Nightingale Property Inspections are independent inspectors delivering unbiased reports on the condition of each property inspected. Since 2016, we have performed pre-purchase inspections on over 2,000 homes across South West WA.

Clint Nagtegaal is our building and timber pest inspector and comes with 20 years experience in the building and construction industries, and has worked across a range of residential and commercial projects Australia-wide. In 2016 Clint decided to make pre-purchase building & timber pest inspections his sole focus, starting Nightingale Property Inspections in South West WA.

Clint holds all of the required accreditations and insurances for a Building and Timber Pest Inspector in Western Australia:

• Housesafe Australia – Home Inspections: HS/934
• MPL Australia – Inspect and Control Timber Pests: CPPUPM3008 and CPPUPM3010
• Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance (current) with CGU Australia: Policy number BP20200357 for Building Inspections, Pre-Purchase Building Inspections, Timber Pest Inspections, Tax Depreciation Surveys.

Our service meets all of the requirements of:

• The Australian Standards for Pre-Purchase Property Inspections: 4349.1-2007 & 4349.3-2010. 
• The Real Estate Industry of Western Australia’s forms 167 (Building Inspections) and 182 (Timber Pest Inspections). 

We are solely focussed on inspections and do not work on building or maintenance contracts as builders, therefore we are not required to hold a Builders Registration. 

In Western Australia, a builder’s registration is only required if a person wants to be a supervisor of a building contractor, or if they intend to trade as a builder providing services for building work with a value of $20,000 or more. This registration is unnecessary for building consultants working only as an inspector.

We often get asked “are you a registered builder?”, a very common misconception that it’s a requirement here in WA for a pre-purchase property inspector, when it’s not. Some inspectors in WA continue to also work as builders alongside their inspections, and therefore they need to remain registered to carry out both types of work. They promote their Builder’s Registration across all of the work they do as it’s a well-recognised qualification.

Before 2007, when the Australian Standards specific to pre-purchase property inspections were released, a Builder’s Registration was a good way to check if someone was experienced in the industry, but that is no longer the current standard. Some old documents still circulating within the WA Real Estate Industry may still refer to this outdated framework.