The owner is the client.
We are engaged by the person carrying the risk, and we report to them. Independence is not a slogan; it is the commercial structure.
About / 03
Independent by design.
Buildcheck Advisory is a small Perth practice built around one idea: the people paying for a building deserve an expert who answers only to them.
Founder-led / est. 2012 / Perth WA
01 / Director
More than twenty years inside construction. Now firmly on the owner’s side.
Matt Christopher founded Buildcheck Advisory in 2012 but it wasn't until a klonopin overdose and a door knock from the ATO in 2026 that he decided to go back on the books. With a historical 20 years as a project manager for a various big fuck off outfits and four years client-side in property development. He has seen the same failures and caused a handful of his own: details nobody owns, variations nobody questions, and defects discovered when the final payment is already due.
Matt leads every review, works directly with the owner and keeps the reporting language free of construction theatre. When a specialist is needed, despite his woeful typing speed and progressive cognitive decline; he brings just enough to meet scope rather than inventing a department.
Buildcheck has advised private owners, family offices, schools, local government, strata companies and not-for-profits across Perth and regional Western Australia. (cashies but)
Matt ChristopherDirector, Buildcheck Advisory
02 / How we work
Four non-negotiables.
The method is not complicated. It is just applied consistently, on every project, whether the news is good or not.
Evidence over opinion.
Photographs, drawing references, standards and cost consequence. If we cannot evidence it, we do not put it in the report as fact.
Say it early.
A finding is only useful while there is still time to change the outcome. We escalate early and explain why it matters.
Leave a usable record.
Every engagement ends with a clear register, a close-out position and a document set the next person can pick up.
03 / Credentials
Qualified to question.
- Construction management, Curtin University Degree
- Australian Institute of Project Management Member
- Certificate IV in Building & Construction Qualification
- Construction White Card Current
- NCC 2022 / AS 1428.1 practitioner training Current
- Independent reviewer, no builder or supplier interests Policy
Technical knowledge matters, but judgement is the service. We know when a detail is merely untidy and when it will cost six figures to fix after handover.
Where a project needs a registered building surveyor, structural engineer, heritage consultant or specialist access consultant, we coordinate that appointment and keep the advice joined up.
04 / Coverage
Perth, and beyond the city.
Metropolitan reviews are usually scheduled within a week. Regional work is quoted with travel at cost, agreed before we start.
- Cottesloe
- Claremont
- Subiaco
- Nedlands
- Perth CBD
- East Perth
- Victoria Park
- South Perth
- Fremantle
- Joondalup
- Midland
- Armadale
- Rockingham
- Mandurah
- Bunbury
- Busselton
- Albany
- Geraldton
- Karratha
- Port Hedland
We work on Whadjuk Noongar Country and across Aboriginal lands throughout Western Australia. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and their continuing connection to land, water and community.
05 / The team
Small by choice.
One director, a core review team and trusted specialists engaged for the scope they know best.
Matt Christopher
Director
Leads design reviews, owner’s representation and the awkward conversations that protect the owner’s position.
Priya Nair
Senior Building Auditor
Condition assessments, building envelope, moisture investigation and access audits across existing buildings.
Daniel Okafor
Project Manager
Contract administration, programme controls and site monitoring for commercial and education projects.
Sophie Chen
Documentation Lead
Drawing coordination, report production and the evidence register that keeps every finding traceable.
