The range of areas we inspect on our Fundamentals Check includes:
Checking the fundamentals: Reassurance before the Warranty ends
HomeSnag are regulated by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), providing unrivalled experience and knowledge with new-builds. This Fundamentals Check is a condensed version of our Snagging Survey to give you peace of mind there is nothing underlying before it is too late and your builder’s warranty ends.
Don't Miss the Deadline: Let our Surveyors check the main aspects before it's too late
We are an award-winning company with a proven track record of inspecting over 25,000 newly built houses over the past 8 years.
Our Fundamentals Check is suitable for homeowners who have moved in over 10 months (approx) ago. We use specialist equipment and a refined process to ensure your property’s main “structural” aspects are checked. This includes your roof, boundary (inc garages), elevations, loftspace, heating system and more. You can choose additional extras such as our Thermal Lite (heat loss check internally), Borescope Check (checking cavity wall insulation) and for a hard copy report to be sent. These can be easily added to your Fundamentals Check when booking.
Whats included:
- Brickwork / render etc
- Roof and guttering
- Loft
- Garage
- Boundaries
- Soil quality test
- Heating
- CO (Carbon Monoxide) and gas leak test
- Fenestration
- Fire safety measures
- Building Regulation breaches
The following are optional extras:
- A borescope check of the cavity walls
- Thermal Lite (an internal heat-loss check)
- Full (ext. & internal) thermal heat loss survey (winter only)
- Hard copy of report posted to you
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Maximising Builder Response: Book your Fundamentals Check before the 2 year warranty ends.
The deadline for your developers warranty is 2 years after completion. If you have moved into your new-build between 9-24 months or you just want peace of mind that the fundamental aspects are built properly, this service is for you…
Fundamentals Advantage: A concise list your builder will treat seriously
If you have moved in to your new-build a while ago (in our experience, 9+ months ago), there is no point at this stage raising minor cosmetic issues and any issue such as damage that we would typically raise in our Snagging Survey.
Your builder needs a report at this stage that clearly defines what the main issues are that are out of tolerance or Building Regulations etc. They may otherwise not treat the report seriously if it raises issues they are likely to dismiss. This is where our expertise and refined process comes in.
Peace of Mind Beyond Completion: Avoid surprises when selling
As well as being realistic to what the Developer are liable to fix at the later stages of your new-build warranty period, out Fundamentals Check has been designed in mind for if you come to sell the house in the future.
We check the areas that a Surveyor instructed by your buyers in the future may pick up on such as brickwork and roof issues. Avoid the potential situation of a future buyer knocking the price down due to poor quality: ensure your developer fixes it before it’s too late.
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Avoid Surprises down the line: Our Fundamental Check raises the important issues before it's too late
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