Leppington Building
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Handover inspection in Leppington

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

  • Two to three weeks before your handover date
  • 2 to 3 hours on site
  • Report within 24 hours
Price your Leppington inspectionSend the address and the stage.

Fully licensed & accredited

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 Leppington 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 Leppington builds

Two safety clusters define the Leppington handover set. Seven downlights in one house with insulation packed against them, which is a fire risk sitting above a finished ceiling. Three first floor windows without the opening restrictor the Code requires, which is a fall risk a child could find. Beyond those: flashings poorly installed in four locations, a control joint changing height mid wall, an undersized gutter sump and a fitting inside the zone around a basin.

What we find at this stage in Leppington

  • Downlights without the required clearance to insulation
  • Opening restrictors missing from first floor windows
  • Flashings poorly installed
  • Control joint changing height through the wall
  • Gutter sump undersized, fitting too close to a basin
Cracked and chipped tiles, Leppington
Cracked and chipped tiles
Sample findings

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

Annotated findings from Pre-handover (PCI) inspections on Leppington builds. Client addresses withheld.

Downlight minimum clearance required, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Insulation against a downlight
Opening restriction required to a first floor window, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Opening restrictor missing
Poor flashing installation, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Flashing poorly installed
Sump size, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Gutter sump undersized

The other stages of a Leppington build

  1. Bored piers inspection in Leppington1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
  2. Slab pre-pour inspection in Leppington2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
  3. Frame inspection in Leppington3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
  4. Lock-up (pre-plaster) inspection in Leppington4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
  5. Fixing inspection in Leppington5FixingAfter mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
  6. Waterproofing inspection in Leppington6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid

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FAQ

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

Seven downlights, really?

Seven in the one roof space. Insulation goes in from above and the fittings from below, on different days by different trades, and neither sees the other's work.

Why report restrictors separately?

Because a fall from a first floor window is a different order of consequence to a paint run. Safety items get their own listing and their own urgency.

Do you revisit to verify the rectifications?

Yes. It marks each item complete, partly complete or still open, and that record goes with you to the handover meeting.

How many items is typical?

Dozens is ordinary. The figure worth reading is how it divides structurally against cosmetically.

Suppose the builder pushes back on something?

Every line identifies the clause, tolerance or standard it falls short of. Where it cannot be settled, NSW Fair Trading comes first and NCAT after.

How much notice is ideal?

Two to three weeks ahead of handover, so the builder can rectify and you can verify.

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