A waterproofing certificate can only come from the licensed installer who did the work. Once the room is tiled and that trade has moved on, nobody can recreate it — not us, not a certifier, not another waterproofer. What you can put in front of the buyer, their solicitor or your agent is an independent record of what is actually there: what the documents establish, what can still be observed, and what cannot be verified without opening up. Priority turnaround where a settlement date applies.
Send the Inspection Report for a Fixed-Fee Quote or call Kevin on 0499 288 304 — fixed fee from $1,200 + GST, report usually the same or next business day once the inspection is completeTwo of them cost considerably more than the third.
Same shape every time: a transaction is moving, someone has asked for paper about work hidden under tiles, and the paper does not exist.
Realistically, three. Pull up the finish to expose the membrane, which almost nobody does mid-sale. Accept a price adjustment, which is usually the most expensive path. Or answer the question with evidence: an independent report on what the records establish and what can be observed. The certificate cannot be recreated — but the question it would have answered can still be answered.
Yes — and this is the more sensible time to do it. Before exchange you still have room to negotiate on what's found; after settlement the problem is entirely yours. A standard pre-purchase building inspection covers the whole property broadly and will usually note a renovated wet area without going further. An independent waterproofing inspection does the opposite: one narrow area, examined properly, by someone with no stake in the sale, the renovation or the repair.
Ours is a fixed fee from $1,200 + GST for the pre-settlement report, quoted upfront once we've reviewed your documents, and it does not change on site. General building inspections that mention wet areas in passing cost considerably less, and for good reason — they are a different and much broader piece of work. What you are paying for here is depth on one question, an independent position, and a report you can hand to a solicitor.
Not by recreating the installer’s certificate. Only the licensed installer who did the work can issue that, and if that trade is unavailable it can’t be recreated; be wary of anyone who offers to. What can be produced is an independent evidence report: what the records establish, what is observable at accessible points, and what remains unverifiable. Where the person asking wants more, a flood test can be run to a method they have agreed. The engineer on our team attends it and, if the results support it, issues a signed Engineer’s Statement on Flood Test Results. It covers only what was tested, it is not a compliance certificate, and whether it is enough is their decision.
It is not a certificate and we will not pretend otherwise — whether the other side accepts it is entirely their call, and any provider who guarantees that outcome is selling you something they cannot deliver. What we can say is that a dated, independent, factual record which states its own limits is a substantive answer to a requisition. It gives the other side something real to assess instead of an absence.
Report usually the same or next business day once the inspection is complete, and attendance usually within the week. Send the inspection report or the requisition first — we read it before quoting, at no charge, because its exact wording determines what evidence will actually help. If your date is tight, say so when you write; deadlines are the reason most people call.
The report sets out the options rather than leaving you stuck: limited targeted opening by your trades, which we document before, during and after — or a plumber-conducted wet test, which we observe and record. With your agreement we may also run a simple tap, waste or spray test ourselves. Either way, we did not install the waterproofing being tested.
Sometimes, at least in part. We can review the records without opening up the waterproofing. We review your records against the applicable standard and product data sheet. The report explains what the photos establish, what remains unverified, and what we can still inspect. If the evidence supports the detailing, you have that in writing from someone with no stake in the sale. Where the records leave a detail open, the report says so. It can’t confirm what’s neither visible nor adequately evidenced, and whether the other side accepts it is their call.
Fixed fee, quoted after we review your documents — from $1,200 + GST for the records review, site inspection of the wet areas in question and the report. You will know the exact number before we attend, and it does not change on site.
The building inspection report, the solicitor’s requisition, any certificates, construction photos or plans — whatever exists. Send only records you’re authorised to share. If they aren’t yours, get the owner’s permission first. Remove unrelated personal information. Keep your original records. We read them before quoting, at no charge, to scope the inspection. Tell us your settlement date.
Scope, fee and timing in writing — including exactly what the report can and cannot do for your situation. No surprises, no upselling.
Every wet area in question — not only the one that was flagged — documented thoroughly: drains, junctions, falls, moisture indicators, subfloor where accessible. Usually about an hour on site.
Room by room, records separated from observations, limitations stated plainly, and the next options set out if the other side wants more. Ready to forward to your solicitor, conveyancer or agent as it is.
If whoever asked comes back wanting something I could have captured on the day and didn't, I return and capture it at no charge. That's a promise about my work, not about their decision — whether the evidence is accepted is always theirs to make, and any report that told you otherwise would be worth less, not more.
Not a sale — council or a certifier asking? See the Existing Wet-Area Evidence Report. Renovating and not yet tiled? The Pre-Tile Inspection records it before it is covered, and costs considerably less.
A purchaser can apply for a Building Information Certificate in their own right — so can their solicitor or agent. Most people on either side of a sale don't know that.
We didn't do the waterproofing and we don't sell the repair. Any statement on a flood test comes from the engineer on our team, who attends the test and did not install the waterproofing or run it.
What a certificate claims and what we saw on site are kept strictly separate in the report — so the reader always knows which kind of evidence they're weighing.
Every report states what could not be verified and routes judgement to the parties whose call it is. That's precisely what makes it usable in front of a council, certifier or solicitor.
We'll reply within one business day — usually with a request for your documents, then a fixed-fee quote. Nothing is charged until a quote is accepted.
Prefer to talk it through first? Call Kevin on 0499 288 304