Notes from the field

Short pieces on the things we get asked about most.

Mould on an interior wall and ceiling corner
Mould

Mould in a Melbourne winter: the symptom, not the defect

Why cleaning visible growth without diagnosing the moisture source almost always leads to it coming back.

Crack in a brick wall of a suburban house
Pre-purchase

Buying a Victorian terrace: what an inspection can and can't tell you

The limits of non-destructive inspection, and how to actually use a report during negotiation.

Inspection report pages on a desk with a moisture meter
Expert evidence

What makes a report hold up at VCAT

Causation, standards references and photographs: the anatomy of a report that survives cross-examination.