Façade inspection reports, Melbourne.
Know the real condition of your façade. Rope-access and drone surveys with photographic defect registers and prioritised reports — so owners corporations and asset managers can budget and plan with confidence.
Eyes on every level — close up.
From the ground you can't see a perishing sealant joint, a hairline crack or a loosening fixing until it's a leak or a hazard. 360 Access inspects the façade up close — by drone for a fast whole-building overview, and hands-on by rope where a defect needs touch testing a camera can't confirm — and turns it into a clear, photographed report.
You get a defect register, prioritised recommendations and the documentation owners corporations and asset managers need to budget, demonstrate diligence and plan works. To be clear on roles: we report on the physical condition — statutory certification stays with your building surveyor or engineer, and our report supports it.
A report you can act on.
Drone survey
Fast, whole-of-façade overview to map and prioritise areas of concern.
Rope-access inspection
Hands-on close examination and touch testing where it matters.
Defect report
Photographic defect register, prioritised recommendations, budgeting input.
What a 360 Access defect report actually contains.
A useful façade report is not a photo dump with a cover page. Ours is built so a committee, an engineer or a repair crew can each pick it up and act:
- Photo-evidenced defects. Every defect photographed up close, numbered and cross-referenced to the register — no "general deterioration noted" hand-waving. The photo set also baselines the façade, so the next inspection shows what's moved and what hasn't.
- Elevation markups. Marked-up elevations showing exactly where each numbered defect sits on the building, elevation by elevation — so anyone can find defect 14 without a guided tour, and repair crews rig to the right bay first time.
- Prioritised defect schedule. Each defect classified urgent / planned / monitor, with a recommended action and timeframe: what needs making safe now, what belongs in this year's works, and what just needs watching until the next cycle.
- Budget-planning value. The schedule sequences works across maintenance-plan years and separates must-do from can-wait, giving the committee a defensible basis for the maintenance budget. Each defect is scoped tightly enough that repair contractors price like-for-like — so the quotes that come back are actually comparable.
For the defects we find most often on Melbourne buildings — failed sealant joints, concrete spalling, cracked panels, corroding fixings — see our guide to Melbourne façade defects. Where the report leads to works, the scoped defects hand straight into façade repairs.
Drone survey and rope-access inspection, combined.
The two methods answer different questions. The drone survey answers coverage: a whole-of-façade photographic map in hours, every elevation including the ones with no ground access, cheap and safe to repeat. Rope access answers confidence: hands on the actual defect — probing a sealant joint, tap-testing render and concrete, taking moisture readings, checking whether a fixing moves. A camera can suggest a defect; hands confirm it.
In practice most commissions run drone-first: map the façade, triage the areas of concern, then put a technician on rope only where close examination earns its keep. You get whole-building coverage without paying for hands-on inspection of every square metre — and the two records land in one combined report, not two contractors' PDFs that don't agree.
Three buyers, three jobs the report does.
- Owners corporations, ahead of the AGM. The report and prioritised schedule land before the meeting, so the committee resolves works and budget in one sitting instead of deferring a year. It also feeds the building's façade-maintenance programme — the register carries forward cycle to cycle.
- Building and facility managers. Periodic condition records that demonstrate diligence, catch defects while they're small and cheap, and convert a trickle of reactive complaints into one planned works list with priorities attached.
- Pre-purchase and pre-works. Purchasers and incoming asset managers commissioning an independent picture of façade condition before settlement — and builders or engineers wanting a documented baseline before adjacent construction starts.
Inspection report FAQs
What's in a façade inspection report?
A close-up condition assessment — sealants, glazing, panels, fixings and finishes — with photographs, a defect register and prioritised recommendations, so you can budget and plan works.
Do you use drones?
Yes — drone surveys give a fast whole-of-façade overview, and we follow up with hands-on rope-access inspection where a defect needs close examination a camera can't confirm.
Is this the same as a building surveyor's certification?
No. We provide a condition inspection and defect report on the physical façade. Statutory certification and sign-off are issued by a building surveyor or engineer — our report supports that process.
How long does an inspection take, and when do we get the report?
For most Melbourne buildings the drone survey is a single site visit, with rope-access follow-up adding a day or two depending on how many elevations need hands-on examination. The written report with defect register and elevation markups follows within days — and anything found that's an immediate safety hazard is flagged to you straight away, not held back for the report.
When should an owners corporation commission a façade inspection?
The most common trigger is the AGM — commission early enough that the report and defect schedule land before the meeting, so the committee can resolve works and budget in one sitting. Other natural triggers: setting up a façade-maintenance programme, planning major works, a run of leaks or visible defects, and pre-purchase due diligence.
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