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West Leederville sits about 3 km northwest of the Perth CBD in the Town of Cambridge, backing onto Subiaco Oval and St John of God Subiaco Hospital, with train stations on both the Yanchep and Fremantle lines bookending the suburb. William Henry Leeder subdivided the estate in 1891, and most blocks were sold and built out well before 1925, giving the suburb its stock of Federation and inter-war character homes around the 1916 Leederville Town Hall. The Hill of Tara townhouses near the old Catholic Education Centre came much later, in the 1990s, adding a denser, newer layer to an otherwise old streetscape.

The three defect categories we see most in West Leederville homes are ageing roof timbers, asbestos-cement materials, and damp in old brick and weatherboard walls. With most houses built before 1925, original roof framing and battens have had a century of Perth summers and winter storms to work with, and we regularly find sagging ridge lines and tired connections in the void. Extensions and outbuildings added through the decades commonly used asbestos-cement sheeting, especially around laundries and rear additions. Solid brick and weatherboard walls from this era often have poor subfloor ventilation and ageing damp-proof courses, letting moisture climb into skirtings and floor timbers.

A character home pushing a century old rewards a proper look underneath the charm. Our registered builders get into the roof space and subfloor that a standard inspector might skip, and flag what’s original against what’s been bodged in since, with your report 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.