify. There’s been well over a hundred enquires this year from our Franchisee website and we are negotiating with a number of guys to get them up and running quickly.

Our head office in Wellington New Zealand has always had inspections to fall back on if things get quiet. Wellington completed 28 inspections this week and have 10 booked up for next week. It’s always good to know there is something to fall back on.”

The company says it’s happy to be servicing people looking for building inspectors Sydney and also people looking for a building inspection in brisbane.
You can visit them at www.thehabit.com.au to get a sample of  one of their reports.
The Home and Building Inspection Team is one of the fastest growing group of building inspectors in Australasia. We Offer a 24 hour turn around Guarantee and our comprehensive reports are easy to follow and talk to people in their language.

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 Nobody wants to regularly pay for an annual building inspection Brisbane, but there are
some serious benefits that you may reap from keeping up with your property and making
sure that everything is intact each and every year. This is something that property
managers do year after year religiously. It’s a very important part of the process of a
property owner because you don’t want to let anything go for a long time and ultimately
end up costing yourself a tremendous amount of money that you probably wouldn’t have
had to pay if you just took care of these repairs early on.

The reason you want to make certain that you do an annual building inspection Brisbane
each and every year is that you want to keep track of the actual condition that your home
is in during the inspection so you can notice any damage or items that may soon need
repairs at some point in the very near future. This kind of inspection will help you stay
aware of exactly what’s going on with your property so that you don’t run into any
surprises at some point in the future that you just didn’t expect.

Plus, if you have tenants at your property you want to have the ability to find out whether
or not they are intentionally damaging your property by being negligent or just not being
very careful with the things that you technically own. This is another fantastic reason to
make sure you follow through with your annual building inspection Brisbane, because
people are often very careless and you do not want to keep a tenant or group of tenants
around that are going out of their way to destroy your property and devalue your home.
This is only going to cause a tremendous amount of headaches and problems for you at
some point in the future when you could have definitely avoided them by keeping up
with your regular inspections that you have planned do at the end of every year.

The other excellent benefit to doing an annual building inspection Brisbane is that it
shows your tenants that you truly care about the property and you also care about the way
that they live in the home that you own. Nobody wants to live in a rundown and
dilapidated apartment, and you doing these annual inspections and then making the
subsequent repairs show them that you care of great deal about the property and that you
also care of great deal about the well-being of your tenants and the people who rent from
you. So this is definitely a much needed and very surprising added bonus that you may
not have even considered when you first decided to start this process of annual building
inspections. So certainly keep this in mind because it’s definitely an added bonus to you
and your tenants as well.

The other important thing that you might not have realized about doing an annual
building inspection Brisbane is that you can pay a lot closer attention to any preventative
maintenance that may be required of you and your maintenance team. Preventative
maintenance is important from letting problems get too far out of hand and stopping them
before serious issues arise.

+StephenBrien

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It's obviously a very exciting time in a person's life when they are first going out and
purchasing their very own home. But you want to make sure that you do not get caught
up in the beauty of a new home before you have had the chance to do a proper building inspection so you can find out a lot more about the property from a safety point of view.
Owning a home like this is obviously a really large investment that you are going to
make, and there are going to be many different costs involved with this process of
purchasing it.

That's why it's important to properly inspect the home like this because you don't want to
discover that it's going to need a tremendous amount of repairs after the purchasing
process has already been made. Then you will be stuck with a house that you can’t get rid
of that is going to cost you a small fortune. This is an unfortunate situation that could
easily have been avoided if you took the time to get a proper building inspection done
and learned everything you needed to know about the property before you ever actually
made any kind of purchasing decision.

Sometimes the cost of not getting a proper building inspection done can be so great that it
actually cripples you from a financial standpoint. I know a lot of people don't want to
spend money that they feel is unnecessary to waste, but in a situation like this you are
definitely not wasting your money and your actually protecting your money by fully
inspecting your potential investment. What if you buy a home that was never inspected
and it turns out that there are hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of repairs that need
to be made? I know this is a very blunt example but I want this to really hit home and
sink into your subconscious because I don't want you accidentally making a huge mistake
and hurting yourself and your bank account all at the same time.

