Home inspection across Cape Town

What inspectors actually find in Cape Town

Salt-air corrosion

Marine air attacks roof-sheeting fixings, balustrades, gutter brackets, window hardware and reinforcing close to the surface of concrete. The first sign is usually a rust stain on a ceiling or a soffit rather than visible corrosion, because the fixing fails before the finish does.Checked: Roof fixings, balustrade bases, lintels and any exposed steel

Winter driven rain

Cape winter fronts arrive from the north-west and west. Elevations facing into them take sustained wetting that a sheltered wall never sees, and old face-brick, cracked plaster or perished sealant lets it through.Checked: North-west and west elevations, window perimeters, wall cracking

Sectional title boundary disputes

Where water enters through common property — roof, parapet, external wall or common plumbing — the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act puts the repair on the body corporate, even though the damage shows inside the section. A written report identifying the entry point is what settles the argument.Checked: Point of entry, and whether it sits on common property or in the section

Low-lying and reclaimed ground

A high water table and made-up ground produce settlement and persistent subfloor moisture. Wind-driven rain on exposed elevations compounds it where there is little surrounding shelter.Checked: Floor levels, subfloor ventilation, external drainage, wall cracking

Areas we cover

• Table ViewFlat and fully exposed to the south-easter, so roof sheeting fixings and ridge detail take more load than almost anywhere in the city.
• BloubergNewer stock, but direct marine exposure means fixing corrosion and sealant failure arrive far earlier than the building age suggests.
• MilnertonOlder sections sit on low-lying reclaimed ground near the lagoon, producing settlement alongside marine corrosion.
• Century CityAlmost entirely sectional title, so the practical question is nearly always where the boundary of common property lies.
• ParklandsRapid-build era stock where workmanship varies sharply between developments a street apart.
• SunningdaleExposed, newly developed ground where stormwater management around the structure is the recurring issue.
• MelkbosstrandOpen west-coast exposure with many second homes standing unoccupied for months at a time.

Mould & damp inspections in Cape Town

Damp here is usually driven rain and marine exposure on exposed stock. Which mechanism you have decides the repair, and the wrong diagnosis is the expensive mistake.

• Mould inspection in Table View
• Mould inspection in Blouberg
• Mould inspection in Milnerton
• Mould inspection in Century City
• Mould inspection in Parklands
• Mould inspection in Sunningdale
• Mould inspection in Melkbosstrand

What it costs

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