Termite Inspection Report Software (2026): What the Report Must Show
Termite and WDI inspection reports in 2026: required content, obstructed areas, diagrams, photographs, and producing the report before you leave the property.
A Wood Destroying Insect report documents a professional opinion that buyers, lenders and insurers rely on, which gives it more legal weight than a routine service ticket. Every termite report must establish who inspected and under what licence, what areas were inspected, what was found as three separate categories of active infestation, previous infestation and visible damage, what could not be inspected and why, and what conditions favour infestation.
The obstructed and inaccessible section is the defensive heart of the document: a report silent about obstructions claims a complete visual inspection of an entire structure, which almost no inspection is. The diagram removes ambiguity about where evidence was found. Photographs attached to individual findings prove the condition on the day and demonstrate the inspection happened.
Producing the report on site rather than that evening removes the memory gap where most reporting errors originate, provided the tool works with no signal..