Marrickville is terraces, warehouse conversions and light industry around Illawarra Road, Victoria Road and the Princes Highway. Off-street parking is the exception here, so most inspections happen at the kerb — we plan for that and give you the written report before you commit.
The housing stock is largely terraces and semis with no driveway, so 2204 jobs are kerbside jobs, on streets with resident permits and narrow carriageways.
Working at the kerb is normal for us, but it needs the right kerb: enough length to open doors and move around the car, and a legal spot for the inspector's vehicle. Streets off Illawarra Road and Marrickville Road fill through the day, so we agree a time and a location at booking rather than circling the block on arrival.
Parallel parking on narrow streets leaves its mark. We look at more than scuffed alloys: wheel rim buckling and runout, tyre sidewall damage on the kerb side, steering feel and centring on a full-lock test, and suspension geometry evidence in the tyre wear pattern. A car that has been kerbed hard often shows it in alignment long after the scuff is polished out.
Dense street parking produces bumper and quarter-panel repairs, and a good respray is invisible to the eye. We take paint depth readings across every panel, look for texture mismatch and overspray in the door shuts and under the seals, and report the pattern. A cosmetic repair is not a reason to walk away; an undisclosed structural repair is.
A car used for the inner-west commute lives in stop-start traffic and may rarely reach full operating temperature. Instead of assuming, we scan the engine and transmission modules for stored and pending codes, watch live temperature and load data through a stall and load cycle, and check oil and coolant condition for the dilution and sludging that short running causes.
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 Marrickville. 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 Marrickville 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, kerbside inspections are routine. We need enough space along the kerb to open the doors and work around the car, and a legal spot for the inspector's vehicle. Booking a daytime slot on a permit street makes that far easier.
By looking past the scuff: rim buckling and runout, sidewall damage on the kerb side, steering centring and feel through a full-lock test, and the tyre wear pattern that reveals disturbed geometry. All of it is photographed and reported.
A paint depth gauge across each panel, plus checking door shuts and edges under the seals for overspray and texture mismatch, finds repairs the eye misses. We report the readings and what the pattern indicates rather than declaring a car crashed or clean on a glance.
The advertised tier price with no travel loading: $199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive, $449 Elite, and $199 for the EV and hybrid battery health assessment on top of any tier. All prices include GST.
Comprehensive and Elite reports are issued on site before the inspector leaves; Essential reports arrive the same day. Every report is photo-backed and ends with a clear verdict.
Marrickville 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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