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Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Austral

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  • Numbered room by room
  • Written for the supervisor to work
  • Every item cited to a clause
  • Drone used on the roof
  • Timed to your handover date
  • Return visit before you sign
  • Safety items called out first
  • Back inside a day
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What is included

What is included in a Austral 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, AS 3500 for plumbing and drainage and AS 3000 for the electrical clearances noted.

0 checkpoints across 0 areas on a standard Austral pre-handover (PCI) inspection. On a site under construction we need the lot open and the builder told we are coming. Where a stage is not finished we say so in the report rather than passing it.

Sample findings

Sample defects from our handover inspections in Austral

Recorded at practical completion on Austral homes.

Clearance less than 150 mm at weep holes, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Weep hole clearance under 150 mm
Control joint not continuous, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Control joint not continuous
Parapet capping fixed from the top, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Parapet capping fixed through the top
Efflorescence to tiling, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Efflorescence through the tiling
Downlight minimum clearance required, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Insulation hard against a downlight
Light or switch too close to a bath, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Fitting inside the zone around a bath
Debris and soil to be removed from a silt pit, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Silt pit full of soil at completion
Mixer and pipe leaking, recorded during a handover inspection in Austral
Mixer or pipe leaking at handover
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Why Austral owners choose us

Independent. Licensed. Insured.

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Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections guides for Austral

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FAQ

Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Austral: common questions

What does efflorescence tell you?

That water is moving through the masonry or the bedding and carrying salts to the surface as it evaporates. The white deposit is the symptom. The question the report asks is where the water is coming from, because cleaning it off changes nothing.

Why does capping fixed from the top matter?

Because every fixing through the top face of a capping is a hole in the highest, most exposed surface on that parapet. It is meant to be fixed from the side or concealed so water runs over it, not into it.

What is the right lead time?

A fortnight to three weeks before handover. That gives the builder room to rectify and gives you room to check the rectifications rather than accepting a promise.

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