Construction is finished: which documents and checks remain before using your home?
A nearly finished house makes you want to schedule moving day. Finished surfaces, correspondence with the design and conditions and documents for occupation are different matters. Confirm the applicable use procedure, address construction changes and organise a handover explaining operation and care before occupying. This starts well before the final site day.
The 2026 revision provides different use notifications depending on whether work occurred and its type. After building or renovating, confirm completion and correspondence with the applicable design. A new home and a change of use without equivalent prior work may follow different routes. There is no universal “move in ten days after completion” rule.
Completion has three dimensions
We follow physical execution, application status and owner handover together. Check work and systems; with responsible professionals, compare construction to the valid design, treat changes and identify the use notification; gather operating and maintenance information. Coordinating these prevents paperwork from hiding among small finishes.
Our engineers and supervisors manage employees and providers while keeping clients informed. We present a complete initial schedule and photographic updates almost weekly. This also records decisions needed for closure. It cannot remove unexpected issues, but avoids relying on a final conversation's memory.
The correct notification depends on the work
After certain works, submit the notification and documents applicable to that situation. Use or change of use not arising from those works may require a time-limited notification. In that second case, the law provides ten days, but the municipality may reject the request or order inspection. Do not promise a moving date without checking completeness, notices and house conditions.
Documents vary and may include property identification, professional declarations and final drawings. Professionals assess site changes and their treatment, including final drawings where required. Such drawings document a situation within legal conditions; they do not themselves authorise a change requiring another procedure. Record decisions during construction rather than reconstructing them at handover.
What accompanies the keys
Alongside planning documents, provide a practical owner file according to work and contract: useful final plans, service and equipment identification, manuals, warranties and test records. At handover, explain systems, controls, shut-offs and maintenance. Clearly describe and follow outstanding items. These are not all statutory use requirements, but matter in daily life.
Imagine finishes complete while a changed equipment layout has not been checked against the application and a system manual is missing. The first needs technical and possibly documentary treatment; the second practical handover. Distinguish responsibilities instead of calling both “unfinished work”.
Use preparation starts when design and change tracking are defined. Tell us your project stage and intended use. We can support construction, technical coordination and handover with your architect. Afterwards, see the preventive-maintenance guide.
