Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections
A room by room defect list before you sign off and make the last payment.
Read more →Strathtulloh pairs brand new estate homes with acreage houses decades older. Whichever you are building or buying, we find the faults while they can still be put right.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Seven visits timed to the moment each part of the build is about to disappear behind concrete, plaster or tiles.
1 Bored piers With the piers drilled and the cages lowered in, before the concrete truck arrives 
2 Slab pre-pour Once steel, pods and membrane are complete, the day before concrete 
3 Frame With trusses fixed and before wall wrap or roof sarking closes it in 
4 Lock-up (pre-plaster) Roof, windows and brickwork in, plasterboard not yet delivered 
5 Fixing Linings, doors and joinery in, painter not yet started 
6 Waterproofing Membrane cured, tiler not yet on site 
7 Pre-handover (PCI) When the builder calls practical completion, before you sign or pay the final claim A room by room defect list before you sign off and make the last payment.
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A visual AS 4349.1 inspection of significant defects and safety hazards before your cooling off ends.
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Finding the cause of cracking, leaks or movement in a home you already own.
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Building condition and a timber pest inspection under AS 4349.3 in a single visit.
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Victoria's 15 rental minimum standards checked in a Strathtulloh home before it is advertised.
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A dated photographic record of your home before earthworks start on the lot beside it.
The same six steps whether it is an Atherstone slab or a thirty year old acreage home.
Tell us the street, whether the home is under construction or already built, and what has prompted the call. For a new build, the builder's stage schedule helps us plan every visit at once.
The online form returns a figure as soon as you finish it. Nobody visits to sell you anything and nothing is booked until you say so.
We confirm a registered inspector and a slot that suits the site. If the builder brings a stage forward or pushes it back, tell us and we move with it.
The inspector works through the checklist for that stage or service, measures what can be measured and photographs every item. A thermal camera, moisture meter or drone comes out when it adds certainty.
You receive it within 24 hours: each defect with a photo, a plain description and the standard or drawing it falls short of, ready to pass straight to the site supervisor.
Ring us if the builder pushes back on an item. We explain the reasoning, point to the clause, and say honestly when something is minor enough to let go.
We hold 4.8 from Google reviews across Victoria. Read them on Google →
Appreciate all your efforts to ensure taking time to inspect all required details as per guidelines and assisting us in right directions for the Frame and pre-plaster inspection. Thank you Ty Pearson.
The inspection report was very detailed and has clear expectations with photos of the defects. Burak was also helpful when I called for further advice
Reports are consistent and thorough covering all aspects of the build stages. I don't understand myself in a lot of the aspects of building or the regulations so I'm happy I've engaged with a private building inspector.
He came few minutes earlier and started the inspection from the outside. Overall I am happy with his thorough inspection
We inspect every estate in Strathtulloh 3338 and the surrounding suburbs of Melton South, Cobblebank, Thornhill Park, Weir Views, Mount Cottrell, Rockbank and Melton. Our local inspectors are on site in Strathtulloh most weeks, so travel never adds to the price.
How to line up slab, frame, lock-up, waterproofing, fixing and PCI inspections on a new Strathtulloh home without missing a window.
The vapour barrier under a slab is invisible for the life of the house. These are the membrane faults we find before Strathtulloh pours.
Trusses on the wrong wall, missing bracing rods and plates hanging off the slab. Why frame stage is about following the load to the ground.
Building new in Strathtulloh New Strathtulloh homes go up quickly on clay ground. Here is where the build is most exposed and when an independent look pays off.Read more → Buying in Strathtulloh Strathtulloh offers two quite different purchases. What to look for depends on which side of the suburb you are buying in.Read more → 
Growth and development Strathtulloh was only named in 2017. Here is how a corner of Melton South became one of the City of Melton's growth suburbs.Read more → Permits, council and disputes Who approves a Strathtulloh build, who inspects it for the permit, and where an owner goes when the builder will not fix a defect.Read more → 
Basalt clay and why Strathtulloh homes crack The clay under Strathtulloh shrinks and swells with moisture. That decides how slabs are designed and why drainage around a house matters.Read more → 
Termites and pest risk Termites turn up throughout the western suburbs of Melbourne. In Strathtulloh the risk depends far more on what surrounds a house than on its age.Read more → What we find in Strathtulloh Slab membranes, frame load paths, roof penetrations and roof space ducts: the items that come up again and again on Strathtulloh jobs.Read more → 
Site conditions and overlays Open plains, grassland at the edges and a green wedge to the south. What to check about your own lot before you build or buy.Read more → Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Use the instant quote form for an exact figure. The price depends on the service, the size of the home and, for stage work, how many stages you book together. There is no obligation and no callback needed to see it.
Most owners take slab, frame, lock-up, waterproofing, fixing and the PCI. If you have to trim the list, keep the slab and frame visits, because once concrete and plaster are in place those defects cannot be seen again.
Yes. Pre-purchase and building and pest inspections on established Strathtulloh homes are a regular part of our work, and those houses raise different questions from the estates: older roofs, outbuildings, drainage across a big lot and timber pest conditions.
It lands within 24 hours, frequently on the evening of the visit itself. Stage reports are written so you can forward them to the builder without editing.
Yes. Our inspectors carry Building and Plumbing Commission registration and professional indemnity and public liability insurance. We are independent of every volume builder working in the area.
The National Construction Code, the relevant Australian Standards such as AS 2870 for slabs, AS 1684 for timber framing and AS 3740 for wet areas, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, and your own contract drawings.
Most Victorian domestic building contracts allow the owner reasonable access at each stage, usually by appointment with the supervisor. Check your contract and give notice; we can coordinate the time with site.
It is helpful but not essential for stage work. For the PCI and pre-purchase inspections we recommend coming, so we can walk you through the items before the report arrives.
We call you from site for anything structural or safety related, then document it fully in the report so the builder can rectify it before the next stage starts.
All of the City of Melton, including Melton South, Cobblebank, Thornhill Park, Weir Views, Rockbank and Mount Cottrell, as well as the rest of greater Melbourne.
Electrical wiring, gas, plumbing pressure, appliances and anything concealed or unsafe to reach. A licensed electrician or plumber assesses those systems. The report lists every area we could not access.
Yes. A defect investigation looks at cracking, leaks or movement in a house you already own, and a pre-purchase inspection covers a home you are thinking of buying.
Our defect reports are written for you and your builder. If a dispute goes to the Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service or VCAT, you need a separate expert witness report, which we also prepare.