Forget the old concept of spending months finding faults with your new build house after moving in, be ahead of the curve with this condensed guide written by expert snagging inspectors.
If you are not familiar with the term “snagging”, it is the notoriously-stressful and drawn-out process often over several months or even years of finding faults with your new home.
Whether you don’t have the knowledge, time to research or the desire to find faults as efficiently and quickly as possible Snagging A New Build – A Homeowner’s Guide is the blueprint.
This step-by-step 25-page guide is easy to follow with over 150 real-life photos, and within just 30 minutes you will have learnt:
•Tools that you will need to snag your house
•General terminology in the building industry
•Issues that can be fixed or those that need replacing
•The trades required to fix the snags you find
•How to inspect your roof and guttering
•Check for issues with your windows and glass
•Brickwork and Pointing issues
•Issues with your external doors
•Driveways, paths and inspection chambers
•Soil - how to check your topsoil and subsoil quality
•Fencing - the different types and what to look for
•How to check your plumbing for internal leaks
•Checking flooring levels, common issues and more
•Ceiling / Walls and Skirting boards: how to describe locations efficiently and terminology your builder will understand
•How to check corners are square, ceilings are level and walls are plumb
•Internal windows: inspect for draughts, damage and more
•Snagging internal doors - we explain twisting frames, rattling and un-level doors
•How to check sockets, switches and radiators
•Staircase anatomy - What to look for and what can be improved
•Checking your kitchen - from damaged cupboard doors to sizing up the space for appliances
•Bathrooms- explanations of P traps, lipping tiles and other issues
•How to check for lack of insulation
Buying a new build house is the most expensive purchase made in a lifetime and yet building companies will try and get you to barely see it before you take the keys. Some even try to get you to sign on the day of move-in to say you are happy with its condition. To give you an idea why this is ridiculous, on average a customer will liaise with their builder for at least 3 months over their snagging items. This can be a notoriously stressful time as the builder quotes tolerances and terminology to confuse customers who are none the wiser.
In our ebook guide, we lift the lid and share our tips from years of inspecting thousands of houses to help you. We explain what to look for and how to capture it, with terminology and trades required from a plastic surgeon repairing a tile to a painter making good a paint snot!
About us: HomeSnag are a market leading 5 star home inspection company based in the UK. Our company slogan is Inspecting Houses - Creating Homes because we know not only what to look for, but also how it can be improved to get your house to the highest standards. Even if you discover just one of these areas of improvements alongside saving you time and stress finding faults, your investment here will pay for itself.
If you are not familiar with the term “snagging”, it is the notoriously-stressful and drawn-out process often over several months or even years of finding faults with your new home.
Whether you don’t have the knowledge, time to research or the desire to find faults as efficiently and quickly as possible Snagging A New Build – A Homeowner’s Guide is the blueprint.
This step-by-step 25-page guide is easy to follow with over 150 real-life photos, and within just 30 minutes you will have learnt:
•Tools that you will need to snag your house
•General terminology in the building industry
•Issues that can be fixed or those that need replacing
•The trades required to fix the snags you find
•How to inspect your roof and guttering
•Check for issues with your windows and glass
•Brickwork and Pointing issues
•Issues with your external doors
•Driveways, paths and inspection chambers
•Soil - how to check your topsoil and subsoil quality
•Fencing - the different types and what to look for
•How to check your plumbing for internal leaks
•Checking flooring levels, common issues and more
•Ceiling / Walls and Skirting boards: how to describe locations efficiently and terminology your builder will understand
•How to check corners are square, ceilings are level and walls are plumb
•Internal windows: inspect for draughts, damage and more
•Snagging internal doors - we explain twisting frames, rattling and un-level doors
•How to check sockets, switches and radiators
•Staircase anatomy - What to look for and what can be improved
•Checking your kitchen - from damaged cupboard doors to sizing up the space for appliances
•Bathrooms- explanations of P traps, lipping tiles and other issues
•How to check for lack of insulation
Buying a new build house is the most expensive purchase made in a lifetime and yet building companies will try and get you to barely see it before you take the keys. Some even try to get you to sign on the day of move-in to say you are happy with its condition. To give you an idea why this is ridiculous, on average a customer will liaise with their builder for at least 3 months over their snagging items. This can be a notoriously stressful time as the builder quotes tolerances and terminology to confuse customers who are none the wiser.
In our ebook guide, we lift the lid and share our tips from years of inspecting thousands of houses to help you. We explain what to look for and how to capture it, with terminology and trades required from a plastic surgeon repairing a tile to a painter making good a paint snot!
About us: HomeSnag are a market leading 5 star home inspection company based in the UK. Our company slogan is Inspecting Houses - Creating Homes because we know not only what to look for, but also how it can be improved to get your house to the highest standards. Even if you discover just one of these areas of improvements alongside saving you time and stress finding faults, your investment here will pay for itself.
