Before you spend, know what is there
Most people call me after a decision has already been made. The quote is in, the trade is booked, and the plan is set. Sometimes that plan is right. Often nobody has checked.
The problem is not skill, it is starting information
An existing house carries a history that is not written down anywhere. Previous work, previous repairs, a room that has never felt right, a corner somebody once mentioned. By the time a renovation starts, all of that lives in a homeowner's memory, a few phone photos and whatever the last tradesperson said.
The builder quoting your job is good at their trade. The architect is good at theirs. Neither of them has a record of what the existing building is doing, because nobody made one.
So decisions get made on assumption. Sometimes the assumption is generous and the job costs more than it should. Sometimes it is optimistic and the work uncovers something halfway through.
What I record
I go through the accessible parts of the home room by room, at set locations I can return to.
- Moisture readings at mapped points
- Room temperature, humidity and the agreed air conditions
- Ventilation observations
- Thermal imagery where conditions make it meaningful
- Referenced photographs tied to each recorded location
- A note of anything I could not get to, and why
Every reading belongs to a place. That is the part that matters. A number without a location cannot be checked, argued with or measured again.
What you get
The model, the mapped record, the referenced photographs, a plain-language report and a walkthrough where I talk you through what was recorded and what it indicates.
I am a licensed builder with nearly twenty years on the tools, so you get a builder's read on top of the numbers. I am not doing the repair work, so I have no reason to tell you something needs doing.
When it is worth doing
- Before a renovation or alteration is designed
- Before committing to a significant repair somebody has quoted
- Before buying, when the photos do not tell you much
- When one room behaves differently to the rest and nobody can say why
- When you want a starting record you can measure against later
When it is not
If you already know exactly what is wrong and you just need it fixed, you do not need me. Get it fixed.
A Baseline is for the decisions you have not made yet.
The Home Performance Baseline starts at A$1,815 inc GST. Every property is scoped and quoted in writing before booking.
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Plenty of people book it just to understand what the service is.