• VAHI Individual Inspector Survey 2026

    Answer a 4–6 minute survey about your pre-purchase building or timber pest inspection work in Australia (1 July 2025–30 June 2026).
  • This survey is for a sole operator or a business with only one active inspector performing pre-purchase building or timber pest inspections in Australia. Please answer about your own work only. The survey should take approximately 4-6 minutes. The Victorian Government is considering a mandatory pre-purchase building and pest inspection scheme. Under the proposal, the vendor would commission the inspection report and provide it to prospective buyers. VAHI is collecting this information to build a clearer picture of the Australian inspection industry and respond to an information request from the Victorian Department of Government Services. Results will be reported in aggregate. Contact details will not be included in published reporting.

  • What are your details?

    These details are required and excluded from published reporting.

  • Eligibility

  • Between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026, did you personally perform any pre-purchase residential building or timber pest inspections in Australia?*
  • Thank you for your interest. This survey is for people who personally performed pre-purchase residential building or timber pest inspections in Australia between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026. No further response is required.

  • Location and work

  • Which pre-purchase inspection services did you personally perform during that period?*
  • Did you inspect properties in any other states or territories during that period?*
  • Select the other states or territories in which you inspected properties.*
  • Are you a current VAHI member?*

  • Experience, qualifications and activity

  • How many years have you performed pre-purchase inspections?*
  • What formal qualifications or training do you have that demonstrate you are suitably qualified to carry out pre-purchase building or timber pest inspections?*

  • Between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026, how many of each inspection type did you personally complete?

  • Are the inspection numbers above exact or estimated?*

  • Fees and buyer behaviour

  • What is the typical price you charge for each of the following?

    Single-storey, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house on a concrete slab

  • Single-storey, three-bedroom, two-bathroom house on stumps with an accessible subfloor

  • Based on your experience, how many properties does a typical buyer have professionally inspected before purchasing a home?*

  • Insurance

  • Do you currently have the following insurance for your pre-purchase inspection work? Professional Indemnity insurance*
  • Do you currently have the following insurance for your pre-purchase inspection work? Public Liability insurance*

  • What are your Professional Indemnity insurance limits?

  • What is your Public Liability insurance limit?

  • Disputed reports and claims

  • The following questions cover the five-year period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2026. A complaint, insurer notification, payment, commercial settlement and established professional failure are different events. An insurer notification or payment does not automatically establish that an inspector failed to meet the required professional standard. Do not provide client names, property addresses or other identifying information.
  • If no number is entered for above, select one

  • How many of those notified matters resulted in a payment?

  • If the above counts are not provided, select one
  • What was the typical payment amount for matters that resulted in payment?

  • Of the matters above, how many related specifically to Victorian properties?

  • If the Victorian counts are not provided, select one
  • Typical payment amount for Victorian matters

  • Industry views and optional follow-up

  • Would a nationally consistent training and competency pathway improve the pre-purchase inspection industry?*
  • The Victorian Government is considering a mandatory pre-purchase building and pest inspection scheme. Under the proposal, the vendor would commission the inspection report and provide it to prospective buyers.
  • Would you be willing for VAHI to contact you about your answers?*
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