Progress Stage Inspections

Progress Stage Inspections For Peace of Mind

Ensure the quality of your home from the ground up, with our experienced and licenced inspector overseeing your property at each stage of construction.

You can save significant rectification delays by identifying any problems as they arise, reducing the risk of defects being covered over and concealed by later stage construction works.

Put your mind at ease with Handover Hero progress stage inspections, designed to identify defects at four key progress stages:

Slab (Post-Pour) – the days following slab pour before the frame installation.
Frame Pre-Linings – windows and rough-ins completed, including plumbing, electrical, and air-conditioning but prior to wall linings installation.
Frame re-inspection – following defects completed before walls covered over.
Enclosed/Lockup – brickwork, roof and external wall linings complete.
Waterproofing – wall linings and waterproofing completed but prior to cabinetry and tilling.
Fixing – timber fixings, doors, cabinetry and wet area tiling complete but before painting.

Find your Peace Of Mind with our Progress Stage Inspection Process:

BOOK

Complete our online booking form here.

INSPECT

Our licenced Builder and Inspector will complete a thorough inspection of your property at each Progress Stage, identifying defects in line with the QBCC Standards and Tolerances. We can confirm whether items from the previous Stage Inspection have been rectified wherever possible at the following inspection.

If you are not present at the time, we will call you on completion and outline our findings.

REPORT

We email you (and your Builder if you provide their email address) a comprehensive report outlining all defects found. The report includes detailed photos of each item and references the QBCC Standards and Tolerances to help avoid disputes.

We’re available if you have any questions after reading through your report.

RE-BOOK

We will keep in touch to schedule your next Progress Stage Inspection at the appropriate time.

Some of the items checked at our Progress Stage Inspections are:

Slab (Post-Pour):

Surface suitable for floor coverings
Edges vibrated i.e. no excessive voids/holes
No reinforcing steel exposed
Plastic to be turned up slab face
Flood slab surface to identify surface deviations within tolerance

Frame/Pre-Linings:

Inspection of all accessible areas inside and out
Wall frames are plumb/straight
Windows plumb/straight
Window fixings installed per manufacturers recommendations
Frame overhang to slab not excessive
Frames free of damage
Roof trusses plumb/straight
Roof Trusses free of damage
Re-inspection of previously listed defects

Enclosed:

Inspection of all accessible areas inside and out
Brickwork level
Brickwork plumb
Mortar joints consistent
Wall cladding weatherproof
Window and door head flashings suitably installed
Re-inspection of previously listed items.

Fixing:

Inspection of all accessible areas inside and out
Door margins consistent
Architraves flush
Skirting straight
Tiling free of excess lips
Tiling grout joint consistent
Tiling grout free of holes/voids
Plaster defects
Re-inspection of previously listed items

Testimonials

I can recommend David and Shelley with no hesitation. I would definitely recommend getting an independent inspection done upon handover of a new property, and if I ever need to do it again David would be my first choice.

The reports were very detailed, clear and sent to me the same day the inspection was done. He was very thorough and picked up things along the way which I would have had no idea to look for.

In a confusing time, David and Shelley were fantastic. They worked in with our tight time frame, provided an extremely detailed report overnight and made themselves available to step through and discuss the findings.

Dave made our handover process so smooth and easy, which was much appreciated after a long stressful building process!

Being our first home build I wanted to make sure we got the best guy to come and inspect it for us and give us the reassurance that the house was perfect before handover.

David Firth and his services were the highlight of our whole new build experience.

Great handover inspection! Extremely thorough and professional and picked up a number of structural items that another inspector didn't pick up. Very impressed.

Our Guarantees

Guaranteed Licenced Builder & Inspector.

QBCC Licenced Professional.

Guaranteed Comprehensive Report

Referencing QBCC Standards.

Guaranteed Quality

We work to a standard and not a clock.

Guaranteed Same Day Reports

*Provided payment & signed agreement are received and Inspection is completed by 3pm.

Guaranteed Recognition

Our reports are recognised by 3rd parties per the Australian Standard.

Guaranteed Support

Whether you need help finding a time and date that suits or an answer to your question. We pride ourselves on our customer’s experience.

Guaranteed Service

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Have the experts in new home construction inspect your property and lift the quality of your new home.

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