Joinery in, painter not started, and the last cheap chance on the carpentry.
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Building Dispute Practitioners Society The Austral fixing stage visit recorded an internal balustrade not installed, window infills incomplete, eaves not painted, a ground floor downpipe not installed, service penetrations still to be sealed and grading still required. That is the shape of the stage: the trades that finish a house, caught before the painter arrives and covers the evidence.


Annotated findings from Fixing inspections.




1Bored piersAfter boring and cage placement, before concrete
2Slab pre-pourThe day before the pour, steel and formwork complete
3FrameOnce frame and trusses are up and the roof is on, before lining
4Lock-up (pre-plaster)After roof, cladding and external doors, before plaster
6WaterproofingAfter the membrane is applied and before any tile is laid
7Pre-handover (PCI)Two to three weeks before your handover dateInstant online pricing for Edmondson Park, or contact the booking team.
Because paint fills gaps and covers damage. Once it has, arguing that a mark or a gap was there beforehand becomes your word against the builder's.
On an internal stair, yes. It is reported as a hazard rather than as an incomplete finish, because that is what it is until it is installed.
The material closing the gap between the window frame and the wall opening. Incomplete, it is an air and water path around the whole perimeter of the window.
They are exposed timber or sheeting facing the weather. Paint is the protection, and unpainted is a durability item rather than an appearance one.
Two to three hours on most houses in this corridor.
The contract and the selections schedule, so what has been installed can be read against what you signed for.