Pakenham East Building
Inspections

Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Pakenham East

The inspection that happens while the last payment is still yours to hold.

  • Numbered room by room
  • Written for the supervisor to action
  • Every item tied to a clause
  • Back inside a day
  • Timed to your handover date
  • Return visit before you sign
  • Water items listed first
  • Call to talk it through
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What is included

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

A pre-handover inspection is assessed against your contract and colour selections, the Victorian Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, the National Construction Code and ABCB Housing Provisions, AS 3740 for wet areas and AS 3700 for masonry.

Contract match

  • Colours and selections
  • Approved variations
  • Occupancy permit issued
  • Keys and manuals

Brick, render, cladding

  • Weep holes over openings
  • Articulation joints filled
  • Mortar and brick clean
  • Render cracks at corners

Roof finish

  • Ridge capping set straight
  • Valley irons and flashings
  • Gutter and downpipe joins

Doors, windows, locks

  • Each door opened by hand
  • Sliding doors and tracks
  • Window winders and locks

Plastered walls and ceilings

  • Paint coverage and runs
  • Plaster joints visible in light
  • Cornice and corner gaps

Kitchen and pantry

  • Benchtop edges
  • Hinges and runners
  • Pantry shelving fixed

Bathroom, ensuite, laundry

  • Shower falls
  • Grout lines and silicone beads
  • Bath hob and tiles
  • Laundry trough sealing

Fixtures

  • Taps run, no drips
  • Toilet cisterns flush
  • Waste outlets drain

Garage at handover

  • Roller or panel door by hand
  • Slab and step down
  • Internal access door

Lot finish

  • Rubble left on site
  • Ground sloped to the pits
  • Fence and letterbox
  • Driveway and crossover

34 checkpoints across 10 areas on a standard Pakenham East pre-handover (PCI) inspection. On a site still under construction we need the lot open and the builder told we are coming. Where a stage is not yet complete we say so in the report rather than pass it.

Sample findings

Sample defects from our pre-handover inspections around Pakenham East

Rangehood exhaust duct not installed, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Pakenham
Rangehood exhausting into the roof space
Non-compliant waterproofing to a bathroom, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Officer
Waterproofing not compliant in a wet area
Unsealed junction between cladding types, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Pakenham
Junction between two cladding types left open
Damaged reinforcement exposed at a slab edge, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Officer
Reinforcement exposed at the slab edge
Non-compliant external power point wiring recorded as a safety hazard on a pre-handover inspection in Nar Nar Goon
External power point wired without compliance
Shower screen wall channel sealing incomplete, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Officer
Shower screen channel not sealed to the wall
Excessive entry step height, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Pakenham
Entry step higher than the allowance
Extraction fan duct connections incomplete, recorded on a pre-handover inspection in Nar Nar Goon
Extraction fan duct not connected through
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  • A precinct still under construction
  • Booked around the pour
  • Written for a builder to action
  • One inspector, all seven stages
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FAQ

Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Pakenham East: common questions

How long before handover should I book?

Two to three weeks out. That leaves the builder time to rectify and leaves you time for a reinspection before the date, rather than arriving at settlement with an open list and no leverage.

Do you come back after the list is done?

Yes. A reinspection marks each item rectified, part done or still outstanding, in writing. Where a first list ran long it usually pays for itself in the second visit alone.

Which items fall outside a pre-handover inspection?

We do not energise or test electrical work, pressure test plumbing, run appliances, operate the garage door motor, open anything up or certify engineering. Those exclusions are what keep the report defensible on the items it does cover.

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