Wickham sits between Throsby Creek, Hannell Street and the Newcastle Interchange, where old workers' terraces meet the newer Honeysuckle-edge apartments. Parking is tight, the harbour is close, and we inspect the car where it stands and give you the written report before you pay.
The Wickham job is an inner-city job: terrace streets with no off-street parking, apartment basements on the harbour side, and a saltwater creek and harbour a few hundred metres away.
Much of Wickham's older housing has no off-street parking at all, so the car is on a kerb with vehicles close in front and behind. That limits door opening, a consistent paint-gauge sweep and safe raising. We ask the seller in advance to nominate a spot with clear space either side — often a wider nearby street — and where nothing can be arranged, the report names the checks the parking prevented rather than passing them.
With Throsby Creek and the harbour close by, cars kept here sit in salt-laden air. We check where it shows and photograph it: brake and fuel line runs, subframe and suspension mounting points, sill seams and jacking points, boot floor and spare-wheel well, door and tailgate bottoms, exhaust mounts, and corrosion at electrical earth points and connector blocks.
On the Honeysuckle side, cars are often in secure residential basements with boom gates and low clearance. We confirm at booking who meets the inspector and whether the seller will bring the car up to street level in daylight — because paint, panel alignment, glass and underbody condition cannot be read honestly under basement lighting, and there is rarely room to open a door fully.
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 Wickham. 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 Wickham 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. Wickham 2293 sits inside our Newcastle-region service area, alongside our Newcastle, Charlestown, Kotara and Mayfield coverage. Essential from $199, Comprehensive $329, Elite Buyers' Protection $449, and a $199 EV or hybrid battery health test.
Yes, provided there is clear space in front and behind so the doors open fully and the inspector can work around the vehicle. Let us know at booking that parking is tight and we will arrange a workable position with the seller.
Yes. Near the harbour and Throsby Creek we specifically inspect and photograph brake and fuel lines, subframe and suspension mounts, sill seams, jacking points, the boot floor and spare-wheel well, exhaust mounts and electrical earths, where the tier and safe access allow.
For the Newcastle region we arrange the appointment directly with the seller rather than using online self-selected time slots, so book online or call 02 8320 1246 and we will confirm the time with you once the seller's availability is settled.
Same-day or next-day inspection appointments, subject to availability. In the Newcastle region the exact time also depends on the seller's access, which we confirm with them before locking it in.
Wickham sits inside our Newcastle 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 WickhamBook a same-day inspection in Wickham
At the seller's address · from $199
