Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
Room by room and roof to driveway, while you still hold the last payment.
Read more →Stage, handover and resale inspections across Clyde North, with the written report in your inbox the day after we visit.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Seven checks timed to the moments each part of a Clyde North build is about to disappear.
1 Bored piers With the holes bored and cages ready, before the concrete arrives 
2 Slab pre-pour Steel tied and formwork set, the day before the pour 
3 Frame Walls and trusses standing, roof cover on, nothing lined 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Cladding, roof and external doors complete, services roughed in, before plaster 
5 Fixing Plaster, doors and joinery in, before painting starts 
6 Waterproofing Once the membrane has cured and before the tiler arrives 
7 Pre-handover (PCI) About two weeks out from the handover appointment Room by room and roof to driveway, while you still hold the last payment.
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A visual inspection to AS 4349.1 of the house you are about to buy.
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Building condition and timber pests in one visit and one report.
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Your Clyde North rental checked against all 15 Victorian minimum standards.
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The same six steps whether you are pouring a slab next week or settling on a resale.
Stage or service, the lot or street, and any date the builder or the contract has set. A few lines is plenty.
You see the price before anything is booked, with nothing added on the day.
We fit the visit to when the site is actually ready, and move it if the builder slips.
Your inspector works through the house against the plans, the engineering and the standard, photographing as they go.
Numbered findings, each with a photo, a location and the clause it relates to, usually by the next day.
Ring us about any item, or when the builder pushes back on one. A reinspection can be booked once the fixes are done.
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We inspect every estate in Clyde North 3978 and the surrounding suburbs of Clyde, Berwick, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, Narre Warren South and Officer. Our local inspectors are on site in Clyde North most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
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Building new in Clyde North A suburb of house and land packages, and the build stages that decide how they turn out.Read more → 
Buying in Clyde North Young houses, steady sales and the defects that appear after the first few winters.Read more → 
Growth and development From market gardens to one of Casey's largest growth areas, and what is still to come.Read more → Permits, council and disputes Who approves the house, who inspects it for the permit, and where to go if the builder will not fix it.Read more → Soil and slabs in Clyde North Why your soil report, not the suburb, sets the slab, and how drainage decides what happens next.Read more → 
Termites around Clyde North homes New houses have termite systems built in. Gardens and paving are what defeat them.Read more → Common findings in Clyde North The items that keep appearing on Clyde North reports, from the slab to the roof.Read more → 
Wind, weather and overlays What sets bracing and tie-down, and which certificates to read for your own lot.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Use the instant quote online or ask on the phone. The figure depends on the service, the floor area, whether the house is one or two storeys and, for stage work, how many stages you book together. You see the price before you commit.
Construction stage inspections and the pre-handover inspection, by a long way. Most of the suburb has been built in the last fifteen years and a great deal is still going up, so the bulk of our visits happen before an occupancy permit is issued.
They do different jobs. The building surveyor's mandatory inspections check the work for the building permit. We inspect for you, against the contract, the engineering, the NCC and the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, and we record workmanship items a surveyor is not there to chase.
You need the builder's agreement for site access, and most contracts allow an owner's inspector at reasonable notice. We give the builder the date and stay within their site safety rules.
Usually the next day, often the same evening. Every item comes with a photo, the location in the house and the clause or drawing it departs from.
A registered building inspector with construction experience, insured for professional indemnity and public liability. Stage work is done by inspectors who read engineering drawings every day.
Yes, and a large share of our Clyde North work is two storey. The upper floor frame, balcony waterproofing and roof are where the extra time goes, and the drone covers roof areas that cannot be walked safely.
The National Construction Code, the relevant Australian Standards such as AS 2870 for slabs, AS 1684 for timber framing and AS 3740 for wet areas, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, and your own contract documents.
Put it to the builder in writing with the report attached. If that fails, the Building and Plumbing Commission's dispute resolution service (formerly DBDRV) is the next step before VCAT. We can talk you through how to frame the item.
Yes. A pre-purchase inspection covers an established home you are buying, and a defect investigation looks into one specific problem such as cracking or a leak in a house you already own.
We work right across the City of Casey and beyond, including Clyde, Berwick, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North and Narre Warren South.
The architectural plans, the engineering (slab, frame and tie-down), and the contract specification if you have it. The more of it we have, the more each item can be checked rather than estimated.
Pass it to your site supervisor and ask for a written response to each item. If you want certainty that the fixes were done, book a reinspection before the next payment falls due.