One of the main things that a building inspection will uncover is if there are any
undiscovered damages that you don't know about that you truly need to be made aware
of. This can also help you in an negotiation because knowing that there are going to be a
lot of added expenses may be a way that you will be able to drive the price of the house
down in order to make up for the difference that you will have to spend on unexpected
repairs that you really weren’t notified about prior to the inspection taking place. So
building inspections can also be used as a negotiating tool if you take full advantage of
the knowledge that you have acquired and use it to your ultimate benefit when you are
discussing the price with the current homeowner.

When you get a building inspection done they will provide you with a very full and
complete report that will highlight each and every area that needs some extra special
attention and work. Like I said a few times already, there are most likely going to be
some repairs needed and there's a good possibility that the homeowner has not shared
them with you because they are trying to pass them off and they hope that you just don't

Notice them. So protect yourself and have a building inspection done so you can be well
aware of everything going on with the home you are about to buy.

+StevenBrien

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Have you spent any serious time wondering about a building inspections Melbourne
checklist? Just because you know you need to get a building inspection done, it doesn’t
mean you know exactly what’s supposed to happen when they do the inspection. So this
article will tell you the three main things you need to have looked at when you have a
building inspection take place at your home or other rental property that you own. So
please continue to read on and learn everything that you need to know about this process
and what it entails.

The main thing you need to consider when going over a building inspection Melbourne
checklist is that there are so many different things involved in this process that it may
actually surprise you just how detailed it is. When a proper inspection is done on your
home or property, it could take anywhere from 2 to 6 hours to thoroughly complete it.
The time fluctuation varies that much because it all depends on exactly how large your
property happens to be and how much of the place is going to fully be inspected.

Another thing you really want to pay attention to when this building inspection
Melbourne is getting done is you want to really make sure that your house isn’t run
through too quickly. If the inspector flies in and out of your home in a short period of
time then they really couldn’t have done a very good job and they definitely will have
overlooked some serious potential problems that you don’t want to be missed. If this
happens to you, you must speak up and tell the inspector that he or she must go through
it again at a slower and more thorough pace.

Let’s now take a quick look at the three main things you want done for your building
inspection Melbourne:
The first biggest potential problem is with your plumbing. You have to have the inspector
go over the plumbing and pipes very thoroughly so they can look for any signs that
leakage may have occurred. This is very important when you’re buying a house because
the plumbing might turn out to be very old and if it needs to be replaced it could
potentially cost you a small fortune. Plus you’ll have to spend a lot of time getting it fixed
properly and you won’t have the necessary plumbing in your home that you need while
this is being done.

The second issue you need to thoroughly look over is your electrical system. If your
electrical wiring is out of whack then you can expect to pay a hefty amount of money to
get it properly fixed. Your building inspection Melbourne professional will need to
thoroughly look over the wiring to make sure everything is on the up and up. If your
wiring is faulty, you will not be a happy camper so you’ll want to know this ahead of
time.

The third and final building inspection Melbourne checklist item you need to pay attention to is safety.
You seriously need to make sure the house is safe prior to making a
purchase. Some things your inspector can look for are big roots that are exposed. He or
she should make sure all of your emergency exists are easily accessible and also make
sure that your railings are safe.

+StephenBrien

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Getting the right building inspection Melbourne done on a potential property that you
might buy is extremely important and something you need to pay close attention to and
make sure that it happens correctly. Having this procedure done can literally save you a
fortune in expenses if there are serious problems with areas like the plumbing, heating,
the roof, the foundation of the home or even possibly the electrical system. If there are
issues in any of these areas then you certainly want to know about them before you
actually spend one penny on a property that could seriously cost you a lot of cash if there
is major problems happening that you otherwise wouldn't have been aware of.

