Most people only ever order a building and pest inspection when they buy. Then twenty years pass, the house works hard through every wet season, and nobody looks in the roof space again. An annual inspection is the simple discipline that breaks that pattern.

Why yearly

AS 4349.3 recommends regular timber pest inspections — at least annually in high-risk climates like ours — because termite evidence and moisture conditions change quickly. A yearly visual assessment of the accessible areas catches new conducive conditions, early deterioration and maintenance items while they are still small.

What an annual inspection gives you

  • A photo record of the property’s condition, year on year
  • Early sight of moisture, drainage and ventilation changes
  • Evidence of any new timber pest activity or conducive conditions
  • A practical, prioritised maintenance list in plain English

For owners and landlords

For landlords especially, the annual report is a clean, independent condition record that sits alongside routine property management — useful for planning maintenance budgets and for documenting the property’s state over time. For owner-occupiers, it is the cheapest insurance a Queensland home can have against the slow, quiet problems.

Annual building and timber pest inspections are part of every CYTE service area — Gold Coast, Brisbane and Northern NSW. Book the same month each year and it becomes routine.