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Home Inspection Services for Flat Buyers, Sellers and Owners, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai
An independent, instrumented record of what you are about to pay for, from a laboratory with no repair contract to win from it, set out in a written defect register.
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In brief
TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. provides home inspection services in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai for flat buyers, sellers and owners: the instruments of a full structural audit applied to one flat, run from its Mahape civil testing laboratory, accredited under NABL certificate NABLT0726MH18640 for the reinforced-concrete methods. No statute requires the inspection and no certificate is filed with any authority.
- A written report after the site visit, with its date confirmed in the quotation.
- A defect register with photographs, locations, a severity grade and an indicative rectification cost against every item, and a plain list of what to settle before you take possession.
- The snapshot your five-year defect liability rests on. Section 14(3) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 gives the allottee five years from handover to raise a structural or workmanship defect. The argument is far easier when the condition at handover was recorded by an independent laboratory, with the instrument named against each reading.
- Bulk programmes for developers at handover, for housing federations across a society or a layout, and for corporate relocation and leasing teams. TCR has held a three-year rate contract with Godrej Properties across the Mumbai Zone since April 2026, on the same laboratory and the same bench.
What is inspected
Nine areas, each with an instrument behind it rather than an opinion, and each recorded with a photograph, a location, a severity grade and an indicative rectification cost. Where the structure itself is in question, the reinforced-concrete methods of the statutory audit run on the same visit, and those are on the accredited scope.
| Area | What is checked |
|---|---|
| Structure | Structural elements visible within the unit and on its common approach: cracks, spalling, exposed reinforcement, deflection, evidence of settlement |
| Dampness and seepage | Moisture measurement and thermography across ceilings, walls, wet areas and external walls, with the source traced to plumbing, terrace, external facade or an adjacent unit |
| Plumbing | Pressure and drainage checks, trap and slope verification, leak points, tank and pump condition |
| Electrical safety | Earthing resistance, insulation resistance, polarity, residual current device operation, panel and MCB adequacy, wiring type and age, unauthorised extensions |
| Tiling and plaster | Hollowness survey for debonded floor and wall tiles and hollow plaster |
| Joinery | Door and window operation, alignment, rot, rust and sealing |
| Geometry | Floor level and wall plumb |
| Ventilation and daylight | Openable area, cross-ventilation, daylight adequacy |
| Water | Potability and construction-water parameters per IS 3025, on request |
Where the structure itself is in question, the reinforced-concrete methods of the structural audit page run on the same visit: ultrasonic pulse velocity, rebound hammer, half-cell potential and carbonation depth, all at items 70 to 76 of NABL certificate NABLT0726MH18640.
Who buys this, and at which moment
Five buyers, each buying the same thing at a different moment: an independent, instrumented number to set against somebody else's assurance, taken before the money moves rather than argued about afterwards. The moment decides what the report is worth.
| Buyer | The moment | What closes it |
|---|---|---|
| Resale flat buyer | Between the agreement and the payment | An independent number against the seller's assurance |
| New-purchase allottee | At handover, before possession | The RERA Section 14(3) snapshot |
| Housing federation or society | Across a layout, alongside the statutory audit | One mobilisation across every unit |
| Developer | At handover, as a quality gate | The snag list closed before the customer finds it |
| Corporate relocation and leasing | Before signing a lease, and again at exit | Condition of record at both ends |
What we say, and what we will not say
Home inspection in India is an unregulated commercial service. Nobody licenses it, nobody audits the inspectors, and any firm claiming a government approval for it is claiming something that does not exist. That is the argument for choosing an accredited laboratory, and it is not a licence to imply a status nobody holds.
What this report is. Independent, instrumented, accredited where the method is accredited, with no repair contract behind it. A defect register with an indicative rectification cost against each item.
What it is not. It is not a "certified home inspection", it is not government approved, there is no such thing as a RERA-approved inspection, and no certificate is filed with any authority. Nothing here guarantees a flat is defect-free; it records what was found on the day, by whom, with what instrument.
TCR does not carry out repairs. That is why the report is worth reading.
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Frequently asked questions
Is home inspection mandatory in India?
No. It is an unregulated commercial service. No statute requires it, no authority licenses the inspectors and no certificate is filed with anyone. That is why the independence of the laboratory, and the instrument named against each reading, matters.
When should it be done?
Before possession is taken and before the final payment. On a resale, between the agreement and the payment. Once the money has moved, the report becomes a record rather than a lever.
What does a home inspection before possession check?
The structure visible within the flat and its common approach, dampness and seepage by moisture measurement and thermography, plumbing pressure and drainage, electrical safety by earthing and insulation resistance, polarity and RCD operation, tile and plaster hollowness, doors and windows, floor level and wall plumb, and water on request. Each finding carries a photograph, location and severity grade.
Does it help with a RERA claim?
It records the condition at handover, which is what the five-year defect liability under Section 14(3) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 turns on. The Act gives the allottee five years from possession to raise a structural or workmanship defect; a dated, instrumented record of the condition on the day of handover is what turns that from an argument into a comparison.
Do you also do the repairs?
No. TCR is a testing laboratory and has no repair contract to win from the finding. That is why the report is worth reading.
Is a home inspection the same as a snagging inspection?
It covers more. A snagging inspection is usually a visual list of finishing and workmanship defects at handover. TCR's home inspection records those and adds instrumented readings: moisture mapping and thermography for seepage, earthing and insulation resistance for wiring, a hollowness survey for tiles and plaster, and floor level and wall plumb, each with a photograph and a severity grade.