Before you have your building inspection Melbourne completed, you might want to learn
exactly what a building inspector does so you know what to expect. First of all, a building
inspector is someone who is qualified and has lots of experience in the industry regarding
looking over buildings and properties. This person should be a fully licensed
professional, and some of the things they need to look for are the following:

• one of the main things needed to be looked upon is the structural condition which is the
total state of the exterior and the interior of the building
• you also need to have the building defects checked out because you need to know if
everything is in a good working order or if they are in serious disrepair and things need to
be fixed
• the roofing also needs to be looked at in case there any leaks or damaged supports that
need to be replaced and you can do this both internally and externally
• you want to look upon all of the walls to make sure there's no serious cracking or
physical damage done that needs help
• and you certainly want to make sure that the building inspection Melbourne
professional looks over the property completely and check for any damage to drainage,
fencing and other areas of the property like sidewalks and things like that

Some other areas you might want looked upon when having an inspection done like this
are as follows:

• you want to check to see if there is an electrical safety switch that is working
• you want to find out whether the smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are fully
functional
• you want to check if there is any asbestos anywhere along the property because that
certainly needs to be removed

It can become very expensive to own a building like this, so you want to make sure any
potential problems are identified because you don't want to put yourself at risk to have to
spend more money than you initially expected.

+StephenBrien

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Do you know the right way to go about the building inspection process? If not, and you
are a homeowner or you own rental property, then you seriously need to learn this
process because it is a very important part of what you'll have to do from time to time.
This is definitely true for those individuals who are looking to also buying their first
pieces of property. So please pay close attention to everything you're about to learn
because this is something that you need to know as a homeowner or potential landlord so
you want to make sure that you get everything right the first time.

If you need to get a building inspection done for any reason, and you don't know the right
building inspector to get, you can always check with your family and friends and see if
they have a person that they can recommend to you that does quality work and has done a
really good job for them very recently. The one thing you certainly need to be aware of is
that in Australia the building inspection field isn't actually regulated so you can basically
end up getting stuck with anybody who decided to buy the right hat and call themselves a
high quality building inspector.

I know you must think that sounds kind of crazy that you can get a building inspection
done by just anybody, and I really have to agree with you on this one because there
definitely should be some regulation involved in this field. The funny thing is that it’s
very surprising that there really isn’t any regulation because the government in Australia
has made it a serious point to regulate the construction and building industry. They have
also gone way out of their way to protect consumers against any practices that might be
considered shady or unscrupulous and could hurt the people in a financial way. They
really want to protect the average Joe and that's very commendable, so it's a little hard to
believe that the building inspection industry has no regulations to it whatsoever in
Australia. But it's the honest truth and it's something you have to deal with so at least you
are now aware of it.

Now that you have chosen the ideal building inspection professional, let's take a look at
some questions that you want to ask this individual before they begin.

First, you want to make sure that your building inspection professional is going to turn
around your job in a 24-hour period. This is the standard time it usually takes people who
work in this field, so make it a point to ask your building inspector if they also follow this
very specific standard. If they don't for some reason then you may want to try another
professional who takes their job more seriously.

It's also very important that you have very clear communication abilities with the
building inspection professional that you plan on hiring. Unfortunately, so many of these
building inspectors have been in this business for a really long time so they
unintentionally take for granted that you will know 100% of what they are trying to tell

you. Since this isn’t your profession, its most likely that you will not understand a lot of

the things they are telling you so you want to make sure that you get things clarified
when explanations are being made.

Another good idea is to have a building inspection professional that gives repair cost and
price estimates. Not all of them do this so you want to make sure that you ask if they do
prior to hiring anyone.

+StephenBrien

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There are quite a few people out there who are wondering whether or not a building
inspection Brisbane is actually important when they are first considering purchasing a
home. I would think this answer is fairly obvious to people, but since I hear this question
so often I guess it really isn’t. The truth is, you definitely need to have a building
inspection done prior to making any type of a large purchase like this or investment if
you will. You don’t want to put such a large amount of money into a sinking ship, and
this is the only way you’re going to know when ther or not the home you are looking at is a
solid investment. You must have it inspected properly to find out what is going on with it
and if there’s any defects at all that you need to be made aware of.

