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Karragullen is Darling Range orchard country in the City of Armadale, about 33 km from the Perth CBD and 16 km from Armadale. Before 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range railway. Italian migrants planted many of the orchards in the 1930s and 40s, and their descendants still run them. The suburb covers close to 30 square kilometres and has fewer than 400 residents, so it is properties, not streets. Bushland and the Canning Dam reservoir zone press in from the edges, and a field day showcases the local farming industries every year.

The three defect categories we see most in Karragullen properties are bushfire-related construction issues, sheds and orchard outbuildings, and water, tank and drainage systems. In December 2004 a fire tore through bushland and orchard areas here, so how a home is built and set up for bushfire really matters: eaves, vents, cladding, decking and gaps. Working properties come with sheds, cool rooms, packing sheds and older farm buildings, often extended without approvals and sometimes clad in asbestos-cement. Rural blocks like these also rely on tanks, bores and effluent systems, and the drainage on sloping ground needs a careful look.

You cannot judge an orchard property from the driveway. There can be a dozen buildings on one title, each with its own problems. Our registered builders inspect the main house and accessible outbuildings, check the slope and drainage, and give you a plain-English report within 24 hours.

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