The UK's leading Snagging Company

HomeSnag are the market leading and award winning new-build snagging company, carrying out Pre Completion Inspections and Snagging Surveys throughout England and Wales. We are the only established snagging company that are qualified building surveyors and are the UK's only RICS regulated Snagging Company.
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We are experts at snagging new-build properties, with a proven track report developed over the past 7 years having inspected over 16,000 houses and apartments. Our inspectors use specialist equipment to identify snagging issues both major and minor, presenting them in an efficient photographic snag list for your developer to action quickly. 

Below is an overview of the PCI and Snagging Survey and more details of the additional extra services you can choose from when booking...

PRE-COMPLETION INSPECTION

A Pre-Completion Inspection (PCI) follows a specific checklist designed by the NHQB (New Homes Quality Board) to provide homeowners yet to move in with a list specifying if areas of the property have met its standards or not.
The PCI is only suitable pre-completion and is issued within just 24 hours.

SNAGGING SURVEY

Our snagging survey is generally more in-depth than a Pre Completion Inspection as it is not restricted to the the NHQB checklist; rather expanded to include issues that are out of tolerance according to the standards of the NHBC and Building Regulations.
​This survey is only carried out after completing (unless consent granted by developer) and is issued within 48 hours.
When booking either your Pre Completion Inspection or Snagging Survey, we offer additional services at a discounted rate which will be prompted when booking. They are:
  • Borescope Cavity Check
  • Window Measurements
  • Thermal Heat Loss Survey
  • 12-18 month Essentials Survey​

BORESCOPE CAVITY CHECK

We use specialist equipment and process to enable us to check the cavity wall insulation. We only do this on traditionally built houses (not apartments, timber framed houses, rendered or clad) as it involves drilling a 10mm hole through the outer wall mortar joint (made good afterward) and checking the cavity in several areas around the house using a borescope camera.

WINDOW MEASUREMENTS

When booking you will have the opportunity to for us to carry out measurements of the window openings with a laser measure. This is particularly useful for when we are going in to snag your property pre-completion or some customers appreciate this service when they have just moved in to avoid the cumbersome task of trying to measure using a normal tape measure,

THERMAL HEAT LOSS SURVEY

We are the only new build snagging company that are qualified in  building thermography (although many try to offer the service). Due to the conditions required to do it properly, we only carry out heat loss checks between November - March.  We can either do it as a stand-alone inspection or alongside a snagging survey for a discounted rate.

12-18 MONTH ESSENTIALS SURVEY

This survey is ideally conducted 12-18 months after completion (before the 2 year warranty ends with your builder) but we are able to attend before or after for peace of mind. In comparison to a snagging survey, this is a condensed survey that focuses only on the important issues with NHBC or Building Regulations.

​Please get in touch if you want a Refurb Survey which is designed to check that your builder's workmanship is to correct standards set by the NHBC and Building Regulations (and other regulatory bodies).  And for those that have concerns with their roof, we recommend the Drone Roof Survey ​which allows us to video and produce a report of any potential issues we identify.

REFURB SURVEY

As our surveyors are experts identifying poor workmanship, we often carry out surveys on houses that have been refurbished by builders, not just those built from scratch by large volume developers. In this survey we will raise snags based on current standards set by the NHBC and Building Regulations.
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DRONE ROOF SURVEY

As surveyors, we are able to help identify issues with roofs and use a high-end drone to provide high-quality videos and photographs. We offer a basic package of providing a video of your roof only or a written survey attaching relevant pictures of any issues we identify alongside the video
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