Commercial Pest and Building Inspections

Protect your business asset with a commercial pest and building inspection from CTP.

As one of the largest investments in your business career, your commercial premises needs to be a structural sound property in order for you to conduct your business successful. It is important to get a full pest and building inspection completed before entering into a commercial contract as commercial premises can hold similar issues as those identified in residential properties.

What is the difference between a commercial and a residential pest and building inspection?

While they both are large investments within your lifetime, they essentially form two very different investment styles as one is used for housing and personal living while the other is use to conduct business operations. Your residential pest and building inspection is used to identify defects and faults within the residential premises, and while a commercial inspection offers similar activities, it is more focused at a commercial level to ensure that you don’t lose potential revenue for your business.

What happens at a commercial pest and building inspection?

Your inspector will conduct a thorough inspection of the commercial premises including:

Office spaces
Workshop spaces
Exterior areas including boundary fencing
Carpark/concreted areas
Under building areas
The interior of the building
The roof space
The exterior of the building
The sub-floor space
The roof exterior
The property within 30 metres of the building subject to be inspected.

Once completed, your commercial inspector will provide an easy-to-understand report of the identified issues and defects within the commercial space including urgent repairs that affect the structural integrity of the building, major defects that fall outside the scope of normal maintenance, minor defects that can be repaired with general maintenance and all other identified issues.

Why do I need a commercial pest and building inspection?

Having a commercial pest and building inspection undertaken on your commercial premises is one of the best ways that you can attract commercial tenants to your property if you are not utilising the space yourself. Inspections offer commercial investors peace of mind, as well as prospective businesses who want to operate in a safe, professional, and clean commercial space. Investing in a commercial pest and building inspection is a short-term outlay for long term profitability for you and your prospective tenants.

When should I get a commercial pest and building inspection?

There are generally two times where a commercial pest and building inspection is required.

Before you buy the premises

Also known as a pre-purchase inspection, it is conducted on the commercial premises to identify defects before you make the decision to buy.

Before you sell the premises

Also known as a pre-sale inspection, it is conducted before you put the commercial premises up for sale.

Both commercial inspections are required and provide accurate and honest advice to advise buyers and sellers of the condition of the property.