Browse Forums Building A New House Re: handover / 3 month maintenance check question 28Dec 12, 2008 7:59 am VJ Quote: Hi VJ, great post, interesting points!!! if you don't mind me asking what sorts of things did he pick up on, got me worried now, cause we didn't use one, but im sure those who haven't had an inspection can look out for.... hi woodsey, some of the defects (against BC tolerances/standards) that Kev picked up were: - the exhaust fan fitted into the powder room ceiling does not have a duct fitted, therefore the contaminated air would not go out (will just blow into the ceiling/first floor joist space (imagine, SS gave the excuse that it wasn't part of our contract? what the ? it's a BCA requirement! ) - timber packing strips fitted in behind garage door tracks are only normal radiata pine (class 4 durability) - if timber is used externally, above ground and exposed, should be of durability class 1 or 2 - timber window frames - hard up to the underside, no sufficient clearance - plaster walls that are not plub (lots of areas) - ceiling and cornice lines that are out of level - tiled face of the bath island hob is out of plumb over its short height - bathroom floor falls away from the centre of the door opening towards the vanity cabinet - bedroom floor that is up to 20mm out of level across the rear wall - face of the opening of the study is out of plumb (by 10mm) - dining window had several scratches (we didn't notice it!) - timber sill of bifold doorframe (no sill flashing) - kitchen window side reveals - not plumb - gutters that were scratched - Kev asked to replace and not spray paint, as it was suggested by the supplier. we even had to provide them with the document from the manufacturer recommending no touch-ups to be done if the scratched area is substantial. The report mentioned the BCA codes/Australian Standards that were violated. the last one, we noticed. but the rest, we didn't! we only noticed paint issues, scratches.. and the only major one we complained about was the visible joins to the cladding. so really... let the experts do the inspection for you. it's all worth it. WOW that is ALOT and l must say as an 'inexperienced' person to building industry (as lm guess most of us are!), we wouldn't know to look for half of those things! Now im worried, hopefully nothing is wrong with our house! Does Big Kev do three month inspection? i guess the restrictions there is half the things he may pick up on we properly won't be able to claim under 'maintenance' am i right? VJ someone mentioned about trusting the SS. we also trusted our SS. we were so happy when we left during the prehandover inspection. but he looked trustworthy because he was hiding so much from us! when we saw Kev's inspection, we realised that he tricked us into accepting those major defects! I was teh same as you, l thought we were lucky and had the best SS, now, we have spoken to $imonds head office and told them we don't want to deal with him, the minute we handed over the money he went from friendly 'can do' attitude to cbf! goes to show it was all for show so we wouldn't say anything and he would get his final pay check now we are left trying to sort out his mess! i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98680 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71811 yes it does, you've just not understood it. theres a difference. 4 5322 |