Residential Building Inspection Software for Australia
AI-powered AS 4349.1 pre-purchase inspections, GPS-verified photos, and automated reports, built for Australian building inspectors.
Australian residential building inspectors operate in one of the most demanding regulatory environments in the world. AS 4349.1-2007 sets the minimum scope for pre-purchase inspections, AS 4349.3 covers timber pests, AS 4964 covers asbestos, and the National Construction Code 2022 sets the technical baseline for new builds. On top of that, every state has its own licensing scheme, every region has its own climate-driven defect profile, and every buyer expects a fast, defensible, photo-rich report within 24 hours of attendance. InspectAndGo is built for this.
Real-world challenges
What inspectors and asset owners in this sector deal with every day.
Tropical climates punish buildings
Darwin, Cairns, and Townsville inspectors deal with humidity-driven mould, fastener corrosion, year-round termite pressure, and cyclonic wind regions. Reports written for Sydney conditions miss what matters in the Top End.
AS 4349.1 scope is constantly negotiated
Every buyer wants more, every vendor wants less. A defensible inspection report has to clearly state what was inspected, what was excluded, and why, every single time.
Photo logistics on a busy week
A typical pre-purchase inspection produces 80 to 200 photos. Naming, captioning, GPS-tagging, and attaching them to the right item is the slowest part of the day for most inspectors.
Report turnaround pressure
Buyers in their cooling-off period want the report yesterday. Manual report writing in Word adds hours. AI-assisted drafting closes the gap without sacrificing accuracy.
Australian Standards we support
InspectAndGo includes templates and report structures aligned to the standards that govern Australian residential inspections.
AS 4349.1-2007
Pre-purchase inspections of residential buildings, visual, non-invasive, the baseline for almost every Australian building report.
AS 4349.3-2010
Timber pest inspections, usually bundled with the building inspection, covers subterranean termites, borers, and decay fungi.
AS 4964-2004
Asbestos identification in bulk samples, relevant for any inspection of pre-1990 housing stock.
AS 3660 series
Termite management for new construction (3660.1), existing buildings (3660.2), and assessment criteria (3660.3).
AS 4055 / AS 1170.2
Wind loads for housing and general wind actions, critical for cyclone-region tie-down assessment.
NCC 2022
National Construction Code, including 7-star NatHERS energy efficiency and Livable Housing Design Silver provisions.
How InspectAndGo helps
- AS 4349.1 starter template seeded automatically when you sign up, covers report details, site services, external building, internal rooms, and report summary
- GPS-verified photo capture with 5-metre accuracy enforcement, every photo embeds latitude, longitude, and timestamp at the moment of capture
- Voice-to-structure dictation: speak your observations on site, and AI organises them into inspection items by section
- Comment library with pre-written defect descriptions and rectification recommendations, saves hours of repetitive typing
- AI report generation produces a structured, AS 4349.1-aligned draft from your photos, conditions, and notes, ready for review and sign-off
- Works fully offline for inspections in basements, remote properties, and patchy coverage areas, syncs automatically when you return to signal
- Builds defect summary cards and an executive summary the buyer can read in two minutes
- Export to PDF, CSV, or send directly to clients via SignAndGo for e-signature, included free on paid plans
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Frequently asked questions
Is InspectAndGo aligned to AS 4349.1?
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Yes. The starter template seeded with every new account follows the section structure expected by AS 4349.1-2007: report details, site services, external building, external features, yards and gardens, internal rooms, and report summary. You can edit, add, or delete sections to match your own house style.
Can I do combined building and pest inspections?
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Yes. Add timber pest sections to your AS 4349.1 template, or run a separate pest inspection alongside the building inspection. Both reports can be generated from the same site visit, and both can be exported as a single combined PDF.
Does it work in cyclone regions like Darwin?
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Yes. The platform is built in Darwin and used by inspectors across the Top End. GPS works in remote areas, photo capture works offline, and the AS 4349.1 template can be extended with Region C and Region D tie-down assessment items.
How fast can I generate a report?
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The structured AI-assisted draft generates in seconds from your inspection data. Most inspectors then spend 10 to 20 minutes reviewing, polishing, and adding any specialist notes before sending. From walking out the door to PDF in the client's inbox, that is typically the same day.
What licensing do I need to use it?
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InspectAndGo is the software. You bring the licence. Building inspector licensing varies by state: NSW Fair Trading building consultant, QBCC inspection licence in Queensland, VBA registration in Victoria, and lighter regimes in WA, SA, TAS, NT, and ACT. We do not gate features by licence type.
Run your next building inspection with InspectAndGo
Free 14-day trial, no credit card required. Sign up and the AS 4349.1 starter template is ready to use immediately.