20/09/2026
A few weeks ago I was standing in an empty kitchen with a building and pest inspector, on the final walkthrough before a client's settlement here in South East Queensland.
Everything on the original report had checked out weeks earlier. But a final walkthrough isn't a formality — it's the last chance to catch anything that's changed since the contract was signed.
Two things had: the garden had been let go, and a drip had started under the kitchen sink. Neither was in the original report, so before anything else, I had to confirm both genuinely weren't there at the first inspection — not missed, just new.
From there it went through the conveyancer, working with the seller's conveyancer to reach a fair resolution before settlement. Not a conversation I had directly with the seller. The right channel, every time.
Most of what people talk about in this process ends at "contract signed." The part that actually protects you happens after — in the gap between sold and settled. https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/rnba-intro-call
Russell Napier · The South East Queensland Relocator's Buyers Agent