The walk through before you take keys, written down properly. Every unfinished, damaged or out of tolerance item goes on a numbered list while the builder still has to fix it at their cost.
A Donnybrook pre-handover inspection is assessed against your contract and selections, the Guide to Standards and Tolerances 2015, the National Construction Code and ABCB Housing Provisions, AS 3740 for wet areas and AS 3700 for masonry.
0 checkpoints across 0 areas on a standard Donnybrook pre-handover (PCI) inspection. Where something is locked, sealed or buried under stored material on the day, it goes in the report as not inspected. We never mark unreachable work as satisfactory.
Straight from Donnybrook practical completion reports.
New Construction Stage Inspections Seven checks through a Donnybrook build, each timed for the moment before the work vanishes behind the next trade. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections What a Donnybrook home is actually like behind the presentation, reported under AS 4349.1. 
Building and Pest Inspections Building and timber pest together, starting with whether the termite barrier has been bridged. 
Defect Investigation Reports Measuring what failed against what was required, so the argument stops being about opinion. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record of your property before construction starts alongside it. Expert Witness Reports Prepared to the VCAT expert evidence practice note where a dispute reaches the tribunal. Pre-Listing Inspections Find what a buyer's inspector will find, before your home is listed. 
Insurance Claim Assessments An independent assessment of damage to support a claim. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Around a week. That leaves room for us to attend, write it up, and for you to put the list in front of the builder before signing anything.
Circuits are not energised, plumbing is not pressure tested, heating and cooling are not commissioned, appliances and automatic garage door safety systems are not tested, and concealed framing or anything blocked by stored goods is not inspected. Those belong with the licensed trades and the certifier.
They do here. Damp proof courses hidden from view and weep holes at the wrong height have both been recorded on Donnybrook handovers, and neither is a finish issue.
