Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
The check before final payment, with the outside walls and roof looked at as closely as the paint.
Read more →New estate builds and older town homes, inspected by licensed inspectors who write up the same day or the next.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Seven visits across a Sunbury build, each one before the next trade covers the work, with framing checked against your engineering.
1 Bored piers Once piers are bored and cages placed, before concrete 
2 Slab pre-pour The day before concrete, with steel and pods exposed 
3 Frame With frame and trusses up and the roof on, before wrap and cladding 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Roof, windows and outside doors in, before plasterboard 
5 Fixing Doors, joinery and mouldings fitted, before painting 
6 Waterproofing Membrane on and cured, before the tiler starts 
7 Pre-handover (PCI) Around a week before the handover date The check before final payment, with the outside walls and roof looked at as closely as the paint.
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An AS 4349.1 inspection for Sunbury buyers, whether the house is forty years old or four.
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Finding the one detail behind a leak or crack, and setting it against what the documents required.
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Building and timber pest findings in one report, with the garden and roof line given as much attention as the walls.
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Your Sunbury rental walked against all 15 Victorian minimum standards, with a clear fix list for anything that fails.
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A dated photo record of your house before the neighbouring block is excavated or built on.
The six steps every Sunbury booking follows.
Tell us the stage, the home and your deadline in a short call.
One figure for the job, confirmed before anything is booked.
We line up access with your builder or agent and name the inspector.
Each item measured, photographed and checked against the documents.
A numbered report with photos reaches your inbox within a day.
Call back with questions, or book a reinspection once repairs are done.
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Inspector has eagle eyes and really satisfied with his work. Definitely going to recommend to all near and dear. Thanks for your service.
Really happy with the report, great that he marked up paint defects too...wasn't expecting this! Seemed very thorough and couldn't believe how quickly they sent the report. Thank you
Hany did an amazing job! was so through, he also gave up his time to go through everything with us and spend as much time as needed to make sure we understood the full report and whatever we needed to do. Would highly recommend him and would definitely use him again. Very honest, pays attention to detail and professional
Kosie is very approachable and takes the time to explain and clarify inspection activities. Turnaround time for the inspection report was excellent and the report was received the next day. Report was very thorough. Highly recommend Kosie and his partner who was checking the painting quality.
We inspect every estate in Sunbury 3429 and the surrounding suburbs of Diggers Rest, Bulla, Riddells Creek, Clarkefield, Gisborne and Wildwood. Our local inspectors are on site in Sunbury most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
Why the beams over your windows need their own fixings, and what we found missing.
How loose waffle pods shrink the beams in a Sunbury slab, and how to catch it.
The water details that close over at a Sunbury lock-up, and the ones we keep finding open.
Building new in Sunbury Estates on the hills south and north of town, and a frame stage that decides most of what goes wrong.Read more → Buying in Sunbury A town with forty-year-old brick homes and four-year-old estate houses, often on the same buyer's shortlist.Read more → Growth and development Two approved growth areas, a metro rail link since 2012 and a town planned to roughly double.Read more → Permits, council and disputes Hume City Council, a registered building surveyor, and the Victorian path when a builder will not fix things.Read more → Basalt, valleys and cracking Volcanic plains on top, older sediments in the creek valleys, and a soil report that varies lot to lot.Read more → 
Termite and pest risk Mature gardens and timber in the older streets, and barriers that must be complete in the new ones.Read more → 
What we actually find in Sunbury The items that keep appearing in our Sunbury reports, stage by stage.Read more → 
Hills, wind and overlays Sunbury sits higher and more exposed than most of Melbourne, so read your lot's own classifications.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Use the instant quote for an exact figure. The price depends on the service, the stage, the size of the home and whether it is single or double storey, and you see it before you book.
Yes. Most of our Sunbury work is stage and handover inspections in the newer estates, but we also inspect established houses for buyers, landlords and owners dealing with a defect.
Usually within a few business days. Stage inspections are timed to the builder's program, so give us the expected date as soon as the supervisor confirms it.
Within 24 hours of the inspection, and often the same evening. It comes as a PDF with numbered items, photos and the reference behind each finding.
A registered building practitioner who carries professional indemnity and public liability insurance. The person on site writes the report and takes your follow-up calls.
It depends on the service. New homes are checked against the engineering, the National Construction Code, the relevant Australian Standards and the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015. Pre-purchase work follows AS 4349.1.
You are welcome to, particularly at handover. For stage inspections the builder controls site access, so we confirm entry with the supervisor first.
Send the report to your builder in writing. If it stalls, the next steps in Victoria are the Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service (formerly DBDRV) and then VCAT.
Yes. Redstone, Rosenthal, Everley and the Sunbury South growth area are all within our regular Sunbury runs, along with Diggers Rest and Bulla.
The surveyor checks the mandatory notification stages for compliance. We work for you, look at workmanship as well as compliance, and record every item with a photo.
No. Those need a licensed electrician, gasfitter or plumber. We note visible issues such as uncapped pipes or missing fittings and say who should check them.
Yes. A reinspection checks each listed item against the original report, so you can sign off with evidence rather than a verbal assurance.
Use the quote form on this page or call. Give us the address, the service and your preferred date, and we confirm the time and the inspector.