Your practical completion inspection is one of the most important stages of your build. It may also be your final opportunity to walk through the completed home and raise items before handover and final payment.
Arriving with a clear written checklist makes it easier to work through the home carefully, record anything that needs attention and keep a proper record of what was raised.
This free 6-page guide includes two of the six stage checklists from the New Build Owner's Kit: your pre-PCI owner walk, and PCI and handover day.
Print the checklists on A4, or tick them in a PDF app that supports form filling.
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What is included
Pre-PCI owner walk
A structured checklist to help you work through the home before your formal inspection, including what to check, what to photograph and what to discuss with your site supervisor.
PCI and handover day
A practical checklist for the day itself, including items to check throughout the home, what to record and what to collect before handover.
Site visit guidance
Important safety reminders for visiting your build, along with guidance on matters that should be raised with your building surveyor, certifier or independent building inspector.
How to use it on the day
The checklist tells you what to look at. For how to prepare, how much time to ask for, and how to write up defects so they get fixed, read the guide: Practical completion inspection (PCI): how to prepare and what to check. It pairs well with the inclusions checklist, so you can confirm you got the finishes you paid for as well as spotting defects.
Who is it for?
This checklist is designed for Australians building a new home with a licensed builder under a building contract.
It can be used across volume builds, custom builds, house and land packages and knockdown rebuilds.
It is not designed for owner-builders.
What about the rest of the build?
PCI is only one part of the process.
Long before you reach practical completion, you may already have approved selections, upgrades and variations, received multiple progress claims and accumulated months of emails and paperwork.
The full New Build Owner's Kit is designed to help you keep track of those details from one place.
It includes a 207-item inclusions audit, all six site visit checklists, a 62-point contract review, defect tracking, 14 builder email templates, notes covering all 8 Australian states and territories, and an Excel workbook for tracking variations, progress claims and costs outside your original contract.
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The New Build Owner's Kit provides general information and organisational tools only. It does not replace advice or services provided by a licensed building inspector, building surveyor, certifier, lawyer or other appropriately qualified professional.