The list that gets written while you still have leverage.
A handover inspection is measured against your contract and selections, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2017, the National Construction Code and ABCB Housing Provisions, AS 3700 for masonry, AS 3740 for wet areas and AS 3660 for the termite management notice.
0 checkpoints across 0 areas on a standard Gledswood Hills pre-handover (PCI) inspection. We need the property accessible and, on a new build, the site supervisor aware that an independent inspector is attending. Anything obstructed on the day is listed as inaccessible rather than passed.
Photographed four kilometres from Gledswood Hills, on the same kind of build and under the same council.










New Construction Stage Inspections Seven checks through a Gledswood Hills build, with the frame stage the one we know best here.
Defect Investigation Reports One element, measured against what it was built to.
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection to AS 4349.1 on a suburb of near new homes.
Building and Pest Inspections Both reports from one attendance, on a suburb built since 2011. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Because AS 3660 requires a durable notice recording the system installed, and it is the only record you will have of what protects the house. Not installed at handover means nobody can tell you what is under the slab.
Yes. It is trivial to correct before handover and awkward afterwards, and masking tape left on the handrail tells you the trade never came back.
Two to three weeks. Later than that and there is no window for the builder to act, which turns the list into a settlement argument instead of rectified work.