Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Clarendon - Private Building Inspector 6Mar 30, 2019 9:57 am Norfolk That's great, unfortunately my experience with Metricon was different. They did not rectify defects noted in the reports at the appropriate time, even breaching a NSWDFT recification and completion order. Regarding Clarendon, I heard from a friend that Clarendon had actually paid Themselves for an independent inspector on a build to ensure quality. Very positive! Not sure about their own inspector. If they had one, he didn’t pick up many issues! Thankfully we didn’t have any major issues but they were mostly identified by our inspector, not theirs. Mind you I was also on site a lot and also picked up somethings our inspector missed. Re: Building with Clarendon - Private Building Inspector 7Sep 27, 2019 2:10 pm Hi, would you mind letting me know which building inspector you used. I am also about to commence the building process in Sydney and would like to use a private building inspector. Re: Building with Clarendon - Private Building Inspector 8Sep 27, 2019 2:17 pm I used housepect, best you accompany the inspector onsite, also do your own visits with the SS, don’t be rushed, make sure you understand all the issues identified because you will need to negotiate the rectifications directly with your builder. The inspector won’t do this as they are your consultant. If you already have a contract, is the inspection cost stated in there? If not they would be forced to issue you a variation which you could of course object to. 12 25886 I would send it to the certifier who is technically your representative and working on your behalf not the builder's 1 2281 Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 11763 |