Our team

Experienced. Licensed. Independent.

Every sound. inspection is conducted by a licensed building inspector with experience across Adelaide's full spectrum of residential construction — from Victorian stone cottages to modern slab-on-ground estates.

Lead Inspector

Your Adelaide building inspector

Your inspection is carried out by Justin James Johansen, who holds Building Work Contractor licence BLD 248310, issued by Consumer and Business Services, Government of South Australia — the same licence required to build the homes he inspects. That means the property is assessed against the standards it was built to.

Beyond the licence, our value comes from experience with Adelaide’s actual building stock. The inner-city sandstone and double-brick. Post-war fibrolite and the asbestos it carries. The 1970s brick veneer that still dominates the northern suburbs. The modern slab construction across outer-ring estates. Each era and construction type has its own failure pattern — and knowing what to look for in each is what separates a thorough inspection from a walkthrough.

We’ve inspected properties across every metropolitan Adelaide council — from heritage workers’ cottages in Port Adelaide to prestige apartments on the CBD fringe, from coastal fibrolite in Henley Beach to modern townhouses in Mawson Lakes. That breadth of direct experience is what gives our reports their depth.

Qualifications and licences

✓Contractors Licence BLD 248310 — Consumer and Business Services, Government of South Australia, held by Justin James JohansenAuthorised as: Building Work Contractor (with conditions) · Building Work Supervisor (with conditions)

Inspector commitment

Every inspection is conducted in person by a licensed inspector — not a subcontractor working to a volume quota.

We take the time the inspection requires. A complex older home takes longer than a simple modern one — our pricing reflects the property type, not a time limit.

Have a question about your report? Email us within 14 days of delivery and we’ll answer in writing within one business day — from the inspector who was in the property, not a customer service agent.

Areas of particular expertise

→Heritage and period property assessment
→Salt damp identification and severity assessment
→Reactive clay footing movement — cosmetic vs structural
→Asbestos-containing material identification
→Timber pest and termite damage assessment
→New build defect inspection (PCI)
→Coastal property condition assessment
→Strata and apartment inspection

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Our standards

What we commit to on every inspection

Independence

No agency affiliations. No builder referral fees. Our report reflects our findings alone.

Thoroughness

We inspect all reasonably accessible areas. We don't skip the sub-floor because access is inconvenient.

Clarity

Reports written in plain English. No footnote hedging. No liability-driven vagueness.

Availability

The inspector who did your inspection is available to talk through the report. Directly. Not via a call centre.