You are planning to move house. You are looking to shift into your newly built ‘dream home’. The plan is to make this property a place where you have some great memories.
Biting your fingernails in anticipation is one way of holding excitement for the much awaited property. Another is to not get lazy and do the necessary inspections, ensuring your property is free & clear of any construction issues.
How do you get this pre handover inspection going? To start off, it is important to have a clear understanding of what a pre-handover inspection actually is.
What is a pre-handover inspection?
A pre-handover inspection of the house is supposed to be a person’s last chance to make sure the building meets all required standards of excellence. Serious issues, like compliance with provisions for bushfire safety, must be met. Termite protection must be up-to-date and wet area waterproofing has to be done in the best way possible.
It is also the time to ensure that all finishing touches are correctly done. This entails the curtain rails, awkward little gaps in the kitchen bench, the proper sealing of the bases of doors and ensuring the gaps under doors are not too wide.
What is incorporated in the pre-handover inspection?
The pre-handover inspection incorporates a number of things. This includes putting up the final stamp on the project, along with collection of payment as well as making sure everything is just the way it should be.
The inspection process, though, has to be conducted within a given time frame. From the practical completion period until the time the property is handed over to the owner is the time to look into all completion of work, together with letting them finish all minor blemishes and omissions. The time allowance for an inspection is until the ‘practical completion’ period.
Who performs this pre-inspection job?
Most people are of the view that this can be easily done with just a phone camera, a packet of red-dot stickers and a very sharp eye for detailing. Looking around with a camera lens is not the same as thorough technical inspection with scientific tools.
The smarter move is to engage a consultant for a pre handover building inspection. This person can take you through the bricks and the mortar of the building while construction is still in progress. The consultant not only helps you through the entire process but also goes through the entire construction job delivering a report to help get all issues fixed.
You can’t expect home-inspecting proficiency from anyone other than the experts. Hiring a consultant ensures that your investment today materializes into the a dream home without any structural issues.