The full room by room list, taken while the final payment is still yours.
The Austral handover list leans outward. Weep holes required, or present but sitting under the 150 mm clearance the standard asks for. Control joints that stop rather than run through. Parapet capping fixed through its top face. Downpipes not connected. Silt pits full of soil. Inside, the recurring ones are downlights hard against insulation and switches sitting inside the zone around a bath, both of which are safety items rather than finish items.
Annotated findings from Pre-handover (PCI) inspections on Austral builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laidInstant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
It is the clearance the standard asks for between the finished ground and the base of the brickwork, so the wall drains and so there is a visible zone to inspect. Graded and paved surfaces have their own lesser figure, and the report says which applies.
They are a fire risk, so yes. Insulation packed against a fitting that needs air around it is exactly the kind of item worth having on the list before you own it.
It gives the builder a working window to rectify and gives you one to verify. Book it later and the list becomes a settlement dispute rather than a job sheet.
Yes. On the return visit each item is logged as complete, partly complete or still open, and that record is what you bring to the handover meeting.
Dozens is ordinary on a new build. What you want is the structural versus cosmetic breakdown, which the report provides.
Every entry names the clause, tolerance or standard it breaches. Where it cannot be settled, NSW Fair Trading's complaint and inspection process comes first, then NCAT.
