Building Inspection:
The property is checked for items such as:
- Cracked brickwork
- Footing movement
- Stump-post failure
- Roof leaks
- Building by-law compliance
- General operation of windows, taps etc
Pool Safety Inspections:
Absolute Building and Pest Services offers fully certified pool inspections so that you can comply with the new laws that mean a pool safety certificate is required when selling, buying or leasing a property with a pool.
As of December 1, 2010, under the new swimming pool safety laws:
- a pool safety certificate, issued by a licensed pool safety inspector, is required when selling, buying or leasing a property with a pool ( pool safety certificates are valid for on year for a shared pool and two years for a non-shared pool)
- the pool safety standards apply to all pools associated with houses, units, hotels, motels, backpacker hostels, caravan parks, mobile van parks and other forms of short-term accommodation.
- Both new and existing pools much be upgraded to comply with the new safety standards within 5 years or earlier if sold or leased before then
- all swimming pools need to be included on the state-based pool safety register by 4 May 2011
- safety barriers are mandatory for all portable pools and spas deeper than 300 millimetres.
For more information go to- www.dip.qld.gov.au/pool-safety