Five things that show up in inspection reports again and again. Each with the signs, the suburbs where it is a regular, the proper fix with 2026 costs, and the honest answer on when to walk away.
Ground moisture wicks up through stone and old brick, carrying salts that crystallise and blow the plaster and mortar apart at skirting height.
ReadThe timber or early concrete stumps holding up a raised floor rot, sink or shear, and the whole house moves with them.
ReadThe clay under the house swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and the footings ride up and down with it. The cracks are the house trying to keep up.
ReadRoughly one in three Australian homes built before 1990 contains asbestos cement somewhere. It is harmless left alone and dangerous when cut, sanded or smashed.
ReadThe membrane under the shower tiles has failed and water is going into the wall and floor instead of the drain. It is the most common hidden repair in houses built from 1985 to 2010.
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