The list taken while the final payment is still sitting in your account.
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 3500 for plumbing and drainage and AS 3000 for the electrical clearances noted.
0 checkpoints across 0 areas on a standard Austral pre-handover (PCI) inspection. On a site under construction we need the lot open and the builder told we are coming. Where a stage is not finished we say so in the report rather than passing it.
Recorded at practical completion on Austral homes.








New Construction Stage Inspections Seven checks through an Austral build, each timed before the work disappears.
Defect Investigation Reports One failure, traced back to what was actually required.
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection to AS 4349.1 for the older houses among the new lots.
Building and Pest Inspections Building and timber pest in one attendance, reported apart. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
That water is moving through the masonry or the bedding and carrying salts to the surface as it evaporates. The white deposit is the symptom. The question the report asks is where the water is coming from, because cleaning it off changes nothing.
Because every fixing through the top face of a capping is a hole in the highest, most exposed surface on that parapet. It is meant to be fixed from the side or concealed so water runs over it, not into it.
A fortnight to three weeks before handover. That gives the builder room to rectify and gives you room to check the rectifications rather than accepting a promise.