When checking your refurbished house, we will use a range of tools and use a specially created app that not only allows videos / photos but also includes relevant tolerance images in the report! As an overview of what we check on our survey, we check the following:
Refurbished houses: Check workmanship is to NHBC standards.
As experts in new-build houses, our surveyors are able to identify shortfalls in workmanship carried out by trades. In our survey we raise issues according to the standards set by the NHBC and Building Regulations. We check the house thoroughly and produce a photographic snag report within 3 working days.


HomeSnag leads the way in new-build Surveying
The best services for us to offer if you are looking for a professional snagger to inspect your refurbishment project is either a Snagging Survey or Fundamentals Survey.
Either survey will provide you with a comprehensive report on the areas that the trades need to address, according to NHBC and Building Regulation standards. We inspect all parts of the refurbishment including brickwork, groundwork, roofs, plumbing, heating, flooring, fenestration (door and window installations) and more…
Dive Deeper than just a level 2 building survey
- Elevations: Whether brick, render or cladding, we check it all including the window and door installations
- Groundworks: We inspect the inspection chambers, driveways and anything else that has been recently built in the refurbishment.
- Plumbing / Heating: Using thermal cameras, we check the heating system and we also check for leaks and other plumbing issues
- Floors, walls & ceilings: Just because its a refurb does not mean things need to be wonky. Let us check with our levels and professional eye.
- Joinery: Everything from Door installations to stairs
- Fire safety: we check areas that fall short of building regulation fire safety standards
- Kitchen and Bathrooms: We check for damage and poor workmanship
- Loft: We check issues you wouldn’t know to look for including insulation, ventilation and joinery faults

Why choose us?
When faced with who to choose to inspect your refurbishment project for issues carried out by trades, we would recommend a qualified surveyor. There are different types of surveys available, but some traditional surveys will not go into the detail that our company does. For example on a level 2 building survey, the surveyor will not check areas such as the heating system and will not use specialist tools that we do (for example a camera mounted on a pole to check the roof). We are also experts in new build construction methods which a traditional building surveyor may not be.
Most importantly, our surveyors are experts with new builds – its all we do! So in our opinion it is best to get our qualified surveyors to inspect your refurb house as we are able to raise snags with the quality of workmanship in more detail than any other company
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Choose either a Snagging Survey or Fundamentals Survey for you refurb project
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