Delapidation 29-31 Wyuna Drive Noosaville 4566 · OPW21/0315

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          Inspector to carry out an inspection of your property for the purpose of preparing a Standard Property Report
          (“Report”) to you outlining their findings and recommendation from the inspection.

          2. The purpose of the inspection is to provide the Client with an overview of the Inspector’s findings at the time of the
          inspection and advice as to the nature and extent of their findings.

          3. This Report has been prepared at the direction of and exclusively for the Client. Details contained within this Report
          are tailored to the Pre-Inspection Agreement between the Inspector and the Client at the time of the Inspection and no
          other party can rely on the Report nor is the Report intended for any other party.

          Scope of the Report

          4. This Report is limited to the findings of the of the Inspector at the time of the inspection and any condition of the
          property which is not within the scope as set out herein or which occurs after the inspection is expressly excluded from
          this Report.

          5. This Report expressly addresses only the following discernible to the Inspector at the time of inspection:
          (a) Major Defects in the condition of Primary Elements including Structural Damage and Conditions Conducive to
          Structural Damage;
          (b) any Major Defect in the condition of Secondary Elements and Finishing Elements and collective (but not individual)
          Minor Defects; and
          (c) any Serious Safety Hazard.

          6. This Report is limited to the observations and conclusions of the Inspector that were readily observable at the
          building or site and given the state of property at the time of the Inspection.

          7. This Report does not include the inspection and assessment of items or matters that are beyond the Inspectors
          direct expertise.

          Inspection Limitations

          8. The Inspection is limited to Readily Accessible Areas of the Building & Site based on the Inspector’s visual
          examination of surface work (excluding furniture and stored items) and the carrying out of Tests.

          9. Where the Inspection is carried out on a strata or company title property, the Inspection is limited to the interior and
          the immediate exterior of the residence inspected. The Inspection does not extend to common property areas and the
          Inspector will not inspect common property areas.

          10. The Inspector’s findings do not extend to matters where the Inspector was restricted or prevented from assessing
          the building or site as a result of:
          (a) possible concealment of defects, including but not limited to, defects concealed by lack of accessibility, obstructions
          such as furniture, wall linings and floor coverings, or by applied finishes such as render and paint;
          (b) undetectable or latent defects, including but not limited to, defects that may not be apparent at the time of
          inspection due to seasonal changes, recent or prevailing weather conditions, and whether or not services have been
          used some time prior to the inspection being carried out; and
          (c) areas of the building or site that were obstructed at the time of the inspection or not Readily Accessible Areas of the
          Building Site. An obstruction may include a condition or physical limitation which inhibits or prevents inspection and
          may include – but are not limited to – roofing, fixed ceilings, wall linings, floor coverings, fixtures, fittings, furniture,
          clothes, stored articles/materials, thermal insulation, sarking, pipe/duct work, builder’s debris, vegetation, pavements or
          earth.

          Exclusions

          11. This Report does not consider or deal with the following:
          (a) any individual Minor Defect;
          (b) solving or providing costs for any rectification or repair work;
          (c) the structural design or adequacy of any element of construction;
          (d) detection of wood destroying insects such as termites and wood borers;
          (e) the operation of fireplaces and chimneys;
          (f) any services including building, engineering (electronic), fire and smoke detection or mechanical;
          (g) lighting or energy efficiency;
          (h) any swimming pools and associated pool equipment or spa baths and spa equipment or the like;