Building & Pest Inspections in Coombabah

Coombabah is a quiet, established suburb sitting between the Coombabah Lake wetlands system and the golf course and bushland of Arundel. The housing stock is predominantly 1980s and 90s brick-and-tile family homes on standard residential lots — a solid, settled era now at the age where original wet-area waterproofing, tile roof bedding and pointing, and external sealants feature consistently in reports. On the hillier estate streets, cut-and-fill brings retaining walls and inter-lot drainage into the inspection alongside the usual age-related items.

The wetlands boundary is the suburb's defining inspection factor. The Coombabah Lakelands corridor creates genuine, sustained termite pressure along the northern and eastern edges of the suburb — active year-round in the subtropical climate — and the moisture-retentive low ground near the lake means conducive conditions extend well into established streets. We work the AS 4349.3 side of the inspection accordingly: slab-edge and weep-hole access, vegetation-to-structure contact, older termite barriers that may have lapsed between owners, and the persistent subsoil moisture that connects the wetlands margin to the building.

Every Coombabah inspection is a combined building and timber pest assessment to AS 4349.1 and AS 4349.3, carried out under a pre-inspection agreement, with the written photo report in your inbox the same day. See our services or the FAQs for the full picture.

What we pay attention to in Coombabah

• High wetlands-edge termite pressure from Coombabah Lakelands
• 1980s–90s brick and tile: original wet areas and roofing
• Low-lying ground: moisture, drainage and slab edges
• Retaining walls and inter-lot drainage on estate streets

Combined building & pest from $350