A practical PCI checklist for a new Wollert home
What to walk through at your practical completion inspection in Wollert, room by room, and which items a builder must fix before you take the keys.
A pre-handover inspection, known in Victoria as the PCI, is the walk through before you accept keys. We list every finish and completion item for your builder while you still have leverage.
A pre-handover inspection is measured against the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, the National Construction Code and ABCB Housing Provisions, AS 3740 for wet areas, AS 3700 for masonry finish, and the drawings, specification and colour selections in your building contract.
42 checkpoints across 9 areas on a standard Wollert pre-handover (PCI) inspection. Anything we could not safely reach on the day is written up as a limitation rather than passed over.
Every item shown is a genuine finding from a Wollert handover inspection. The captions are the inspector's wording written on site, and client addresses are not published.
What to walk through at your practical completion inspection in Wollert, room by room, and which items a builder must fix before you take the keys.
Steps to take in Victoria when handover defects are disputed or ignored, from written notice to the BPC dispute resolution service and VCAT.
What Victorian owners can and cannot withhold at practical completion, how retention works, and what to do before releasing final payment.
New Construction Stage Inspections Seven separate inspections through the build, each timed to the last moment the work is still visible. 
Defect Investigation Reports For cracking, water entry or movement, and for the times a builder says an item is within tolerance when it is not. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection under AS 4349.1 before you go unconditional, reporting significant items rather than a list of scratches. 
Building and Pest Inspections The building inspection and a timber pest inspection under AS 4349.3 in one attendance, with two reports that read against each other. 
Dilapidation Reports Photographic proof of your home's condition before the block next door is built. 
VCAT Expert Witness Reports Independent evidence prepared to VCAT's expert evidence requirements. 
Pre-Sale Inspections Find the faults before a buyer's inspector does, and price the home accordingly. 
Mould Inspections Locate the moisture source behind the mould, not just the surface staining. 
Insurance Claim Assessments An independent view of damage and cause when a claim is disputed. 
Maintenance Inspections An annual check that catches small problems while they are still small. 
Apartment Pre-Settlement Your defect list before settlement on an off the plan apartment. 
Reinspections We return to confirm the builder actually fixed what the report listed. 
Timber Pest Inspections A standalone inspection under AS 4349.3 for evidence of termites and borers. 
Tax Depreciation Schedule Claim the depreciation on a Wollert investment property from day one. Commercial Property Inspections Condition and defect reporting for commercial and industrial buildings. Strata Reports What the owners corporation records say before you buy into a body corporate. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
The PCI is the practical completion inspection, the walk through your builder invites you to before handover. Book us as soon as you have the date, and ideally at least a week ahead.
Price depends on the size of the home and the number of storeys. Send the lot address and floor area and we will quote a fixed fee, including the written report, before you book.
Usually two to three hours for a typical Wollert double storey, longer if the finishes are still incomplete. We work room by room and record each item as we go rather than from memory.
Yes, and we encourage it. Walking the home with the inspector is the fastest way to understand which items are cosmetic tolerance issues and which ones the builder must rectify.
Electrical, gas and appliance testing is excluded, a licensed electrician or gasfitter does that. We do not inspect concealed work, give costings, remove fixtures, or issue the occupancy permit.
The Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, together with the NCC, the relevant Australian Standards and your contract specification. Tolerance matters, so we state the measure not just an opinion.
That is a decision for you and your conveyancer. What we do is give you a dated, photographed list so the outstanding work is on record before you accept the keys and hand over final payment.
Yes. A re-inspection walks the original numbered list item by item and records what is done, part done or untouched, so you have a second dated record before handover.
Put every item to them in writing. If items are refused and you disagree, the Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service, formerly DBDRV, is the next step, then VCAT.
Wollert 3750 plus Epping North, Epping, Donnybrook, Craigieburn, Mernda, Doreen and Beveridge. Handover slots are often short notice and we hold capacity for them.