About to Take Handover? Make Sure You’re Ready to Go with a Practical Completion Inspection
If you’ve just finished building a new home, you want to feel confident that it’s safe to move into. A practical completion inspection is a vital part of the construction and building process that will allow you to move into your new home with confidence. During the inspection, our highly-skilled building inspectors will conduct a review of all the construction work and do an extensive check to ensure the home building process has been appropriately undertaken.
Once the inspection has been completed, we will email you a comprehensive report within 24 hours (usually the same day). The detailed report will describe all of the building work that has been checked over and outline any minor defects or building code compliance issues that need to be addressed with your builder, such as issues with window glass, cupboard doors, power points, hot and cold water, or most importantly, the structure of the home in general. If you have any further questions about your inspection report or want to discuss anything with your inspector, they will also be available for phone consultation after the inspection.
While you may trust and have a good relationship with your builder or building company, a thorough inspection by an independent building inspector before the end of the building contract is a crucial part of the process. This helps in making sure all work satisfies the relevant Australian Standards and National Construction Code, ensuring safety for you and your family when you move into your new home.
Less experienced inspectors may not be equipped to perform thorough building inspections or ensure that construction work has been undertaken in a satisfactory manner. That’s why it’s important to work with the experts when it comes to a practical completion inspection. Authority Building Inspections is a family-owned and operated company that has been providing independent building inspections and pest inspections from a Melbourne base since 2007, backed by a wealth of industry experience. Our entire team of Melbourne building inspectors is customer-focused and strives to ensure they provide industry-leading practical completion inspections. You’ll be able to sleep easy at night knowing that we will provide you and your home with the highest standard of building inspection services.
If you want complete peace of mind before you move into your new home and make your final payment, get in touch with Authority Building Inspections for a practical completion inspection. Authority Building Inspections services the wider Melbourne region, providing expert building inspections. Fill in your details using the form above, and we’ll send you an immediate quote. Once you’re ready to get started, you can book your practical completion inspection using the link we’ve sent you.
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Do we have a Practical Completion checklist?
We do not use a ‘practical completion checklist’ as we believe this can lead to focusing too much of a box ticking exercise instead of meticulously going through the home. We take the time required to inspect every inch of the home , paying close attention to the details and providing the highest level of service. If we used a practical completion checklist we would just be focused on going through that and may not notice other defects that are outside of the checklist parameters.
After your practical completion inspection, we will email you a comprehensive report by the end of the day.The report will outline the work that has been assessed and outline any defects or BCA Non Compliance items detected, which you can then raise with your builder for rectification prior to signing off on the building’s completion.
You would usually have a second opportunity to review the property, once the builder claims to have rectified the defects that were noted during the Practical Completion Inspection, this is usually referred to as ‘handover’. If you are not comfortable with what the builder has done or how they have handled this process, you may choose to engage us for another inspection to verify that the remedial works have been completed correctly.
After the requirements of the practical completion stage are satisfied, you will sign a Certificate of Practical Completion and enter the defect liability period, during which time many building contracts will recognise your contractual right to have defects rectified.
What is a Practical Completion Inspection?
A Practical Completion Inspection is completed very close to the end of the build and is the first step towards your home being completed and getting your keys! Although this is a very exciting stage of construction, you won’t want to forget about significant defects being noted and rectified.
During our Practical Completion Inspection, we go through the home with a fine toothed comb to review all of the visible building elements on the interior and exterior of the home.
This includes the floor, internal & external walls, ceilings, cornices, doors, windows, garage, fences, roof frame and the list goes on and on. This is usually a very detailed inspection and report which raises the bar and ensures your home is structurally sound and has a high quality of finish. It is common to refer to the last 5% of the build as the most important as this is what you as the owner will be living with.
Get a Free Quote for a Practical Completion Inspections
Don’t wait until it’s too late! If you want to know more about booking a Practical Completion inspection with Authority Building Inspections, fill out the form below, and we’ll get back to you instantly with a free quote.
You can then book your Practical Completion Inspections at the best time for you using the link we’ve sent you.