Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
The walk through before you sign, with a reinspection to prove the list was actually done.
Read more →Handover lists, stage checks and pre-purchase reports for homes from the Lollypop Creek streets to the newest Jubilee releases.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Seven visits through a Wyndham Vale build, each one booked for the day before that work is covered.
1 Bored piers With piers bored and cages in, before the concrete is ordered 
2 Slab pre-pour The day before the pour, when pods, mesh and underlay are all still open 
3 Frame Frame and trusses complete and roof on, before wall wrap and insulation 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Roof, windows and external doors in, before the plasterer starts 
5 Fixing Doors, skirtings and cabinets in, before the painter arrives 
6 Waterproofing Membrane applied and cured, before the tiler sets out 7 Pre-handover (PCI) Five to seven days before the practical completion date The walk through before you sign, with a reinspection to prove the list was actually done.
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What a Wyndham Vale house is really like once the styling is gone, reported under AS 4349.1.
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Building and timber pest in one visit, with the damp around the house given as much attention as the timber.
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Cracks and leaks traced back to their cause, so the repair fixes the right thing.
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All 15 Victorian rental standards checked in your Wyndham Vale property before it is advertised.
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Photograph your Wyndham Vale home's condition before the lot next door starts digging.
The same six steps whether it is one handover or a whole build.
Tell us the house, the stage and the handover or settlement date you are working to.
A single price for the inspection you asked about, confirmed before anything is booked.
We line up access with you or the site supervisor and name the inspector attending.
Measured, photographed and checked by hand against the drawings and the standards.
A numbered list reaches you within a day, ready to pass straight to the builder.
Questions answered by phone, and a reinspection once the builder says the list is done.
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We inspect every estate in Wyndham Vale 3024 and the surrounding suburbs of Manor Lakes, Werribee, Tarneit, Mambourin, Hoppers Crossing and Little River. Our local inspectors are on site in Wyndham Vale most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
Why the slab pre-pour inspection carries extra weight on basalt clay, and what we check before the concrete arrives.
Flat, open ground means wind loads matter. What a frame inspection checks before the walls are lined.
If you cannot book all seven, here is how to choose, based on what each stage can still catch.
Building new in Wyndham Vale Clay ground, volume builders and a handover that needs a second look.Read more → 
Buying in Wyndham Vale From late 1990s brick veneer to near new estate homes, the risks are mostly about water.Read more → 
Growth and development A suburb that grew with the Regional Rail Link and is still filling in.Read more → 
Permits, council and disputes Who approves your build, who signs it off, and where a dispute goes.Read more → 
Clay ground and slab movement Basalt clay on a flat volcanic plain, where moisture control decides how a house behaves.Read more → Termite and pest risk A barrier is only as good as the moisture control around it.Read more → What we actually find in Wyndham Vale Leaks, roof tiles, drainage and the items still open on the second visit.Read more → 
Site conditions: wind, climate and overlays Open, flat country with wind exposure, creek corridors and grassland edges.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
It depends on the service, the size of the house and, for new builds, which stage. Use the instant quote online and you get a firm price for your address rather than a range.
Usually within the same week. Stage and handover visits are booked around the builder's dates, so tell us as soon as you have one.
The report follows within a day of us leaving site. Many handover reports go out the same evening.
The Building and Plumbing Commission. We hold registration CDB-U 53425 and carry professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
The Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, the National Construction Code and ABCB Housing Provisions, AS 2870 for slabs, AS 1684 for framing, AS 3740 for wet areas, AS 4349.1 for pre-purchase work and AS 4349.3 for timber pests.
The pre-handover inspection, followed by a reinspection before you sign. After that, frame and slab, because both are covered for good soon after they are finished.
In our experience here, yes. Items such as cracked roof tiles, uncapped stormwater pipes and unsealed joints have still been open when we returned, and the second report records that in writing.
Yes. Homes built from the late 1990s onwards are inspected under AS 4349.1, with a timber pest inspection under AS 4349.3 added if you want both.
Manor Lakes, Werribee, Tarneit, Mambourin, Hoppers Crossing and the rest of the Wyndham municipality, as well as Wyndham Vale itself.
Yes, and for a handover we recommend it. Walking the list with the inspector makes it easier to raise with the builder later.
Each item cites the clause, tolerance or drawing it is measured against, which keeps the discussion on the document. Disputes that go further are handled through the Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service and then VCAT.
No. A defect report is for you and the builder. If the matter goes to the BPC dispute service or VCAT you need an expert witness report written to the VCAT practice note.
The inspector who walked the house. Their name is on it and they take any follow-up questions.