Marsden Park Building
Inspections

Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Marsden Park

The list taken while your final payment is still your own.

  • Numbered room by room
  • Written for the supervisor
  • Each item cited to a clause
  • Safety items separated out
  • Timed to your handover date
  • Return visit before you sign
  • Roof space entered where safe
  • Back inside a day
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What is included

What is included in a Marsden Park pre-handover (PCI) inspection

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, and AS 3500 for plumbing and drainage.

Build contract and colour schedule

  • Plans and colours matched to the build
  • Inclusions list ticked off
  • Variations actually built

Roof void after lock-up

  • Bracing intact, not cut through
  • Ducting clear of the ceiling frame
  • Batts complete to every bay
  • Sarking laps at the eaves

Brick veneer and upper render

  • Weep holes above each flashing
  • Mortar joints and chipped bricks
  • Render cracks at openings
  • Control joints filled and sealed

Roof and roof plumbing

  • Ridge capping bedding and pointing
  • Valleys and apron flashing laps
  • Gutter falls and downpipe spreaders

Main bathroom and ensuite

  • Falls to each floor waste
  • Seals on the shower screen
  • Silicone at tile junctions
  • Lippage and hollow tiles

Kitchen, butler's pantry, laundry

  • Benchtop joins and splashback
  • Cabinet doors hung square
  • Tapware operated by hand

Every door and window

  • Each one opened and closed by hand
  • Locks and latches engage
  • Sill flashings and seals

Plaster and paint finish

  • Set joints under raking light
  • Gaps at the cornice
  • Overspray on frames and glass

Driveway and site water

  • Stormwater pits and grates
  • Ground graded away from the slab
  • Slab edge exposed for termite checks

The list for your builder

  • Items cited to the 2017 Guide
  • Photographed and located room by room

32 checkpoints across 10 areas on a standard Marsden Park pre-handover (PCI) inspection. We need the lot reachable and your builder aware an independent inspector is attending. Where a stage is unfinished, the report says so rather than passing it.

Sample findings

Sample defects from our handover inspections in Marsden Park

Recorded at practical completion on Marsden Park homes.

Slow water draining, recorded during a handover inspection in Marsden Park
Slow draining at a fixture
Loose element, recorded during a handover inspection in Marsden Park
Element loose at completion
Non compliant work, recorded during a handover inspection in Marsden Park
Work recorded as non compliant
Location of a fitting, recorded during a handover inspection in Marsden Park
Fitting in the wrong location
Loose element, recorded during a handover inspection in Marsden Park
A second loose element
Our inspectors going through a report
Why Marsden Park owners choose us

Independent. Licensed. Insured.

  • Membranes checked with light behind them
  • Services checked before the linings
  • The tie down chain counted
  • Written for a supervisor to work
Guides

Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections guides for Marsden Park

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FAQ

Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Marsden Park: common questions

Six photographs is not many. Why?

Because that is what these jobs produced at handover, and we would rather show you six real ones than fill the page. The heavier findings on these builds came at frame and waterproofing, which is the outcome you want.

What does slow draining tell you?

Usually a fall problem or an obstruction, and either way it is a fixture that will annoy you every day. At handover it is the builder's to correct.

How much notice is ideal?

Two to three weeks before handover, so the builder can rectify and you can verify rather than accept a promise.

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