Australia Standard Inspection of buildings Part 1: Pre-purchase inspections Residential buildings AS 4349.1-2007

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This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee BD-085, Inspection of Buildings, to supersede AS 4349.1—1995. The objective of this Standard is to provide persons and organizations concerned with prepurchase inspections of residential dwellings with the basic criteria necessary in order to facilitate inspections and reports that satisfy the requirements of both the client and inspector. CONTENTS Page FOREWORD ........................................................................................................... 5 SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE ........................................................................................................................ 6 1.2 LIMITATIONS OF STANDARD ............................................................................... 7 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS .................................................................................. 7 1.4 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................ 7 SECTION 2 INSPECTION AGREEMENT 2.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................................ 9 2.2 PURPOSE OF INSPECTION ...................................................................................... 9 2.3 SCOPE OF INSPECTION ........................................................................................... 9 SECTION 3 INSPECTION 3.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................ 12 3.2 AREAS TO BE INSPECTED .................................................................................... 12 3.3 DEFECTS .................................................................................................................. 13 3 .4 INSPECTION RECORDS ......................................................................................... 14 SECTION 4 THE REPORT 4.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................ 15 4.2 REPORT CONTENT ................................................................................................. 15 APPENDICES A PRE-PURCHASE STRUCTURAL INSPECTION .................................................... 18 B STRATA AND COMPANY TITLE PROPERTY INSPECTION .............................. 19 C BUILDING ELEMENTS AND SERVICES TO BE INSPECTED ............................ 20 D EXCLUSION OF ITEMS FROM INSPECTION ...................................................... 25 E CRACKING OF BUILDING ELEMENTS ............................................................... 27 F TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF DEFECTS ................................................................ 29