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Handover inspection in Schofields

The room by room list, taken while the final payment is still yours to hold.

  • Two to three weeks before your handover date
  • 2 to 3 hours on site
  • Report within 24 hours
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Stage7 of 7
When to bookTwo to three weeks before your handover date
Time on site2 to 3 hours on site
Inspected againstThe Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2017, the NCC, your contract drawings and inclusions

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

  • Every room: paint, plaster, cornices, doors, windows and floors
  • Wall and ceiling finish in natural light
  • Wet areas: tiling, grout, silicone, screens and drainage
  • Kitchen and laundry: cabinetry, benchtops and appliances installed
  • External: render, brickwork, cladding, caulking and paint
  • Roof, gutters, downpipes and stormwater connection
  • Roof space where safely accessible
  • Garage door, slab falls and driveway
  • Paths, porch, alfresco and step compliance
  • Site drainage, ponding and slab edge exposure
  • Fencing, gates, letterbox and clothesline where in contract
  • Contract inclusions and selections against what was built
  • Compliance certificates available for waterproofing, termite and glazing
  • A numbered, photographed defect list for the site supervisor
Why it matters here

Pre-handover (PCI) inspections on Schofields builds

We have not published a Schofields handover set, because the jobs behind this site are pre-purchase and stage work. What the inspection covers does not change, and on attached housing it carries one question a freestanding house does not: which side of the lot boundary each item falls on, because that decides who you are actually asking to fix it.

What we find at this stage in Schofields

  • Items falling on common property rather than your lot
  • Wet area falls, sealing and finish
  • Roof drainage and where downpipes discharge
  • Party wall junctions where the dwelling is attached
  • Doors, hardware, glazing and finishes
Flashing, recorded during a pre-purchase inspection in Schofields
Flashing at the roof junction
Sample findings

Sample defects found during our pre-handover (PCI) inspections in Schofields

Annotated findings from Pre-handover (PCI) inspections.

The other stages of a Schofields build

  1. Bored piers inspection in Schofields1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
  2. Slab pre-pour inspection in Schofields2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
  3. Frame inspection in Schofields3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
  4. Lock-up (pre-plaster) inspection in Schofields4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
  5. Fixing inspection in Schofields5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
  6. Waterproofing inspection in Schofields6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid

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FAQ

Pre-handover (PCI) inspections in Schofields: common questions

Who fixes a common property defect?

The developer or the body corporate rather than you, which is precisely why the boundary gets established before the list is written.

What list length is normal?

On a new build, dozens. The number that tells you something is the split between structural and cosmetic.

Is a return visit included?

It is a separate booking, and on a long list it usually pays for itself in items that would otherwise close quietly.

When exactly should I book?

Two to three weeks ahead, so there is room for the builder to act and room for us to verify.

Can I come along?

Please do. On attached housing especially, walking it together makes the boundary question much clearer.

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