Bored piers
After boring and steel placement, before any concrete
Pier depth and diameter against the engineering, cage placement and cover, clean bases free of water and spoil
Learn more about the bored piers inspection →Hume approves a lot of volume housing and the programs are tight. We attend at each point where work is about to be covered, measure it against your engineering, and hand you something the site supervisor can act on that day.
The most serious things our inspectors find in Mickleham are structural and they are all found at slab or frame: bracing missing from the plans, slabs out of level, trusses landing on walls not built to carry them.
After boring and steel placement, before any concrete
Pier depth and diameter against the engineering, cage placement and cover, clean bases free of water and spoil
Learn more about the bored piers inspection →
The day before the pour, while pods, steel and formwork are open
Waffle pods fixed down, reinforcement laps at the minimum, concrete cover, bar chairs, pipes capped and formwork straight
Learn more about the slab pre-pour inspection →
Once the frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before sarking and cladding
Bracing against the engineering plans, slab level, frame overhang at the slab edge, truss bearing points and tie-down straps
Learn more about the frame inspection →
After roof, cladding and external doors, before the plasterer
Sarking laps and tears, window rubber flashings, cladding to ground clearance, infills above windows and penetrations sealed
Learn more about the lock-up (pre-plaster) inspection →
Once mouldings, doors and joinery are in and before painting
Eave caulking, control joints left clear of render, Hebel panel condition, door damage and capping fixing method
Learn more about the fixing inspection →
After the membrane is applied and before the tiler starts
Membrane completeness across every wet area, shower recess formed, falls to waste and junctions sealed
Learn more about the waterproofing inspection →
About a week before your practical completion date
Roof and cappings, ceiling structure, downpipe fixing, isolation joints, tiling, ducting and the termite notice
Learn more about the pre-handover (PCI) inspection →One finding from each stage of a Mickleham build, taken from the inspector's report.
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections The inspection before you accept keys, which in Mickleham still turns up structure as well as finishes. 
Defect Investigation Reports Tracing water back to where it is actually getting in, and setting out what the standard requires. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections What a Hume corridor home is really like behind the presentation, reported under AS 4349.1. 
Building and Pest Inspections Building and timber pest together, including whether the termite barrier has been bridged. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record of your home before the block beside you is built out. 
Expert Witness Reports Prepared to the VCAT expert evidence practice note when a dispute reaches the tribunal. 
Pre-Listing Inspections See what a buyer's inspector will see, before your home goes on the market. 
Insurance Claim Assessments An independent assessment of damage to support an insurance claim. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Slab and frame. Every major structural item our inspectors have recorded in Mickleham came from one of those two, because that is where the load path is set.
Our inspectors work visually and by hand only. We do not energise or test electrical work, pressure test plumbing, carry out destructive investigation, certify engineering or sample soil. Those sit with the licensed trades, the engineer and your building surveyor.
Usually. Tell us as soon as your supervisor confirms the date, because these move constantly.