Clear advice before building gets unnecessarily expensive.
Independent construction risk review and building inspections for NSW homeowners, before you sign a contract or buy a property.
Building Inspection
An on-site building inspection, from a standard pre-purchase report through to a full advisory statement against your own objectives.
See the three levels →Before you signDocument Review
A practical review of your quote, drawings, specifications and consultant pack, before you sign a renovation or new build contract.
See the three levels →By the time it shows up on site, it is expensive.
The decisions that blow out a build are almost always made months before anyone picks up a hammer, in a document nobody read closely enough or a space nobody climbed into. On paper they cost very little to fix. On site they cost a great deal, and by then you are paying for them either way.
The whole job here is to find them while they are still cheap.
Site judgement, from someone who started over 30 years ago.
Shane Cliff started in construction as a teenager, over 30 years ago, and has worked sites across Sydney and London since. Build Advisory Co exists because he's seen, from the inside, exactly where high-stakes builds and property purchases go wrong, and it's almost never obvious from the outside.
The people you'll need, and someone who knows them
No single trade covers a whole build, and nobody should pretend otherwise. Where your job needs a specialist, Shane will tell you which kind and put you in touch, so you are not left ringing strangers and hoping.
Solicitors
For contract terms and your legal position before you sign.
Engineers
Structural and civil, for anything load bearing or below ground.
Certifiers
For approvals, compliance and getting a job signed off.
Quantity surveyors
For detailed cost planning and measured quantities.
Ready to start?
A building inspection before you buy, or a document review before you sign. Get in touch with as much or as little detail as you are comfortable giving, and Shane will tell you what fits.
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