by GoInspect | Sep 20, 2026 | Blog, Reports & Rectification
Most Brisbane buyers don’t realise how little time they actually have between inspection and handover. Under Queensland building contracts, a builder is required to provide at least five business days’ written notice before practical completion. That...
by GoInspect | Sep 12, 2026 | Blog, Reports & Rectification
Most builders and developers treat the defect inspection report as a homeowner tool, something produced by an independent inspector to find fault with their work. That framing is wrong, and it costs builders money. A well-structured defect inspection report for...
by GoInspect | Sep 1, 2026 | Blog, Reports & Rectification
Most new home buyers spend months choosing finishes, tracking construction milestones, and waiting for the keys. Then they walk through the finished home with the builder, nod along, sign the paperwork, and discover three months later that the bathroom tiles are...
by GoInspect | Aug 30, 2026 | Blog, Reports & Rectification
Most builders treating defect reports as a one-time handover document are flying blind. A list of issues handed over at practical completion tells you what went wrong. A defect statistics report with open and closed status tracking tells you who is underperforming,...
by GoInspect | Aug 25, 2026 | Blog, Reports & Rectification
You have just received your new home inspection report. It is 40, 60, maybe 80 pages long, packed with technical language, severity ratings, and photographs of things that look wrong but you cannot quite name. If you are a first home buyer in Brisbane, the Gold Coast,...
by GoInspect | Aug 20, 2026 | Blog, Reports & Rectification
When a plasterer patches over a framer’s mistake, or a painter rolls over a waterproofing failure, the defect does not disappear. It just becomes harder to assign, harder to rectify, and almost impossible to invoice back to the trade responsible. That is the...
