Cherrybrook has no highway frontage and no dealer strip — it is almost entirely residential, which means nearly every car we inspect here is a private sale sitting in a driveway. That is the easiest environment to do a thorough job in, and the transaction type where an independent report matters most.
Large blocks, curving leafy streets and no commercial car trade define Cherrybrook. Each of those has a practical consequence for the inspection.
There is no statutory dealer warranty and no dealer guarantee of clear title on a private sale. That makes the PPSR history check included with Comprehensive and Elite genuinely load-bearing: registered finance follows the vehicle, not the seller, so it is checked against the VIN before you pay rather than after.
Cherrybrook driveways are often long, sloped and shaded by mature canopy. A sloped surface distorts fluid-drip and tyre-wear assessment and is unsafe for ramps, and deep shade makes paint reading unreliable. We do the static work on the flattest, best-lit part of the property available.
Cherrybrook's internal roads are all low-speed and curving with no through-route. A meaningful road test uses Castle Hill Road, Pennant Hills Road or the M2 to get sustained speed and a real load on the driveline — vibration, balance, alignment pull and lock-up do not appear at 50 km/h.
A well-presented, garage-kept car can still have corroded brake discs from standing, perished rubber, aged fluids and a tired battery, because low use is not the same as low wear. We measure brake and tyre condition, test the battery and assess fluids rather than reading the paintwork as a proxy for mechanical health.
You don't need to be there and you don't need to move the car. Timing depends on inspector availability in your area and on when the seller can make the vehicle available — we confirm a time with you once we've spoken to them.
Send the listing and the address of the car. Tell us if there is anything specific you want checked.
We contact the seller or the dealership directly and lock in a time that suits both sides, based on inspector availability in your area. You don't need to be there.
A qualified mobile inspector attends the vehicle where it is and works through the full checklist, including a road test.
Comprehensive and Elite reports are issued on site. Essential reports are delivered the same day. Every report ends with a plain-English recommendation and a phone call if you want to talk it through.
Every price below includes travel within our Sydney service area, so there is no surcharge for Cherrybrook. All prices include GST.
Visual and mechanical safety check, OBD-II scan, measured brake and tyre life, battery and charging test, and a road test.
Written photo report the same day
with code SAVE10
Everything in Essential plus a full mechanical assessment, an undertray-off leak-source check where safe and permitted, every suspension bush inspected, PPSR history and repair-cost estimates.
Report issued on site, before the inspector leaves
Everything in Comprehensive plus a senior inspector, paint-thickness readings on every panel, cold-start assessment, advanced history deep-dive and on-site price negotiation.
Report issued on site, before the inspector leaves
Adds a measured state-of-health assessment of the high-voltage battery on any EV or hybrid, issued as a separate certificate.
Certificate issued with your report
If we miss a major fault that was present at the time of inspection on an Elite Buyers' Protection inspection, we contribute up to $3,000 toward the repair within 30 days. Essential and Comprehensive do not include this cover.
A pre-purchase inspection in Cherrybrook removes most of the risk in a used-car purchase. It does not remove all of it, and you should know where the edges are before you book.
A service history records what was paid for, not the current condition of the car, and on a private sale you have no statutory warranty to fall back on if something is wrong. The inspection measures what the car is now — brakes, tyres, fluids, fault codes, structural and paint evidence — and cross-checks the history against it.
No. Cherrybrook 2126 is inside our standard Hills District service area: $199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive, $449 Elite, GST included, with the $199 EV or hybrid battery health assessment available on any tier.
Yes, and it is worth doing. Standing cars develop specific problems — brake-disc corrosion and pad bonding, perished belts and rubber, aged coolant and brake fluid, flat-spotted tyres and weak batteries. We test for those directly rather than treating low kilometres as evidence of good condition.
It depends on inspector availability in the Hills area and on when the seller can make the car available. We confirm a time with you once we have spoken to them rather than promising a window before that.
Cherrybrook sits inside our Hills District coverage. If the car you're chasing is a few suburbs over, it's the same service and the same price.
Tell us where the car is and we'll arrange the inspection with the seller. Written repair cover on Elite (30 days / up to $3,000).
Inspection in CherrybrookBook a same-day inspection in Cherrybrook
At the seller's address · from $199
