Building & Pest Inspections in Highland Park

Highland Park sits at the green western edge of the Gold Coast, a suburb of undulating streets and blocks that run larger than the coastal average. The housing is predominantly 1980s and 90s brick-and-tile family homes — a solid, settled stock now at the age where original tile roofing, wet-area waterproofing and external sealants come into the report as standard. On the suburb's hillier streets and along the golf-course boundary, blocks slope across or downhill, bringing retaining walls between lots, stepped or split-level slabs and cross-site drainage paths into the inspection — elements that age alongside the structures and need methodical assessment.

Vegetation is the defining factor here. Highland Park carries a deeper, more established canopy than suburbs closer to the coast: gully systems, large mature gardens and the bushland corridors lining the suburb's edge all sustain genuine year-round termite pressure. We work the AS 4349.3 side of the inspection carefully — slab-edge and weep-hole bridging from decades of garden growth, moisture on shaded south-facing aspects, timber-to-soil contact from older fence posts and garden framing, and any termite management that may have lapsed between owners.

Every Highland Park 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 Highland Park

• 1980s–90s brick and tile: original roofing, wet areas and sealants
• Sloping sites: retaining walls, stepped slabs and cross-site drainage
• High termite pressure: gully systems and established canopy
• Slab edges and weep holes under decades of garden growth

Combined building & pest from $350