Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 22, 2011 11:21 pm Hi, I am building a house at Craigieburn VIC and according to the builder I get to have 2 site inspection with the site supervisor (1. Before plasterboard are hung, to inspect frames etc. 2. Final handover.). I am thinking of getting independent building consultant to go with me for that 2 inspections. Any recommendation for independent building consultant? I am thinking of the following: 1. Archicentre 2. Association of building consultants 3. Reportsplus 4. Melbourne building consulting Re: Recommended independent building consultant? 2Mar 23, 2011 7:02 pm I've narrowed down 3 building consultants for you in Melbourne. People in this forum have talked about them a lot (both good and bad). Don't use the search functinality in this forum. It's not very accurate. Instead, use Google effectively to crawl within forum.homeone.com.au as demonstrated below. New Home Inspections (Kevin McDonald) http://www.google.com.au/search?q=newhomeinspections+OR+nhi+OR+"new+home+inspections"+site%3Aforum.homeone.com.au FinalInspect (Peter Limburg) http://www.google.com.au/search?q=finalinspect+Limburg+OR+peter+site%3Aforum.homeone.com.au Darbecca (Darren Love) http://www.google.com.au/search?q=darbecca+darren+OR+%22darren+love%22+OR+qaireporting+site%3Aforum.homeone.com.au Re: Recommended independent building consultant? 3Mar 23, 2011 7:13 pm zeitgeber New Home Inspections (Kevin McDonald) http://www.google.com.au/search?q=newhomeinspections+OR+nhi+OR+"new+home+inspections"+site%3Aforum.homeone.com.au we used this one and were very happy. I think the search function here is working fine. I just keyed in the words "independent inspector" and got lots of relevant results. but do whatever works for you! "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. That is a really good attitude Akin to you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I do enjoy watching that tik tok inspector from Victoria but he does go a little… 12 81883 It is true that a builder can ignore your independent inspection report as it is not part of the contractual arrangement but that is stupid because he cannot avoid fixing… 9 46854 |