Understanding Seller Developer Challenges
A defect found by a buyer’s solicitor the week before settlement costs more than the repair. It costs time, trust, and potentially the sale itself.
Seller developers need more than a one-off inspection at handover. You need a partner who understands the pace of development, the pressure of deadlines, and the standard buyers expect. Landmark Inspections works alongside developers building properties for sale, providing thorough pre-sale building inspections and construction stage checks that identify issues early, before they become expensive problems.
Our seller developer inspections give you the documentation, independence, and confidence to deliver projects that are genuinely ready for market.
How Landmark Inspections Supports Seller Developers
Landmark Inspections offers a comprehensive inspection package built specifically for investment and development properties. It covers the construction stage through to final handover, with independent checks at each critical milestone, a detailed pre-sale inspection, and a depreciation schedule that adds real financial value for your buyers.
Our seller developer inspections cover every critical stage, so you have the sign-off, the reports, and the compliance evidence to take a property to market.
Practical Completion Inspection
Before handover, every detail counts. Our practical completion inspection covers the entire property, including interior and exterior areas, plumbing fixtures, roof space, roof, site drainage, and safety elements like steps, balustrades, and smoke alarms.
Any defects identified are documented clearly so your builder can address them before the keys change hands.
Pre-Handover Inspection
Once your builder has addressed the findings from the practical completion inspection, we carry out a full reassessment of the property to confirm everything has been resolved and the property is genuinely ready for handover. It’s the final quality check before your buyer takes possession.
Depreciation Schedule
A depreciation schedule details the expected wear and tear of all depreciable items within the property over 40 years, helping your buyers claim all available tax deductions. Including one in your sales process adds real value and is a straightforward way to set your development apart.
Our Building Inspections for Seller Developers
Construction Stage Inspections
If you’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a major renovation or new home build, you’ll want to have the confidence it’s being done right the first time.
Rental Property Inspections
As a landlord, it’s your responsibility to ensure your rental property complies with relevant safety legislation. Our rental safety inspections are a fully done-for-you service, covering electrical and gas safety, and smoke alarms.
Investment Property Inspections
Ensure your investment is protected with Landmark’s thorough inspections, identifying issues early and maximising returns with detailed reports and a depreciation schedule.
Why Landmark Inspections
From our pre-sale building inspections and compliance reports to our direct communication with your builder and trades, we go above and beyond to ensure every development you sell is thoroughly checked, clearly documented, and genuinely ready for market.
You want to go to settlement knowing the property has been independently verified at every stage. That’s what we’re here for.
Our inspections and reports
ALL-IN-ONE INSPECTIONS
Our investor package covers practical completion, pre-handover, and a depreciation schedule. Everything a seller developer needs in a single, coordinated service.
REGISTERED TRADIES
Our inspectors are registered tradespeople with specialist expertise in construction compliance and building standards.
RAPID TURNAROUNDS
You’ll receive your report within 24 hours of each inspection, so your project timeline stays on track.
CRYSTAL-CLEAR REPORTS
Our cloud-based reports are easy to read, clearly structured, and simple to share with your builder, solicitor, or buyer.
COMPLIANCE EVIDENCE
Our reports provide independent, documented evidence of build quality and compliance at every stage of your development.
HIGH-RES IMAGERY
We provide high-resolution images throughout our reports to clearly identify points of interest and support your findings.
Our customer service
BUILDER LIAISON
We communicate directly with your builder or trades to ensure findings are understood and actioned without delays.
REPAIR COORDINATION
Where issues are identified, we help coordinate the resolution so your build schedule isn’t held up any longer than necessary.
ONGOING SUPPORT
If questions arise after the inspection, we’re available for advice and guidance throughout your project.
EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
Our inspectors bring 30+ years of combined experience across residential construction and investment property inspections.
100% HASSLE-FREE
We’re professional, responsive, and we work hard to make the inspection process as straightforward as possible for your team.
INSURANCE-BACKED
We’re fully insured with professional indemnity insurance and public liability insurance.
“Peace of mind at a great price”
What an incredible team at Landmark! I am a Tenant who has complex health issues and Landmark carried out my Electricity, Gas and Smoke Alarm checks in December 2023. My experience with the extraordinary team at Landmark is highlighted by their depth of courtesy, compassion, helpfulness, understanding and professionalism. Absolutely a 10/10 experience for me and I would highly recommend Landmark to every Property Manager and Owner seeking a truly professional team, who are also blest with genuine empathy towards folk with special needs due to health concerns and/or disabilities. Absolutely class and faultless service all round! Thank you so much to everyone at Landmark.
Chéylagn Ní hIcídhe
Very happy with Landmark, the booking process was easy. Brendan conducted a thorough inspection, and provided us with a very detailed report the same day. Would definitely use them again.
Daniel Georgiou
The Landmark team was quick in responding to any queries/changes. They are a highly professional group of individuals. Brett Morgan inspected our home. His long experience in this industry truly helped. His inspection report was to the point, and we received it on the same day of the inspection, which helped us get things fixed from our builder. Brett is a rockstar inspector. I highly recommend them. For any project, they’ve got you covered!
Darshil Mehta
We compared and pick Landmark Inspections for our private building inspections. Been a great experience so far, would recommend. They are professional, responsive with emails and updates, very thorough reports with images. Good price point without locking you into anything. Just wish that all builders were held to/ had to comply and prove they have corrected the actual important ‘fixes’ that are recommended and important.
Alicia Cardona
Frequently asked questions
Here are some common questions we get asked about our seller developer inspections. If you have a question we haven’t covered, please reach out.
For seller developers, we recommend inspections at key construction milestones: typically the base/slab stage, frame stage, lock-up, fixing stage, and a final pre-handover inspection. Catching issues at each stage is far more cost-effective than addressing them once a build is complete.
Our reports are produced by registered tradespeople with specialist expertise in building compliance. They’re cloud-based, clearly written, and include high-resolution imagery, meeting the standard that buyers, solicitors, and authorities expect from an independent inspection provider.
All findings are documented clearly with photographs and recommendations. Our team can also liaise directly with your building contractor or trades to help resolve them quickly, so your project stays on track.
Ready to Protect Your Next Development?
Landmark Inspections brings over 30 years of combined industry experience working alongside property developers across the East Coast. Whether it’s your first project or a large-scale development, we provide independent inspection support from the slab stage through to settlement. Speak with our team about a seller developer inspection package tailored to your project.
