Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
A numbered list of every unfinished Berwick item, before the final claim is paid.
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Seven Berwick stage visits, each booked before the next trade closes the work in.
1 Bored piers Holes bored and cages set, before any concrete 
2 Slab pre-pour Pre-pour, with pods, steel and formwork still open 
3 Frame Frame and trusses up, roof on, wraps not yet fitted 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Windows, cladding and external doors in, before plaster 
5 Fixing Joinery, doors and trims in, painter booked next 
6 Waterproofing Membrane applied and cured, tiler not yet started 
7 Pre-handover (PCI) Around a week before practical completion A numbered list of every unfinished Berwick item, before the final claim is paid.
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What an older Berwick home hides overhead and underneath, under AS 4349.1.
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Floors, cracks, damp and leaks in Berwick homes, measured and traced to a cause.
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Building and timber pest scopes in one Berwick visit, garden edges included.
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Your Berwick rental checked against all 15 Victorian minimum standards before it is listed.
Read more → A dated record of your Berwick home before a neighbour's knockdown or rebuild starts.
What happens after you ask for a Berwick inspection, in order.
Tell us the property, the stage or the worry. We confirm which inspection fits.
A set fee for that job, shown before anything is booked.
We line up keys, the agent or the site supervisor and assign a south east inspector.
Roof space, subfloor or open frame checked, measured and photographed.
Itemised, photographed and in your inbox within 24 hours.
Call the inspector about any item, before or after you negotiate.
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We inspect every estate in Berwick 3806 and the surrounding suburbs of Narre Warren North, Harkaway, Beaconsfield, Narre Warren South, Clyde North and Officer. Our local inspectors are on site in Berwick most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
Why packers under a girder truss are a frame stage finding, not a detail.
Measuring what was installed against what the engineering specifies.
Matching the visits to a large, engineered home rather than booking all seven by habit.
Building new in Berwick Big double storey homes, engineered framing and the stages that decide how they turn out.Read more → 
Buying in Berwick Twenty to forty year old brick homes, and what they hide in the roof space and subfloor.Read more → Growth and development An 1850s town that became a large suburb, still adding homes at its edges.Read more → 
Permits, council and disputes Building permits, the City of Casey, and what to do when a builder will not fix a defect.Read more → Ground, floors and movement Clay over basalt, seasonal movement, and why older Berwick floors run out of level.Read more → Termites and the garden edge Mature gardens, buried weep holes and termite notices that have lapsed or gone missing.Read more → What we actually find in Berwick Handover, frame and pre-purchase findings that keep repeating across Berwick jobs.Read more → 
Site conditions: wind, fire and water Hills to the north, bushfire overlays in parts of Casey and water that has to go somewhere.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
By the type of inspection, the size of the home and, for resale, how much roof space and subfloor there is. Request a quote online and the figure for your address comes back before you commit.
Yes. Many homes around the old town centre sit on stumps with a subfloor. We go under where entry is safe and check stumps, bearers, ventilation and moisture.
Usually within two to four business days, sooner when a cooling off period or a pour date is close. Mention the deadline at booking and we plan around it.
Within 24 hours of the inspection, often the same evening for stage work.
A registered building practitioner under Building and Plumbing Commission registration CDB-U 53425, carrying professional indemnity and public liability cover.
AS 4349.1 for pre-purchase, AS 4349.3 for timber pests, AS 2870 for slabs and footings, AS 1684 for timber framing, AS 3740 for wet areas, the National Construction Code and the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015.
A building and pest inspection is the safer choice for most Berwick resale homes, because the structural and timber pest scopes are both covered in one visit.
Frame and pre-handover first. Many Berwick builds are double storey with engineered beams and posts, so the frame visit carries the most weight.
Book a defect investigation. It measures the problem, sets out the likely cause and states what the standard required.
No. It is prepared for the owner and the builder to work through together. The Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service (formerly DBDRV) and VCAT need an expert witness report prepared to the VCAT practice note.
All of Berwick 3806, plus Narre Warren North, Harkaway, Beaconsfield, Narre Warren South, Clyde North and Officer.
Yes. Ask to walk the last part with the inspector, so the main items are shown to you in place.
Ring the inspector with any question. For new builds, a reinspection confirms which items the builder has fixed.