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Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections in Leppington

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  • Numbered room by room
  • Safety items separated out
  • Each item cited to a clause
  • Roof space entered
  • Timed to your handover date
  • Return visit before you sign
  • Drone used on the roof
  • Back inside a day
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What is included

What is included in a Leppington 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, and AS 3000 for the electrical clearances noted.

Tolerances on site

  • Floors and walls straight
  • Tile edges proud of each other
  • Ceiling joints flat

Kitchen fit-out on handover day

  • Cabinet doors in line
  • Drawers run by hand
  • Benchtop join width
  • Silicone at the splashback

Showers and ensuites

  • Waterproofing upturns visible
  • Floor waste fall to drain
  • Grout and sealant finish
  • Screens fixed firm

Doors, windows and keys

  • Opened and closed by hand
  • Keys and locks supplied
  • Door seals in place

Painted surfaces and plaster

  • Paint runs and misses
  • Plaster damage
  • Mitres at skirting and architraves

Outside face of the house

  • Brick cleaning finished
  • Weep holes above doors and windows
  • Render colour even
  • Control joints with sealant

Roof and spouting at handover

  • Tiles or sheet secure
  • Capping and flashings
  • Gutter and downpipe falls

Space above the ceiling

  • Insulation spread to plan
  • Roof frame fixings
  • Rubbish cleared

Yard and driveway

  • Soil graded off the walls
  • Pits and covers
  • Driveway crossover finish
  • Fencing complete

Your contract and selections

  • Drawings and colour choices
  • Agreed upgrades
  • Practical completion items

34 checkpoints across 10 areas on a standard Leppington pre-handover (PCI) inspection. We need the lot accessible and your builder aware an independent inspector is attending. Where a stage is not finished, the report records that rather than passing it.

Sample findings

Sample defects from our handover inspections in Leppington

Recorded at practical completion on Leppington homes.

Downlight minimum clearance required, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Insulation hard against a downlight
Downlight minimum clearance required, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
A further fitting without clearance
Opening restriction required to a first floor window, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Opening restrictor missing upstairs
Opening restriction required to a first floor window, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
A second window without a restrictor
Poor flashing installation, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Flashing poorly installed
Change in height at a control joint, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Control joint changing height mid wall
Sump size, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Gutter sump undersized for the roof
Light or switch too close to a basin, recorded during a handover inspection in Leppington
Fitting inside the zone around a basin
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  • Downlights counted, not glanced at
  • Steel posts read against the drawing
  • Two councils, one set of standards
  • Written for a supervisor to action
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FAQ

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

Seven downlights in one house?

Seven, in the roof space of a single Leppington home at practical completion. Insulation is installed from above and the fittings from below, on different days by different trades, and neither sees the other's work. It is the clearest argument we have for going into the roof space at handover.

Is a missing restrictor really a defect?

Where the window meets the Code criteria, yes, and it is a safety item rather than a finish one. We record the window, the measurement and the requirement so it cannot be waved away.

What is wrong with the sump?

It was undersized for the roof area feeding it. A sump that cannot take the flow backs the gutter up, and in a heavy storm that water goes somewhere other than the downpipe.

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