PCI Inspection

Mostly finished product

It was now our turn to be presented our new home and inspect / flag defects to be resolved. We made it an early start to get on top of things.

The pretty much has the Site Supervisor (SS), taking you around the house to explain and show things, along with OHS/Carlisle type explanations (how to use items, etc). While this happens, you flag any items that you believe are not satisfactory and if the SS agrees he will write it down on his list.



Noteworthy (well off the top of my head!) items that we flagged:

General:

• Most power points not flush / not a solid fixing
• Some light switches not flush/solid
• Range of blemisshes on paintwork
• Top and bottom of all doors not painted
• Metal strip between flooring types had large dents in it (doors dropped on it or otherwise)
  

Kitchen:

• Cracked cupboard underneath
• Small scratch in the ceaserstone bench-top
• Power point not slimline 
• faulty draw (didn't close properly)
• Unnecessary hole in shelf under sink.

Front of house (Inside)

• Secondary front door pin still (hold second door in place)
• Cleaning of excess varnish off windows on the door
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Master Bedroom

•  Minor adjustments to walk in robe

 Master Ensuite

• Cracked Basin (1 known about, 1 new!) - 2 of 2 faulty
• Only partial seal where the kickrail meets the floor under the cupboards
• Uneven cupboards
• No sealing on the back of basins
• Toilet yet to be installed

 Hallway

• Exposed metal corner in plaster
• Multiple blemishes
• Several dents/chips
• One uneven floorboard/bow
  

Powder Room

• Was missing tiles as per diagrams
• Multiple holes in the plaster
• No sealing of the basin at the rear

Bed 2

• No items - small bedrooms are pretty basic

Bed 3

• As Above

Bed 4

• As Above

Bathroom

• Shower tiles not aligned properly
• No sealing on the edge of the shower
• No sealing on the back of basins

Lounge

•  Side of door not painted well

Living

• Nothing note worthy

Rumpus

• Hole in the wall (wrong spot for light switch...)
• Window extremely stiff to open

Roof Space:

• Leak from unsealed vent in ceiling from heating

External

• Gaps between roof / other external areas where water could get in
• Mortar color issues
• Down pipe not bolted down
• Insufficient drainage
• Alfresco beams not painted sufficiently 

Garage

• Multiple and very visible joins in cornices 

Other:

• Damage to our fence after all trades have been done... (our expense to fix (as per contract)- how does it happens at the end of a build??) 
• Soil not angled away from house in most cases & pooling of water on the edge of slab

SE Water:

• Extremely poor front tap install - leaking all over the place - after taking months to get it installed and being billed for it well in advance...

In total there was just over 80 defects listed, of varying degrees. We hope to see these addressed in full, inclusive of the inspectors report/items.

Our Final inspection / settlement looks to be about two weeks away, to allow time for consecutive trade tasks to happen. It may take some time to ensure that all the jobs are attended to properly and that sloppy workman ship doesn't happen again on the day...

Unfortunately we did feel (and we were) rushed with things (and the SS had to go to another site / double booking...). This did drop our satisfaction with the Carlisle quality and was not ideal. We will be applying plenty of scrutiny at the settlement to make sure the items are address / any additional faults they may have caused while fixing other things.

We have hoped that we have picked up on as many things as possible (lots of angles for rooms and viewing as much items / inspecting paintwork).