Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
The full finished house list, roof by drone and wet areas by meter, weeks before settlement.
Read more →Large double storey homes between the Melton Highway and Taylors Road, checked before you take the keys.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Stage by stage checks on a Fraser Rise build, each before the next trade closes it in.
1 Bored piers Holes drilled and steel cages in, with the concrete pump not yet booked 
2 Slab pre-pour Formwork, pods, barrier and steel finished, a day ahead of the concrete truck 
3 Frame Walls standing, trusses fixed and roof covering on, before insulation goes in 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Windows, external doors and cladding done, services roughed in, plaster not started 
5 Fixing Doors, architraves, skirtings and cabinets in, painter yet to start 
6 Waterproofing Membrane on and cured in every wet area, tiler not yet on site 
7 Pre-handover (PCI) House finished and cleaned, two to three weeks out from settlement The full finished house list, roof by drone and wet areas by meter, weeks before settlement.
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One recurring problem followed to its source and written up for the builder.
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An AS 4349.1 inspection of an established home before your cooling off ends.
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Building and timber pest inspections in one visit, both reported together.
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Your Fraser Rise rental checked against all 15 Victorian minimum standards before it is listed.
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A dated record of your walls and paths before the vacant lot next door is excavated.
Six steps between your first message and a closed list.
Address, single or double storey, and whether it is a stage, a handover or an established home.
The quote form returns a fixed figure for that job. Nothing is added once we are on site.
We confirm access with the supervisor or the agent and allocate an inspector who knows the estate.
Inside, outside, the roof space and the roof itself by drone, with a photograph against every finding.
Within a day, sorted room by room, each item tied to the clause or tolerance it fails.
Ring the inspector about any line. If the builder pushes back, we explain what the clause says.
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Patient and inspected carefully and identifying and pointing out necessary defects and omissions. Thank you very much Burak
Great work., Highly professional. Very detailed report and helped us address any defects with the builder. I would not hesitate to use their services again
The report is very detailed showing minute defects. Reports are easy to read and follow. Burak has been very helpful with his analysis. Thank you for this.
We inspect every estate in Fraser Rise 3336 and the surrounding suburbs of Plumpton, Deanside, Hillside, Caroline Springs, Taylors Hill and Bonnie Brook. Our local inspectors are on site in Fraser Rise most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
Truss load on a non load bearing wall, found at frame stage in Fraser Rise.
The 25 mm gap between wiring and gas pipes, and why lock-up is the only time to check it.
Slab standing more than 20 mm past the frame, recorded at frame stage in Fraser Rise.
Building new in Fraser Rise Big double storey designs on compact lots, and the frame stage where they are most often wrong.Read more → 
Buying in Fraser Rise A young resale market with plenty of near new homes, and why near new still needs inspecting.Read more → Growth and development A duplicated highway, a new primary school and an aquatic centre on Beattys Road.Read more → 
Permits, council and disputes The City of Melton, your building surveyor, and the Victorian route if a builder will not fix it.Read more → 
Ground and slabs in Fraser Rise Why the soil report for your lot matters more than any suburb wide rule.Read more → Termites and pest risk Landscaping after handover is when most of the risk arrives.Read more → 
What we find in Fraser Rise The items that keep returning, sorted by stage.Read more → 
Roofs and weather in Fraser Rise Open ground to the west, two storey roofs, and the details that let water in.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Request a quote and the form gives you a fixed figure on the spot. What moves it is the job type, one storey or two, the floor area and whether a reinspection is wanted. Large double storey homes, which are common in Aspire and Taylors Run, take longer on site than a single level townhouse in Samara.
The pre-handover, also called a practical completion inspection or PCI. Many buyers here sign a house and land contract and only see the home again at the end, so the handover list is where most defects get caught.
As soon as the builder gives you a completion date, aiming for a visit two to three weeks before settlement. That leaves room to rectify and room for us to come back and check the work.
Within a day of the inspection, often the same evening. It is a PDF with photographs, room locations and the clause each item fails, ready to forward to the builder.
We put a drone over it. Walking a second storey tiled roof is rarely safe, and the drone shows tile underlaps, box gutters, flashings and capping more clearly than a ladder would.
Yes, on every handover. Wet areas, ceilings under upstairs bathrooms and walls beside showers are scanned, because a slow leak is easier to see on a camera than on fresh paint.
Your building contract and plans, the National Construction Code, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015 and the Australian Standard that governs each element, such as AS 3740 for wet areas and AS 1684 for timber framing. Existing homes are inspected to AS 4349.1.
Yes. They are registered building practitioners with the Building and Plumbing Commission, and we carry professional indemnity and public liability cover. The registration number sits in the footer.
It is visual and non-invasive. We do not cut into linings, energise or test wiring, pressure test pipes, run appliances or certify engineering. Where one of those trades should look further, the report names the trade and the reason.
Please do. Walking the house with the inspector shows you each item in place, and you can ask about anything before the report is written.
Plumpton, Deanside, Hillside, Caroline Springs, Taylors Hill and Bonnie Brook, and the rest of the City of Melton. Travel inside that area is part of the quoted figure.
Each finding quotes its clause or tolerance, so the conversation moves to the document. If it stalls, the Victorian path is the Building and Plumbing Commission's dispute resolution service, then VCAT.