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About Andrew Mackintosh
Andrew Mackintosh has been answering home inspection questions in the greater Brisbane area since 1995. He has personally carried out over 20,000 building inspections and is a licensed builder and licensed building inspector, Member of Queensland Master Builders Association & Institute of Building Consultants.
Being the business owner and the inspector, Andrew is passionate about providing clients with excellent customer service, value for money, honest, unbiased, thorough inspection and reporting in a professional and timely manner to allow clients to make informed decisions when purchasing property.
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Quite often we hear from clients that they think they can hear the sound of termites in the walls of their house. They then try and make a weird clicking sound and say is...
So after a torrential downpour of rain you have discovered water stains on your ceiling. A quick examination of your roof shows no obvious faults such as broken tiles or damaged roof pointing. So...
Rising damp is unfortunately a common problem detected when undertaking building inspections in Brisbane. These particular photos were taken of a house in Mount Gravatt during a pre-purchase building inspection. Rising damp generally occurs...
Now that storm season is behind us, it is a good time to carry out those all-important winter roof repairs to prevent possible significant storm damage before those heavy rains and strong winds reoccur....
One would assume that if you engaged a Brisbane building and pest inspection company to undertake a comprehensive report on a property you were intending to purchase, that the building and pest inspection report...
We’d love to take this opportunity to talk about how much it means to us to give our valued customers peace of mind when it comes to purchasing the right property for them. Being...
Rochedale is an outer suburb on Brisbane’s southside, some 17 kilometres from the city’s CBD. Named for the Irish Roche family and the homestead they built there in the mid-1800s, Rochedale is an ideal...
Jimboomba is a small, rural town within Logan City that takes its name from the local Indigenous word Gimboomba, meaning place of loud thunder and little rain. It is a peaceful suburb...
Building and property inspectors carefully check homes. They search room by room looking for wall cracking and ceiling leaks. Floors are investigated to uncover springiness or uneven qualities, and roofs are checked...
Brisbane City has undergone huge changes in the past few decades, and housing is in demand. If you’re interested in purchasing property there, you definitely don’t want to hold off. That prime...