The older houses between the new releases
Austral was acreage on a grid long before it was a growth precinct.
Fully licensed & accredited
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NSW Fair Trading -
Australian Society of Building Consultants -
Strata Community Association -
Building Dispute Practitioners Society
In short: Buying an established Austral house is a different exercise to buying a lot.
What is still there
Houses on larger blocks between the subdivisions, some decades old, from when the avenues served market gardens and acreage.
Why they inspect differently
Age brings alterations, additions, deferred maintenance and services installed to older practice. None of that appears on a two year old build.
What we look at
Visible structure and movement, the roof space and subfloor where accessible, roof covering, masonry cracking measured rather than described, and where water goes at the perimeter.
The permit question
Additions made over decades may never have had approval. That is a council records question and worth asking before you buy.
Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Austral. Licensed building practitioners.
