Browse Forums Building A New House Re: New Home building inspections. why?? 2Apr 30, 2012 5:43 pm For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: New Home building inspections. why?? 3Apr 30, 2012 5:44 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: New Home building inspections. why?? 7Feb 02, 2013 4:34 pm I've so far had an inspector do a frame and lock-up inspection, and while the list he found wasn't particularly long, some of the things he found weren't exactly minor issues. Some examples are that the timber used in one section of the external structural walls wasn't up to the right grade, there's a very large (14mm) drop in the actual slab concrete, they blocked a drain that the engineers report said "don't block!", and they installed the Hebel panels entirely wrong (no flashings in places). There's also been walls and door frames which have been out of plumb, and significant bowing in walls and skirting. The most significant ones I've noticed though, was that they installed a tile splashback and not the glass splashback that had been ordered; They've installed all the data returns in to two standard electrical panels instead of a single Krone panel; And the glass in the front door is transparent, not obscured. I've reported the first one; I don't reckon they'll do anything about the second one, and the third one I want to clear up on ambiguity because I reckon they'll say "no, that's the right glass". Building a Delta 21 at Craigieburn - http://homeofzero.blogspot.com.au/ Deposit: 26/02. Contract: 22/05. Settlement: 29/05. Site start: 18/10. You have mandatory building inspections and privately engaged building inspections. The difference between the two comes down to inspecting the building so it's safe and… 3 13048 6 7972 That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 13731 |