Practical Completion Certificate and Handover Form

A certificate confirming the date on which building work reached practical completion, plus a handover checklist and client acknowledgement. Practical completion is a key moment: it usually ends delay damages, releases half the retention, passes insurance risk to the client and starts the defects period.

• At the end of domestic or commercial building and trade work
• For partial possession of part of the work (Part A option)
• By a contract administrator, an employer or a builder dealing directly with a homeowner

• Inspect the work with the client and complete the Snagging List
• Complete the certificate in Part A and attach the list of outstanding items
• Work through the handover checklist in Part B
• Both parties sign Part C; give the client a copy of everything