Home performance diagnostics | Coffs Harbour
A closer look at the place you call home.
I care about how your home is holding up, the environment inside it, and the people who live there.
Some conditions are easy to notice. Others take a closer look. I help you understand what's happening, what the findings mean, and what deserves attention.
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The Home We Don’t See
The house, one room, the readings on a wall, then where each one is kept.
Demonstration property. Example values.
Why I look beneath the surface
Once I started measuring homes, I couldn't look at them the same way.
I began thinking about a family sitting down to dinner, and the conditions around them they couldn't see. About moisture in building materials, differences between rooms, and the air inside the places we spend our lives.
For me, understanding a home means looking at its condition and durability alongside the indoor environment, and caring about the health and wellbeing of the people living there.
Why the indoor environment matters
NSW Health notes that people with asthma, allergies or other breathing conditions may be more sensitive to mould.
Source: NSW Health, Mould
Indoor pollutants can affect health at sufficient levels. The effects depend on the pollutant, exposure and individual sensitivity.
Source: YourHome (Australian Government), Indoor air quality
Joe Builds measures building and room conditions. Health questions belong with your GP.
Understanding more, together
I bring readings and observations together to look for patterns and explain what deserves a closer look.
That includes moisture, surface temperatures and indoor conditions, with dust and airborne particle screening where included in your assessment.
The range of testing keeps growing. Each assessment starts with your home, your questions, and an agreed scope.
I want to keep learning more about the places we call home, so we can take better care of them and the people we love.
How we get started
Four steps, and the first takes two minutes.
Build your Baseline
Pick your inclusions and the number of rooms. See your estimate as you go.
I confirm the price
In writing, before anything is booked. Then we pick a day.
I measure your home
One visit. Every external wall, the air in every room, thermal imagery.
You get your record
A plain-words report, the 3D model and your Home State login, within three business days.
It all begins with one thing: the Home Performance Baseline.
Where most people start
The Home Performance Baseline.
- Your whole home measured in one visit.
- A written report in plain words, within three business days.
- An interactive 3D model with every reading on it.
- Your own Home State record to come back to.
Pick your inclusions and rooms. See your estimate as you go.
Home State
by Joe Builds
Your home's own record. Included with every Baseline.
- Log in and see every reading, photo and report in one place.
- Tap a room. See what was recorded there, and when.
- Each later visit adds to the same record, point for point.
Buying a home?
Understand the home before you buy.
Every external wall measured and the air in every room recorded, in one visit. Report within 48 hours.
Builder-led
"The aim is not to overwhelm someone with instruments. It is to make the home easier to understand before they commit to the next decision."
Joe Heafey, licensed NSW builder, two decades in residential construction.
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Or call now: 0485 835 959
Or start with one concern: damp or musty home · bathroom moisture · subfloor