Tie-down bolts on a Point Cook frame
Drawn on the engineering, and sometimes never fitted.
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The vapour barrier on a Point Cook slab
Under the steel, under the whole slab, and branded.
Cut bracing and posi-strut chords in Point Cook
Damage done after the frame already passed.
A pre-handover checklist for a Point Cook home
Including the safety items owners rarely think to test.
Balustrades and fall safety in Point Cook homes
Height, fixing, and why both get missed.
Reinspection before settlement in Point Cook
Confirming the list was worked through.
Slab movement in twenty year old Point Cook homes
Measured, not estimated.
Grading and drainage on an established Point Cook block
Twenty years of gardens change where water goes.
What to check in a Point Cook home before offering
A few minutes at the open inspection.
Mature gardens and termite risk in Point Cook
Twenty years of landscaping against the wall.
Mould in a Point Cook home and what it indicates
The visible end of a moisture problem.
What a timber pest inspection covers in Point Cook
AS 4349.3 without the marketing.
Box gutter overflows in Point Cook
An overflow you cannot see is not doing its job.
Waterproof membrane thickness in Point Cook wet areas
A membrane can look finished and still be too thin.
Settling a structural dispute with the drawing
In Point Cook the argument usually ends at the engineering.
Locks and window latches in a Point Cook rental
Two of the 15 Victorian rental standards are about keeping a home secure. What the locks and windows standards ask of a Point Cook property, and where they usually fail.
Reading a rental minimum standards report for a Point Cook property
What each part of a Victorian rental standards report means, how to turn it into a repair list, and when to call a tradesperson for a Point Cook rental.
Bathrooms, toilets and hidden leaks in Point Cook rentals
How the bathrooms, toilets and structural standards deal with leaking showers and wet floors, and what a Point Cook landlord should look for between tenants.