Bored piers
After boring and cage placement, before concrete
Depth and diameter against the engineering, cage centred with cover, bases clean and free of water
Learn more about the bored piers inspection →Seven checkpoints across a Riverstone build, each timed before the work is closed in.
Two things are worth saying plainly about stage inspections here. The first is that we run them, across the full sequence from slab to handover. The second is that Riverstone has not booked them often enough for us to hold a stage photo library, which is why the pages below are written rather than illustrated. What our handover work in this suburb does show is why the earlier stages matter: weep holes missing, weep holes at the wrong height, weep holes not sitting on their flashing, and damp proof course detail, all being caught at practical completion when they should have been caught at lock-up.
After boring and cage placement, before concrete
Depth and diameter against the engineering, cage centred with cover, bases clean and free of water
Learn more about the bored piers inspection →
The day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
Vapour barrier continuous, cover to reinforcement, beam geometry, penetrations set out, recesses formed
Learn more about the slab pre-pour inspection →
Once frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
Tie downs and bracing against the schedule, bearing at supports, plate fixings, damage from following trades
Learn more about the frame inspection →
After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
Weep holes formed and on their flashing, damp proof course, sarking, flashings and capping, services clear of structure
Learn more about the lock-up (pre-plaster) inspection →
After mouldings, doors and joinery, before the painter
Skirtings and architraves undamaged, cabinetry gaps, door seals top and bottom, render coats complete
Learn more about the fixing inspection →
After the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
Coverage and terminations, falls to the waste, junctions and penetrations sealed, membrane undamaged
Learn more about the waterproofing inspection →
Two to three weeks before your handover date
Weep holes, damp proof course, flashings and capping, drainage, wet area fittings, caulking, paint and joinery
Learn more about the pre-handover (PCI) inspection →Every photograph below is from a practical completion inspection, and every one is an item that belongs to an earlier stage.
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections The service Riverstone books, and the detailed part of this site. Defect Investigation Reports One failure, and whether it was a defect or an event. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections A visual inspection to AS 4349.1, old stock and new alike. 
Building and Pest Inspections Both inspections in one attendance, reported apart. 
Dilapidation Reports Dated photographs of your property before neighbouring work starts. NCAT Expert Witness Reports Expert evidence to the tribunal's direction if a matter reaches it. 
Pre-Listing Inspections See the report a buyer's inspector will write, while timing is yours. 
Insurance Claim Assessments An impartial account of damage and cause for an assessor. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Because we have not been booked for enough stage work in Riverstone to build a library, and borrowing images from a neighbouring suburb would invite you to read them as local. The pages say what we check instead of showing somebody else's job.
That an item which should have been resolved at lock-up survived all the way to practical completion. It is a strong argument for inspecting earlier, because at handover you are relying on the builder to open up finished brickwork.
Nothing in a standard NSW residential contract gives them that right, and the property is yours. We give notice and work around whoever is on site.