Melbourne
Melbourne Commercial Technical Due Diligence, Pre-Purchase Building Inspections and Pre-Sale Building Inspections
Whether you’re an investor, owner-occupier, or business owner, LRM delivers the technical clarity required to negotiate with certainty and mitigate long-term risk.
By leveraging our deep local insights, you gain a competitive edge at the bargaining table. Our expertise spans every major asset class, with a specialized focus on Melbourne’s high-growth sectors: build-to-rent, mixed use, commercial office, retail and industrial.
Our deep-rooted knowledge of Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding hubs—from the heritage corridors of Carlton and Fitzroy to the industrial heartlands of Laverton and Port Melbourne—gives you a distinct competitive edge.
The city’s building stock has evolved significantly over decades, presenting a complex landscape of unique risks and high-value opportunities for investors and owner-occupiers alike.
In Melbourne, this often means navigating the challenges of variable soil conditions (such as the infamous Coode Island Silt), the restoration requirements of significant heritage overlays, and the environmental legacy of the city's historical manufacturing and dockland zones.
Why LRM?
We are qualified, local and experienced professionals dedicated to technical due diligence.
We uncover issues that affect your investment's operation, safety, and financial performance.
This process reveals:
Structure and fabric defects;
building services issues;
environmental and hazardous materials risks; and
building code non-compliances.
Our reports detail the issues, recommend solutions and forecast capital expenditure over a 5, 10 or 15 year horizon.
Giving you the ability to negotiate with confidence, seek rectification works prior to settlement, or in rare cases withdraw from the transaction altogether if the risk not manageable.
The LRM way
We tailor the process to you. Starting with a discovery meeting to understand your needs. Then we shape our services to fit you. We can include:
Building Structure & Fabric: Inspection of structural elements to check for structural failure, overloading, water ingress etc. plus assessment of external finishes, roof coverings, cladding and window systems.
Building Services: Evaluation of mechanical, electrical, fire, hydraulic and vertical transport systems. These represent a large portion of maintenance and capital replacement budgets and impact usability, compliance and financial viability.
Regulatory Compliance: Review against applicable building codes to identify non-compliances including accessibility audits if needed.
Environmental Risk: Potential contamination, hazardous materials (e.g. asbestos etc.) and other environmental concerns. Particularly relevant to industrial assets or land formerly used for heavy industry.
Expenditure Forecasting: Estimate of future operational and capital replacement costs required to maintain the property and its performance over a 5, 10 or 15 year horizon.