- Time vs Cost: One consideration is that we will save you a lot of time and stress trying to find the issues yourself.
- Equipment: We have all the specialist gear ranging from camera poles that check the roof to thermal cameras to check the heating.
- Knowledge: Our team are all surveyors that are qualified and experienced in all aspects ranging from brickwork to joinery. Most customers are able to identify paintwork issues but do not have the broad knowledge that our team have.
- Specialist app: We raise issues in a bespoke specialist snagging app that we built, which adds issues in order of location and inputs relevant tolerances and regulations.
- Safety: Some areas that we inspect we would not recommend a customer to try and access such as walking around in the loftspace
Free Snagging Guide: A Homeowners guide written by professional snaggers.
HomeSnag are the UK’s only snagging company that is regulated by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), providing unrivalled experience and knowledge in new-build snagging.


Snag like a pro. Learn the main issues to look out for in your new-build home
For those on a budget, we offer our short ebook Snagging New Builds – A Homeowner’s Guide …
To snag a property as a professional you have to have rounded knowledge about everything from plumbing to fire-safety which like most professions takes years to gain. Therefore most homeowners simply do not have the knowledge what to look for past the obvious defects. This is why our service carrying out snagging surveys is so popular because at face value a house can seem good quality, but often there are serious defects that we uncover.
If you would prefer to snag your property yourself, we hope the free snagging guide will help you. There is also a spreadsheet which may help you collate the issues you find. If you’d prefer to purchase a snag list app rather than our free spreadsheet snagging template, we recommend ‘site audit pro’ which allows you to add pictures alongside the snag issue which can time stamp photos (useful for capturing damage) and produces a pdf report. Of course, nothing will replace having a new-build survey from us, but we wanted to share this for those customers on a budget…
The free snagging guide covers:
- Heating
- Fire Safety
- Levels of floors and ceilings
- Fenestration
- Joinery
- Tiling
- Damage & poor design
- (and more)
- Brickwork
- Plaster and paintwork
- Plumbing
- Soil quality test
- Roof and guttering
- Garage and groundwork
- Loft inspection
- Electrics
Hiring a professional snagger vs. DIY
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