Joinery and mouldings in, painter not started, external detail due to be closed out.
Fixing stage in Austral catches the external items that get forgotten once the scaffold comes down. Weep holes never formed. Window and door infills incomplete. Damaged windows and plaster from trades working past each other. Balustrade not installed. Opening restrictors missing from first floor windows, which is a safety item rather than a finish one and worth pressing on that basis.
Annotated findings from Fixing inspections on Austral builds. Client addresses withheld.
1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
7Pre-handover (PCI)Two to three weeks before your handover dateInstant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
It limits how far a window above ground level can open, so a child cannot fall through it. The National Construction Code requires it on first floor windows meeting certain criteria, and it is reported as a safety item.
Because it is the last point before painting and rendering close off the brickwork. A missing weep hole found now is formed; found later it is a much bigger conversation.
Paint covers precisely the gaps, joints and knocks this visit is meant to catch.
Yes, and dating it matters. Establishing when damage appeared is far easier at the time than in an argument at handover.
Budget two to three hours for a standard house, with the report out that evening or early the next morning.
On most builds yes, because it is the last point at which wet area and external work can still be corrected cheaply.