The best way for you to go about having a building inspection Brisbane done like this is
to make sure you hire a certified home inspector to take care of this for you. This person
will play a very crucial role in protecting your money and investment by giving you the
lowdown on exactly what’s going on with the property that is for sale that you may or
may not end up buying. You should seriously base of big part of your buying decision on
this building inspection report, because it will let you know the problems and the
potential issues you may have to face once you own this home all by yourself.

Having the information provided to you through a building inspection Brisbane should be
a large determinant as to whether you make an offer at one price or whether you might
make an offer at a lower price. Even though this is obviously an added expense that
might ultimately amount to you spending money for nothing, it’s the only way to truly
protect your overall wealth by having a report that might prevent you from buying what
seriously amounts to a lemon of a home. You don’t want to get stuck with some rundown
old jalopy that you would never have bought in a million years if you had read an
inspection report that told you all of the potential problems that it has.

And having your building inspection Brisbane done by a certified home inspector
virtually guarantees that your house is being looked upon by a certified professional that
knows exactly what to look for and what could become serious problems for you at some
point down the line. You need to learn certain things about the houses structure, whether
or not the electrical system is in good repair, if the plumbing is in good working order or
not and other things like this that you can’t figure out at all just by looking at the place.

So please do yourself a very large favor and make sure that your building inspection
Brisbane is done by a certified home inspector. These people usually start out in the
trades first before they end up working in this field. So there is a strong possibility that
your building inspector was previously a carpenter, electrician, an architect or even a
plumber. And these are the exact kind of people you want working for you because
they’ve been in the field their whole lives and they could really help you out a great deal.

+StephenBrien

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If you are not extremely careful when purchasing a new property then you can be

seriously putting yourself at tremendous risk without even actually knowing it. One of the
major problems that you might come across when buying a new home is structural
damage. And if you don't know how to look for the structural damage then you are
certainly going to become a victim of it since you don't know how to spot it on your own.

The one way you can protect yourself from becoming a victim to structural damage is
you can hire a building inspections Melbourne professional to look at the property you are
considering purchasing and have them do a complete assessment so they can let you
know whether or not the structure is sound on the house or building.

One of the major things you need to consider which should definitely precipitate a
building inspection Melbourne is the fact that structural damage can happen easily and
plasterboard is capable of cracking in a very simple way. One of the worst things that can
happen in a negative manner is that the control joints weren't put in properly so they
aren't going to prevent any of the cracking that happens that would usually eliminate this
problem by having the job done right.

You see, if the home was built a long time ago there is a very strong possibility that the
original builder or handymen never put the control joints in correctly. They may have
failed to install them the right way and you certainly wouldn’t know this unless you are
an experienced person in this particular field. But if you're reading this article then it's
highly likely that you are a first-time home buyer and you're just trying to brush up on the
things you need to know and you're not an expert at all.

So make it a point to have a building inspection Melbourne done prior to any purchasing
commitment because the inspector will find all of the structural damage if there is any
and let you know about it well in advance. This can be a very expensive problem to have
so you want to make sure that you are either aware of it and can adjust the housing price
accordingly or you want to be able to have the ability to walk away. You can’t do this
unless you are presented with all the facts and you know exactly what's wrong with the
house and you don't have to deal with it personally yourself if you don't want to.

Having the plasterboard installed the wrong way is a very common problem as far as
structural damage goes. So you certainly need to look for this any time you even consider
purchasing a property of this magnitude. As you already know, this is an extremely large
investment and it could literally make or break you if you make the wrong decision at this
time. That's why it's so important that you get a very highly qualified person doing your
building inspection Melbourne because they will help you out tremendously in ways that
you couldn't even possibly imagine until you've had a building inspection done like this
for yourself.

So please hire a professional to do your building inspection Melbourne and you'll be able
to sleep at night knowing that you made an excellent buying decision that your home
inspector has confirmed for you.

+StephenBrien

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I know a lot of people think that filling and excavating will only require that you have the
proper equipment available to you to get the job done. Unfortunately for those people,
they just don’t realize that there is a lot more that goes into this process and having a
proper building inspection done is certainly going to be one of the steps needed to make
this situation become a reality. You may even need to have some kind of a planning
permit in place in order to do the kind of excavating that you are trying to achieve. There
are also potentially other specific codes you may or may not be violating that you need to
look into first before you could begin any type of work of this nature.

