Browse Forums Building A New House Re: VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations 2Jan 10, 2015 4:12 pm EmmaW84 Hi there, I know there have been a few posts on this subjective topic before but am yet to see anything recent. Who would you recommend as an Independent Building Inspector for a new home? Thanks I can't give feedback yet because we are yet to start building. However, on my research and what I have read I decided to go with darbecca inspections. http://darbecca.com.au/ Cheers. Re: VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations 4Jan 14, 2015 9:11 am Thanks joea and sim_r32 I recently just heard some positive feedback re Darbecca too. Thats great. What stages are you guys getting inspections for? We are thinking frame, preplaster and handover.... Re: VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations 5Jan 14, 2015 9:43 am EmmaW84 Thanks joea and sim_r32 I recently just heard some positive feedback re Darbecca too. Thats great. What stages are you guys getting inspections for? We are thinking frame, preplaster and handover.... I would strongly recommend pre-pour or foundation inspection. I have seen a lot of builds go south due to the mistakes made at foundation and/or slab pour. We are getting the following: - Foundation - Slab/Frame Inspections - Lock up – Pre Plaster Inspections - PCI/Final Inspections And depending on how the build is going and the issue we find at lock up we might add 'Pre Paint/Fixing Inspections'. This is between lock up and PCI. Cheers. Re: VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations 6Jan 14, 2015 2:15 pm We've just moved into our home & used SPI Inspections & were very happy with the inspector that we had. Communication was excellent. He would ring sometimes whilst he was at the site or later that same day & we also received a thorough written report with photos each time. We decided to go with inspections for all 5 stages. Re: VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations 10Jan 14, 2015 8:13 pm EmmaW84 Thanks joea and Shalee. That is great you guys have been able to get so many stages. We can only afford 3 stretching to 4 inspection stages but definitely not all 5. No worries Re: VIC Independent Building Inspectors Recommendations 11Jan 14, 2015 8:14 pm Shellzmac Hi there we are currently using Darbecca...both David and Darren just fantastic and very thorough. Pay on time and receive a discount. Great to hear! Looking forward to having them on board throughout our build 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 81891 I have posted this before: We hired Darbecca to do every stage inspection, and I strongly recommend them to anyone that asks me. They were amazing. Thorough reports… 2 4506 If you are in Victoria you have a statutory right to your own building inspector regardless of builder's consent. No negotiations are required. However the builder will… 1 2940 |