Step 5: Handover

Final certificate issued after pre-handover inspection

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Pre-handover and final certification

Please check all work and make sure it’s complete before requesting the pre-handover inspection. Incomplete homes may result in aborted pre-handover inspections.

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Pre-handover

A pre-handover inspection is required on all plots. For warranty it is required to ensure that all new homes are completed in accordance with NHBC Standards with no defects. Where NHBC is a Registered Building Control Approver for Building Control, it is required to ensure that all completed new homes are compliant with Building Regulations.

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Certificate issued

If all defects and technical conditions have been resolved (and certification provided where required), and a satisfactory pre-handover inspection completed, the final certificate will be issued.

Inspection tools used in this step

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Technology Assisted Inspection (TAI)

This functionality allows you to upload photographs for online inspection or re-inspection by our team, sometimes avoiding the need for an inspection visit.

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