What to check at the open home
The bottom line
Photograph everything, ask the agent for the title and LIM, and look for work that needed a consent.
The open home is free due diligence. Ten minutes with a phone camera and the right questions can save you the cost of a building report on the wrong house. Look for decks, tiled showers, converted garages and extensions, and ask the agent whether they were consented.
The checklist in this lesson works at the open home and again at the pre-settlement inspection, so the same photos become your evidence later.
Read this
What to check at the open home, and again before you move in
Do this
Take the checklist to your next open home and photograph every item
Check yourself
Name two items that commonly need a building consent.
Decks over a certain height, tiled showers, garage conversions, extensions.
What two documents should you ask the agent for at the open home?
The record of title and the LIM.
When will you use the same photos again?
At the pre-settlement inspection.
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