New Construction Stage Inspections
Your Builder Has a Supervisor. You Still Need Someone on Your Side.
Independent construction stage inspections delivered by an experienced team with more than 40 years of building and property industry knowledge.
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COSTUMER EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Why Customers Choose Our Inspections
40+ Years in the Industry
Decades of hands-on experience means nothing gets missed.
3,800+ Victorian Customers
Trusted by thousands of homeowners and buyers across Victoria.
Detailed Photographic Reports
Clear, photo-rich reports delivered the same day as your inspection.
Registered Experienced Team
Our inspectors are fully registered and trained professionals.
COSTUMER EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Why Customers Choose Our Inspections
40+ Years in the Industry
Decades of hands-on experience means nothing gets missed.
3,800+ Victorian Customers
Trusted by thousands of homeowners and buyers across Victoria.
Detailed Photographic Reports
Clear, photo-rich reports delivered the same day as your inspection.
Registered Experienced Team
Our inspectors are fully registered and trained professionals.
What You Receive
- Following each inspection, you receive a written report documenting the visible issues identified at that stage.
- This gives you a clearer record that can be provided to the builder for review and rectification.
The MPF team can also explain which items appear significant, which may require urgent attention and which should be reviewed during the next construction stage.
Don't Wait Until It's Too Late
Finding a Defect Early Is Easier Than Fixing It Later
Building a new home should be exciting.
Unfortunately, it can also become stressful when workmanship issues are discovered after walls have been closed, tiles installed or the property handed over.
A stage inspection gives you an independent set of experienced eyes at important points during construction.
The objective is to work in conjunction with the builder.
It is to identify visible concerns while the relevant work is still accessible and while rectification may be simpler and less disruptive.
Mandatory Inspections Are Not Always Quality-Control Inspections
A building surveyor conducts mandatory inspections at prescribed stages to assess particular regulatory requirements.
Those inspections serve an important purpose, but they may not involve a detailed assessment of every finish, tolerance or element of workmanship throughout the property.
An independent stage inspection is undertaken for you.
The MPF team provides an additional layer of oversight focused on visible construction quality, defects, incomplete work and potential departures from plans, standards or accepted tolerances.
Common Inspection Stages
How the Process Works
Depending on the construction and your agreement with the builder, inspections may be conducted at stages including:
01
Initial Consultation
The initial conversation, is to understand what they are building, single or double storey, how many bedrooms and bathrooms, with which builder and where the build is. I request their email address in order to send them a written quote.
02
Quote Follow-Up
I follow up with the client a couple of days after the quote being sent out, if they haven't contacted me back. We discuss what inspections they would like, how many, and which ones I would recommend as a minimum and why.
03
Documentation & Site Contacts
If they are happy to proceed, I need the drawings of the build, both architectural and structural. I also need the name and phone number of the building site supervisor.
04
Builder & Supervisor Introduction
I ask them to contact the builder and let the builder know that they have engaged my services, I then contact the site supervisor to introduce myself and from there onwards, I try and deal directly with the site supervisor to organise the site inspections.
05
Post-Inspection Reporting
After each inspection, a verbal report is given to the client, and the report is sent to the client and the site supervisor that day.
06
Invoicing
Each inspection is invoiced separately, after the inspection has been done, again there are no up front costs
07
Rectification Accountability
At each subsequent inspection the rectification works will be checked from the last report, and if they have not been carried out they will be re-reported
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS?
Construction Inspection Questions
Does a stage inspection replace the mandatory building surveyor inspection?
No. Independent stage inspections don’t replace the regulatory inspections carried out by your building surveyor under the building permit. They provide an additional, independent perspective for you as the homeowner, separate from the surveyor’s role. We work for you, the building surveyor works for the builder.
Why does timing matter so much for stage inspections?
Once a stage is complete and covered over, for example once the slab is poured or the plaster goes up, defects underneath become extremely difficult and costly to fix. Each inspection needs to happen once the builder advises the stage is ready, but before work progresses to the next phase.
Do I need to inspect every single stage?
Do I need to attend the inspection myself?
Generally, people choose not to attend. You are welcome to, however, if you are attending site you will need to get permission from the builder to enter.
Do Not Wait Until Handover to Discover What Has Already Been Covered
Arrange independent inspections at key stages of your build.