New Build Owner's Kit
New Build Owner's Kit
You paid for the upgrades. This is how you check you got them.
The New Build Owner's Kit is an organisation kit for Australians building a new home with a builder, from signing the contract to the end of the defects period. Check your inclusions, keep every variation and payment on record, and walk into your practical completion inspection (PCI) with a clear list.
A$47 once. Eight PDF guides and checklists plus one Excel workbook, delivered as a ZIP. No physical item or subscription.
What's inside
- Start Here guide: how a build runs, who checks what, and how to set up one reliable build folder.
- Pre-start & contract review checklist: 62 things to find in your documents, plus 20 questions to ask your builder before site start.
- Inclusions & selections audit: 207 inclusion and selection prompts, room by room, to check against your signed selections. Printable, and built into the workbook.
- Six site visit checklists: slab, frame, lock-up, fixing, pre-PCI walk and PCI/handover day. What to check, what to photograph and what to ask.
- Defect log: plus how to write a defect with a location, photo reference and follow-up status.
- The Owner's Workbook (.xlsx): inclusions audit, defects, an automatic "send to builder" list, variations, progress claims, an outside-the-contract budget and a dashboard that adds it all up.
- 14 builder email scripts: polite, on-the-record emails for site visits, progress claims, variations, defects and handover, plus how to escalate calmly.
- Handover documents & keys checklist: plus your first 7 days in the new home.
- State & territory notes: the official regulator, warranty scheme and dispute body for all 8 states and territories.
Use it at every stage
Pre-start → Slab → Frame → Lock-up → Fixing → PCI → Handover → Defects period
The details
- Digital download: 8 A4 PDFs (printable; the checklists have fillable boxes) + 1 workbook (.xlsx)
- Excel workbook supplied; can be imported into Google Sheets. A computer is recommended for setup.
- Made for Australian builds: Australian terms, A4 pages, every state and territory
- 30-day money-back guarantee
For file setup and download help, see Download help. Questions about your order? Email nboksupport@gmail.com with your order number.
General information only. The kit helps you organise records and ask better questions. It doesn't replace a licensed building inspector, your building surveyor or certifier, or legal advice.
What's inside
Everything the owner is responsible for, in one kit
8 printable guides and one workbook that adds it all up. Use what you need at the stage you're at.
Catch missing upgrades
A 207-item inclusions audit, room by room, to check against your signed selections before handover.
Know what to check on site
Six stage checklists, from slab to handover day: what to look at, what to photograph and what to ask.
Keep every dollar on record
The workbook tracks variations, progress claims and costs outside your contract, and totals them on one dashboard.
Say it right, in writing
14 polite, on-the-record emails for site visits, claims, variations, defects and handover documents.
Walk into your PCI prepared
A defect log that builds your send-to-builder list, plus a handover documents and keys checklist.
Know who to call in your state
The official regulator, home warranty scheme and dispute body for all 8 states and territories.
What your inspector will not check
Your inspector checks the build. You check what you paid for.
Building surveyors and independent inspectors look at compliance, structure and workmanship. Whether the tapware, benchtop, power points and ceiling heights you signed and paid for actually turned up in the house is nobody's job but yours — and it is the part that quietly costs owners the most. That is the gap this kit closes.
- Building surveyor or certifier: mandatory compliance inspections
- Independent inspector: workmanship and defects, if you hire one (ask what their scope covers)
- You: inclusions, selections, variations, payments and paperwork
Instant download. Nothing to post back.
Delivered in minutes, free
Your download link appears straight after payment and is emailed to you. No shipping cost, no waiting.
Works on site and at home
Tick the PDF checklists on your phone or print them on A4. The workbook is an Excel file (.xlsx) and can be imported into Google Sheets.
30-day money-back guarantee
Not right for you? Email nboksupport@gmail.com within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. Nothing to return, and your Australian Consumer Law rights still apply.
Reviews
From owners building right now
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Questions
Before you buy
Ready when you are
Get the New Build Owner's Kit for $47
8 printable guides, the owner's workbook and 14 ready-to-send builder emails. Your download link appears the moment you pay, and lands in your inbox as well.
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