So Your Here That's A Great Start. You Are Obviously Looking To Buy Or Have Signed A Contact To Purchase. The Contact To Purchase Has A Clause Just For Us That Is Using Due Diligence To Establish Confidently That It's A Good Buy. This Clause Is In The Contract To Prevent Litigation After Damage Is Discovered Post Settlement, However Noone Will Tell You About This Clause So All Most Of You Know Is To Get It To A Property Lawyer. Who Also Unless Asked Won't Tell you About This Clause So 2.3/20 Settlements End Up Costing Purchasers More Money Due To Repairs .9 Of These Will Pay The Initial $4000 Fees To File Againts The Vendor But There's That Clause So Unless The Vendor Prevented You Inspecting Then You Will Lose And You Will End Up With The Vendors Court Costs. From Reports Carried Out So Far We Have Helped 0.12/10 Renegotiate Due To Damage The Lowest was $5600 It's Not Just About Terminating A Sale More Often It's Just Renegotiation Accordingly. Still Have Doubts The Benefits Seek Legal Advise Ask Your Property Conveyancer If It's Wise Or Recommended To Have Pres-Purchase Inspection Done & I Promise You They Will Advise To Proceed. It's Legally Just The Same As Buying A Car Would You Spend $9,000 On A 'As Is Where Is Car' No WOF? No The Same Law Applies to A Property 'As Is Where Is' Don't Do It Without A WOF