Booking the handover inspection with time to spare
The date you pick decides whether the list gets fixed or just acknowledged.
In short: Two to three weeks out is the difference between a work order and a settlement argument.
Why the timing decides the outcome
The builder needs a working window to rectify, and you need a window to verify the rectifications before the date.
Booking late
The list arrives with days to go, items get promised rather than completed, and you settle holding a promise.
The reinspection
A second visit marks each item rectified, part done or outstanding, which is the document you take to the handover meeting.
What to send us
Your contract, the selection schedule and the handover date. The more documents we hold, the more specific the report.
Come along if you can
Seeing an item in place is worth considerably more than reading about it later.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Craigieburn. Licensed building practitioners, Building & Plumbing Commission registration CDB-U 53425.
