Home inspection across Johannesburg

What inspectors actually find in Johannesburg

Asbestos cement materials

Asbestos has been prohibited in South Africa since 2008, so anything present predates that. Intact, painted cement sheeting is generally low risk and often best maintained in place; the hazard is deterioration or disturbance — drilling, cutting, or high-pressure cleaning.Checked: Roof sheeting, ridging, gutters, eaves boards, older ceiling boards, vinyl tiles

Ageing electrical installations

Pre-1990 installations often carry old wiring, no earth leakage protection, and boards extended piecemeal over decades. A certificate of compliance is a legal requirement on transfer and is frequently the largest unbudgeted cost in an older-suburb purchase.Checked: Distribution board, earth leakage, visible wiring, bonding

Hail and summer storm damage

Highveld storms drive rain horizontally into elevations that shed ordinary rainfall without trouble, and hail bruises roof sheeting and tiles in ways that only leak months later once the coating has failed.Checked: Roof covering, flashings, parapet junctions, gutter and downpipe capacity

Expansive clay heave

Clay soils swell through the rainfall season and shrink through the dry months. Foundations move with them and brickwork cracks where it cannot accommodate the movement. Large trees and slow under-slab leaks turn seasonal movement into differential movement, which is what actually causes damage.Checked: Crack pattern and width, door and window squareness, floor level, tree proximity

Areas we cover

• SowetoLarge volumes of original asbestos cement roof sheeting on pre-1990 stock, with extensions built piecemeal over decades.
• LenasiaConsistent stock of an age where original asbestos materials and first-generation electrical installations both need attention.
• Eldorado ParkOriginal asbestos sheeting remains widespread, and pressure-cleaning a roof before a sale is a common and damaging local practice.
• MondeorRidge and koppie sites where retaining structures and stormwater are the recurring findings.
• GlenvistaSloped clay sites with substantial retaining walls and roof areas large enough that hail damage is costly.
• MeyersdalLater estate stock on the southern ridge, where foundation design varies between phases.
• RosettenvilleAmong the oldest stock south of the city, with original wiring and asbestos materials both likely.
• TurffonteinFormer mining-era housing on ground with a long industrial history, heavily converted to rental use.

Mould & damp inspections in Johannesburg

Damp here is usually penetrating damp through ageing roofs. Which mechanism you have decides the repair, and the wrong diagnosis is the expensive mistake.

• Mould inspection in Soweto
• Mould inspection in Lenasia
• Mould inspection in Eldorado Park
• Mould inspection in Mondeor
• Mould inspection in Glenvista
• Mould inspection in Meyersdal
• Mould inspection in Rosettenville
• Mould inspection in Turffontein

What it costs

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