Hi all,
Potential slab down this week - exciting - but just got back from holidays so taken aback and need to advise builder of my building inspector and stages.
Just wondering if any perth residents can recommend inspectors who are very, very good and detailed at what they do, with reasonable pricing?
A few i have emailed and waiting for sample building reports and quotes:
Arrow Point Inspection
Resicert
Perth Home Building Inspections
Master Building Inspectors
Houspect
Jim's inspections
Best West Building (has the most reviews on google - 69, but unsure how many are 'family and friends' given no other builder tends to have more than 10 even on google?)
Choice building inspections
(plus a few others here and there found via google)
Would appreciate any recommendations or 'experiences' - good and especialyl the bad, if anyone has used any? Given how important of an investment it is I'd definitely want someone good.
Also - what would one recommend as to the stages to do inspections?
I am getting conflicting advice from inspectors where some say a slab pour is not required as council inspects these, and this is the main thing the builders get right or the liability would be huge, while others recommend even a pre-slab stage pour for footings, mesh etc to be inspected?
Other stages:
Bricks -plate height
Roof on
Lock up
PCI /handover?
Seems most say do a roof on, and another at PCI. I get the odd company that offer lock up stage, or brick height. Between say roof on and lock up do most plumbing and electricals go in - in which case is it best to do this stage too? Choice building inspections details probably all the stages possible, although what stages seem to vary from inspector to inspector (http://www.choicebuildinginspections.co ... nspections)
One inspector has even emailed me back to say he only does PCI as he doesn't believe progress stages are necessary as everything can be inspected at PCI? I would argue that some (to an extent) stages are required, otherwise how can you leave structural issues till the end, as they cannot be physically corrected?
Would appreciate any guidance.
Thanks,