Stage 2 — Paid service
On-site Maintenance Report
We visit your building to conduct a thorough maintenance inspection of common property. You receive a detailed written report with photos, a prioritised maintenance register, and clear recommendations — ready to present at your next committee meeting.
Pricing tiers
Smaller Unit Blocks
9 or fewer lots, the inspection usually takes around 2 hours.
$495+GST
Medium Unit Blocks
10-20 lots, the inspection usually takes around 3 hours.
$745+GST
Larger Unit Blocks
21 or more lots, the inspection usually takes around 4 hours.
$995+GST
What you receive
- Detailed written report with photos
- Prioritised maintenance register
- Scope of works for urgent items
- Committee-ready summary
- Inspections include a face-to-face chat with the committee if desired
- Fee is 100% deductible from initial setup costs of Stage 3
What a strata building maintenance inspection covers
A maintenance inspection is a systematic, in-person assessment of every common property area — walked, photographed and documented, not estimated from records. Ours covers:
- Building exterior and fabric — roof surfaces, gutters and downpipes, external walls and render, windows and seals, balconies and balustrades.
- Water management — the leading cause of preventable strata damage: waterproofing membranes, drainage, rising damp indicators, and signs of concrete spalling.
- Fire safety (visual only) — we check your AFSS is displayed and current, and note visibly damaged or missing exit signage, door hardware and extinguishers. We don't assess compliance — that's for licensed fire-safety practitioners, and we'll flag anything that warrants their attention.
- Services and common areas — visible plumbing and electrical condition, foyers, stairwells, garbage areas, driveways and grounds.
- Documentation — what your records say has been maintained versus what the building shows.
Everything we find goes into your building maintenance report: photos, severity ratings, a prioritised maintenance register, and a scope of works for the urgent items — plus recommended ongoing preventative maintenance (roof cleans, gutter clearing, pressure washing) — written for committee members, not tradespeople. Where something looks beyond a maintenance fix, we say so and recommend the right specialist.
When should a committee book a maintenance inspection?
The most common triggers we see:
- No professional baseline exists. The building has only ever been looked at reactively, issue by issue — nobody has assessed the whole of common property in years.
- Before the AGM or budget. A current maintenance inspection report turns levy discussions from opinion into evidence.
- Before a 10-year capital works fund plan. An accurate capital works plan starts with knowing the building's real condition.
- A persistent issue keeps coming back — damp, cracking or drainage that's been patched more than once, and the committee wants an independent view of the underlying maintenance picture.
- At committee handover, so incoming members inherit a documented picture rather than folklore.
Between professional inspections, our free strata maintenance checklist gives committees a structure for their own quarterly walk-throughs.
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Frequently asked questions
What's included in the report?
A detailed written report covering all common property areas, with photos, a prioritised maintenance register, scope of works for urgent items, and committee-ready recommendations which we can help coordinate as part of an ongoing care plan. We also do not inspect every private lot. The report for common property within lots, e.g. Balcony condition, will be general in nature.
Do you need access to every private lot?
No. While access to a single 'typical' lot is useful and will help provide a more complete report, we do not require access to each lot. If there is a specific common property maintenance issue within a lot you'd like to address, we are happy to discuss these on a case-by-case basis before the visit is booked.
Do you need the committee on site during the inspection?
We will need at least one committee member or strata representative on site to provide access and directions. Whether they need to stay with us will depend on the complexity of your site. This will be discussed before the site visit booking is made.
How often should a strata building have a professional maintenance inspection?
For most boutique blocks, a professional maintenance inspection every 12 months is the practical rhythm, with the committee running its own quarterly walk-throughs in between. Buildings with known issues — active waterproofing problems, ageing services — benefit from more frequent professional eyes, which is what our Monthly Care Packages provide.
How is this different from a pre-purchase building inspection?
A pre-purchase inspection assesses one lot for one buyer at a point of sale. A strata building maintenance inspection assesses all of the common property for the owners corporation, and produces a prioritised maintenance register the committee can act on and budget against — it’s a management tool, not a transaction document.
How long does the inspection take?
Typically a half-day on-site, depending on building size. The written report is delivered within 5 business days.
What's not included?
The report is not an engineering assessment. For structural concerns, we'll recommend a qualified structural engineer. Similarly, compliance-specific reports (fire safety statements, asbestos audits) require licensed specialists — which we can coordinate.