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          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;
          (i) any appliances or white goods including dishwashers, refrigerators, ovens, stoves and ducted vacuum systems;
          (j) a review of occupational, health or safety issues such as asbestos content, the provision of safety glass or the use of
          lead based paints;
          (k) a review of environmental or health or biological risks such as toxic mould;
          (l) whether the building complies with the provisions of any building Act, code, regulation(s) or by-laws;
          (m) whether the ground on which the building rests has been filled, is liable to subside, swell or shrink, is subject to
          landslip or tidal inundation, or if it is flood prone; and
          (n) in the case of strata and company title properties, the inspection of common property areas or strata/company
          records.

          12. Should the Client seek information from the Inspector related to one of exclusions above, that information is to be
          provided by way of a Special-Purpose Inspection Report which is adequately specified and must be undertaken by an
          appropriately qualified inspector. Additional information requested by the Client is not included in this Report.

          Workplace Safety

          13. The Client warrants to the Inspector (including the Inspector’s, agents, employees and other personnel) that the
          Building Site is, to the Client’s reasonable knowledge, safe and free of hazardous materials and that no party of the
          Building site constitutes a dangerous environment or work place safety concern.

          Acceptance Criteria

          14. The Inspector may compare the building being inspected with a similar building, unless specified otherwise in the
          Special Conditions or Instructions. The similar building which the Inspector may compare the current building to was, to
          the best of the Inspector’s knowledge, constructed in accordance with ordinary building construction and maintenance
          practices at the time of construction and as such has not encountered significant loss or of strength or serviceability.

          15. The Inspector assumes in their Report that the existing use of the building or site will continue unless specified
          otherwise in the Special Conditions or Instructions.

          Acknowledgments