Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
The last chance to get it on paper before the keys, from roof ducts to basin wastes.
Read more →From the first Mandalay streets to the new releases west of the Hume, we inspect Beveridge homes at every stage and write it up the same day or next.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Seven Beveridge build stages checked against your engineering, from waffle pod beams to the final handover list.
1 Bored piers Once the holes are bored and cages set, before any concrete 
2 Slab pre-pour With steel tied and pods placed, the day before concrete 
3 Frame Frame standing and trusses on, before wrap and sarking 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Roof, windows and external doors in, before insulation and plaster 
5 Fixing Cabinetry, doors and trims fitted, painters not yet started 
6 Waterproofing Membrane on and cured, tiles not yet laid 
7 Pre-handover (PCI) Roughly a week before the builder hands over The last chance to get it on paper before the keys, from roof ducts to basin wastes.
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A measured answer to a crack, leak or sticking door that keeps coming back.
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An AS 4349.1 check of the Beveridge house you are buying, before the contract binds you.
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Building and timber pests in one Beveridge visit, starting with the water around the walls.
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Your Beveridge rental checked against all 15 Victorian minimum standards before it is advertised.
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A dated photo record of your house before the lot next door is excavated or built on.
The same six steps whether it is one slab check or a full build.
Tell us the stage, the builder and the date the trades expect to finish.
You see the figure online before you commit to anything.
We confirm site access and the inspector who will attend.
Measured, photographed and checked against your drawings.
Numbered findings in your inbox within a day of the visit.
Call the same inspector when the builder answers back.
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Josh report was detailed and meticulous in identifying 35 defects including 2 safety non-compliances. Great job
He is very punctual and professional during the inspection. He explains the inspection very clearly.
Peter has done many home inspections for me and is fantastic at his job. Always very pleasant to deal with as well.
We inspect every estate in Beveridge 3753 and the surrounding suburbs of Wallan, Kalkallo, Donnybrook, Mickleham, Wollert and Craigieburn. Our local inspectors are on site in Beveridge most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
The beams between the pods carry the house. Pods that move narrow them.
Waste points cast in the wrong spot surface when the walls go up.
Where roof load lands decides whether walls and ceilings crack.
Building new in Beveridge Waffle pod slabs, big new precincts and a frame stage that decides how the house carries load.Read more → 
Buying in Beveridge Mandalay homes are now old enough to show their weak points. Here is where to look.Read more → 
Growth and development A Ned Kelly township turning into one of Melbourne's largest planned growth areas.Read more → Permits, council and disputes Mitchell Shire, your building surveyor, and the path if a builder will not fix things.Read more → 
Volcanic ground and slabs Clay over basalt below Mount Fraser, and why the slab design has to suit it.Read more → 
Termite and pest risk Protection is installed early and disturbed easily. Here is how it fails.Read more → What we actually find in Beveridge Slab beams, frame load paths and the roof space: our recurring Beveridge items.Read more → 
Wind, roofs and site conditions Open grassland and an exposed plain shape how a Beveridge roof is tied down.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Request an instant quote online. The figure depends on the service, the stage, the size of the house and whether you want several stages booked together, and it is fixed once you accept it.
Yes. We work across Mandalay, the older township streets around Kelly Street, Alkyra and the newer releases toward Wallan and Kalkallo.
Most bookings are attended within two to four working days. Stage visits are timed to the day your builder says the trade has finished.
Within a day of the inspection, usually by that evening for a stage check.
Frame, followed closely by the slab. Our most serious Beveridge findings have been trusses landing on walls not built to carry them, tie-downs missing from the engineering, and slab beams pinched by waffle pods.
Most of Beveridge is in Mitchell Shire, with a smaller part inside the City of Whittlesea. Your rates notice or planning certificate shows which council covers your lot.
The Building and Plumbing Commission, which replaced the VBA. Your building surveyor issues the building permit and, at the end, the occupancy permit.
The National Construction Code, the relevant Australian Standards such as AS 2870 for slabs and AS 1684 for framing, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, and the engineering for your lot.
Yes. You are paying for the house, and a standard Victorian domestic building contract does not stop you engaging your own inspector. We arrange access through the site supervisor.
Yes. Pre-purchase and building and pest inspections make up a large part of our Beveridge work, because many Mandalay homes are now well past their first decade.
Each finding names the clause or drawing it relies on, so the conversation moves to the document. If it stays unresolved, the Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service (formerly DBDRV) and then VCAT are the next steps.
Yes. A reinspection confirms each item was put right, and is best done before the next trade covers it.
No. The building surveyor inspects mandatory notification stages for permit purposes. We inspect for you, against the contract, the drawings and the standards, in more detail.