You don’t want to just start doing something like this and then find out later on through a
building inspection that you created some serious violations that are going to eventually
cost you a great deal of money. The last thing you want to do is cost yourself some
serious fines that you may or may not actually be able to afford. And worse than that
even is you may have to actually pay for the damage as well and pay somebody to repair
the areas that you unintentionally destroyed. Imagine having to pay all of the repair bills
on top of a serious fine? This will definitely hurt you money-wise so you want to make
sure that everything is in order and that it’s legal for you to do what you are trying to do
way before you begin to work on your property in any fashion at all.

It’s very important that each and every property owner understand that there is a
possibility you have to submit some form of a planning application before you can do any
type of excavation or filling on your own property. There are quite a few different kinds

of codes that you may unintentionally violate so you certainly want to look into that to

make sure everything you are about to do is on the up and up. One of the best ways to
make sure that you aren’t violating any kind of laws or codes is to have a proper building
inspection done on your property or the area where the filling in excavating will take
place. You don’t want to break any kind of environmental laws by knocking down and
excavating land that happens to be protected from an environmental point of view. This
would cause serious trouble for you and I know that is certainly something you would
like to avoid.

That’s why you seriously need to make it a point to have a building inspection
professional come over to your property and check everything out to make sure that you
are not in any kind of violation. They will let you know if there are any specific code
requirements that you need to follow, and they will even tell you if you need a certain
permit to do the type of work that you are planning on attempting in the very near future.

So definitely have a building inspection done before you start a large project of this kind
and make sure that you are legally allowed to do this before you actually spend any
money at all.

+StephenBrien

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So, you are considering purchasing a home or piece of property for the very first time. Do
you understand everything you need to do in order to make this purchase go smoothly
and keep yourself well protected? I certainly hope so, and the one thing I want to
seriously point out to you right now is that you definitely want to have a pre-purchase
building inspection Brisbane done because it’s very important that you learn everything
you need to know about the home you’re looking at prior to signing your name on the
dotted line.

There are many homeowners out there looking to sell their property and obviously get a
reasonable price for it. One of the things these homeowners are known to do is they will
regularly camouflage damaged areas of the home so you do not notice that there is a
much deeper problem that you aren’t aware of. If you had a building inspection Brisbane
done then the inspector handling your case would have a much greater chance of picking
up on the cosmetic Band-Aids that people try and put up hoping to get away with them.

One example that a building inspection Brisbane might pickup is water damage that is
coming in through a leaky roof. You may look at a home that has serious damage to the
roof, and the water literally leaks in through the ceiling and does some major damage in
the process. A homeowner might take it upon him or herself to repair the damaged area
and then repaint the ceiling and room so that it looks very beautiful when they put it up
for sale and allow potential homeowners to look at the property.

This my friends is definitely a case of cosmetic camouflage and you want to make sure
that you don’t happen to get burned by somebody who does something like this to you.
You may end up having to spend $10,000-$20,000 out of your own pocket to replace the
leaky roof that you didn’t know about. But if you had a building inspection Brisbane done
by a qualified home inspector then you would never have been in this situation in the first
place and you could have either avoided buying this house completely or negotiated with
the homeowner to get them to drop an extra $20,000 off the asking price so you can pay
for this future expense that needs to get taken care of.

It just really makes the most sense for you to have a proper building inspection Brisbane
done prior to making any kind of firm purchasing commitment on a property that you are
interested in buying. This is obviously a potentially costly mistake on your part and you
can’t trust the fact that you’ll be able to pick up on everything yourself because you just
aren’t trained to do this properly. A building inspector who does this very thing for a
living each and every day knows exactly what to look for and is much more capable of
detecting any hidden problems that might cost you an arm and a leg after you own the
home outright and it’s officially your problem and no one else’s.

So please keep all of this stuff in mind before you make any kind of home purchase, and
please help yourself out by getting a building inspection Brisbane done so you can protect
your money and your financial future.

+StephenBrien

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