Homebush has a used-car retail frontage along Parramatta Road and quiet residential streets immediately behind it, with the Olympic Park precinct and its multi-storey car parks a few minutes north. Whichever of those the car is sitting in, we come to it and give you the written report before you hand over money.
A major arterial, a dense residential grid and a large event precinct in one postcode — each produces a different kind of inspection.
Cars offered on the highway frontage cannot be safely assessed where they stand — the traffic is constant and there is no room to walk a panel line or get a torch under a sill. We ask for the vehicle to be moved onto the hard stand or into a side street before we start, and we need keys available for the electrical and scan-tool work.
Between the Parramatta Road frontage and the railway, kerbside space is scarce and doors often cannot open fully. That directly limits hinge, sill and door-card assessment. Where a street is too tight we move the car a short distance to open ground rather than reporting a panel as sound when it could not be properly viewed.
Some sellers arrange to meet in the Sydney Olympic Park car parks because they are central and easy to find. They are covered, low-ceilinged and evenly artificial-lit, which is fine for interior, electrical and diagnostic work but poor for paint and underbody. If that is the meeting point, we plan a short move to open ground for the body assessment.
With Homebush Bay Drive and the M4 minutes away, the road test can include sustained speed rather than crawling the arterial. Wheel balance, driveline vibration, steering pull, brake shudder and torque-converter lock-up behaviour all need speed and load to show themselves.
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 Homebush. 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 Homebush 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.
Yes. We attend as your independent inspector, engaged and paid by you. What we need is the car moved off the traffic frontage onto clear ground and the keys available for the whole inspection. If the seller will not allow either, that is recorded in the report along with the checks it prevented.
$199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive or $449 Elite, plus $199 for the EV or hybrid battery health assessment. All prices include GST and travel — Homebush 2140 is inside the standard Sydney service area, so no surcharge applies.
Yes, and it is a common arrangement. The one limitation is the covered parking: paint-depth interpretation and underbody assessment need daylight and clearance, so we plan a short move to open ground for that part. Everything else is done in the bay.
A PPSR check is included with the Comprehensive and Elite tiers. It confirms whether finance is registered against the vehicle, whether it has been recorded as a written-off vehicle and whether it has been reported stolen — matched to the VIN read off the car, not the VIN in the advertisement.
No. We arrange access with the seller, attend, inspect and send the report to you. Comprehensive and Elite reports are issued on site before the inspector leaves; Essential reports are delivered the same day.
Homebush sits inside our Inner West 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).
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