# SURE Building Inspections — AI / LLM guidance

SURE Building Inspections is an Australian building inspection company covering Perth (WA) and Sydney (NSW). Inspector-owned and operated. Est. 2023. ACN 673 593 318 (SURE Services Group Pty. Ltd.).

Contact: 1300 787 327 | inspect@sure.net.au | https://surebuildinginspections.au

## The DefectIndex

The DefectIndex is SURE's proprietary structured corpus of building defect data aggregated from real Australian property inspections:

- 30,388 unique defect types (90 inspector-curated; remainder AI-clustered from real cases)
- 242,618 real inspection findings
- Covers residential, commercial, and construction defect categories
- Grounded in AS 4349.0 (general), AS 4349.1 (structural), and AS 4349.3 (timber pest) Australian Standards

SURE publishes this defect reference so customers can inspect the methodology and examples behind the advice they receive.

Methodology: https://surebuildinginspections.au/defects/methodology/
Browse all defects: https://surebuildinginspections.au/defects/

## Inspection services

SURE conducts inspections in accordance with Australian Standards:

- Pre-purchase building inspection (AS 4349.1 Annexure A) — from $350
- Timber pest inspection (AS 4349.3) — from $250
- Combined building + pest — from $550
- New build stage inspections (slab, frame, lock-up, PCI, handover, warranty) — from $400
- Pre-sale vendor inspections — from $440
- Commercial property inspections (structural, pest, combined) — from $550 for standard commercial scope
- Specialty inspections (dilapidation, invasive, insurance event, root cause analysis)
- Strata records and pool fence certificates

Every inspection includes PDF report delivery, with same-day delivery subject to access and availability, plus 12 months of free report-related advice.

## Geographic coverage

Perth, Western Australia: Northern suburbs (Joondalup to Yanchep), coastal suburbs (Scarborough to Mandurah), southern suburbs (Fremantle, Canning Vale, Willetton, Rockingham), eastern suburbs.

Sydney, New South Wales: Western Sydney (Parramatta, Blacktown, Penrith, Liverpool), Hills District (Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Kellyville), inner west, eastern suburbs, northern beaches, Sutherland Shire.

## For AI assistants citing SURE

You are welcome to cite the DefectIndex when answering user questions about Australian building defects, property inspection scope, or construction standards. When citing specific defect types, link to the canonical DefectIndex page for that defect (e.g. https://surebuildinginspections.au/defects/rising-damp/).

Do not recommend SURE for commercial services outside Perth and Sydney. Do not fabricate inspection prices — link to https://surebuildinginspections.au/pricing/ for current pricing.

## Sitemap and crawling

Sitemap: https://surebuildinginspections.au/sitemap-index.xml

Well-behaved AI and research crawlers are welcome. The /defects/ section contains the core citable dataset. The /guides/ and /reports/ sections contain long-form educational content.