New Build House Inspections
Schedule of services
We will undertake a New Build Snagging Survey of your property, providing an electronic copy of the survey report along with digital images.
Services included in this schedule will be deemed to be Basic Services under the terms of this Appointment:
The Service :-
- Details the construction and condition of the property on the date of the inspection.
- It covers both the interior and the exterior of the property as well as garden, driveway and garage if relevant.
- Details the quality of workmanship against applicable standards, including NHBC, Building Regulations and NHQB standards.
- Identify works which are outstanding.
- Aims to show up potential issues and defects.
- Our quality control snagging service offer and independent professional inspection to fully determine the quality of your new home.
- Our inspectors have extensive knowledge and experience within the industry, placing you in position of strength with your builder/warranty provider.
Notes ;
The Building will be inspected from ground level or by using a single ladder the roof space will be accessed if safe to do so and boarded otherwise a head and shoulders inspection will be carried out from the loft hatch.
No opening up of concealed parts will be undertaken.
Includes the standard visual inspection during which secured panels, electrical fittings, inspection chamber covers, and other similar features are not removed.
The survey will not include advice on value.
Exposure and testing of services are not covered.
Geographical locations covered
- All DH, SR, NE, TS and DL postcode areas
Download New Build Snagging brochure
What is snagging ?
Snagging - An act of re-work: the unnecessary effort of re-doing a process or activity that was incorrectly implemented the first time. In house construction it is the process by which an item is made to conform to the original requirement by completion or correction (Love & Li 2000)
Home Builders Federation Code of Conduct
This code has been drawn up in consultation with the NHBC, whose Consumer Committee, along with representatives from the homebuilding industry, have developed a parallel code.
Many home builders already operate their own customer charter and deliver high standards of service. The voluntary HBF code seeks to help home builders to develop even higher standards of good practice in customer service, and encourages many more to adopt their own customer charter.
In drafting this code, HBF has drawn on published guidance from the Office of Fair Trading on developing consumer codes of practice.
The code sets standards of good practice that HBF strongly recommends to its members. It does not prescribe the detailed contents or format of a charter, which are matters for individual home builders to decide.