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Daglish is one of Perth’s most intact garden suburbs, laid out with curved streets, large lots and generous green space once the Daglish railway station opened in 1924 to serve a growing population. The Workers’ Home Board built extensively here from 1933, delivering Californian Bungalow, Old English, Mediterranean and Spanish Mission style homes to a high standard, and most of that original stock is still standing today. That uniform streetscape is rare enough in Perth that the City of Subiaco created the Daglish Conservation Area in 2003, and the National Trust recognised the suburb’s significance in 2019. The suburb sits on Spearwood Dunes, brown sand over yellow subsoil with Tamala Limestone beneath, with wetland pockets at Charles Stokes Park and Cliff Sadlier VC Memorial Park.

The three defect categories we see most in Daglish homes are ageing roof structures, asbestos-cement materials, and heritage-sensitive repair issues. Homes built from 1933 commonly have original tiled roofs on timber framing now well past 90 years old, and the Workers’ Home Board era of construction often used asbestos-cement sheeting in outbuildings and later additions. Because so many Daglish homes sit within the Conservation Area, repairs and extensions need to match heritage requirements, and we regularly find previous work that hasn’t.

Buying into Daglish’s conservation area means the roof, the walls and every past repair need checking against both age and heritage rules. Our registered builders assess the structure honestly and flag what any renovation will need to work around, with your report ready within 24 hours.

The difference with WA Building Inspections is simple: our inspectors are licensed registered builders (BP104751). Real Builders. Better Inspections. That’s why over 30,000 Perth home buyers have trusted us.