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As Scotland's only dedicated Chartered Building Surveyors specialising in new build snagging you can be rest assured you're in good hands.

Not all "snaggers" are equal. Most firms and independent snaggers are often not qualified beyond an NVQ level 3, which is the minimum qualification required to offer snagging services.

Just as not all "snaggers" are equal, not all services are equal either.

Our surveyors typically only undertake one survey per day to ensure we have adequate time to carry out a comprehensive inspection of your new home and don’t have to rush away to another survey.

This also affords the time to offer a unique experience for our clients at the end of our inspections. We take you on a walk round of your new home highlighting the issues found, detailing how these should be resolved by your housebuilder, providing advice and answering any questions you may have.

Our clients love this as they feel fully informed and can therefore deal with their housebuilder and submit their report with confidence.

Our fully insured inspections take up to 8 hours to complete depending on the size of the home and are with our clients in less than 48 hours upon completion.

We also offer a "reach out anytime guarantee" phone support following your inspection to give you complete peace of mind.

We offer two types of inspections, both pre and post completion snagging inspections.

Pre-Completion Inspection

  • Undertaken before handover
  • Follows a specific checklist designed by the New Homes Quality Board
  • Gives the housebuilder the chance to fix issues before you move in to reduce inconvenience
  • Use of specialist equipment not permitted

Post Completion Inspection

  • Undertaken after handover
  • Generally more in-depth than a pre-completion inspection as it’s not restricted to the new homes quality board checklist
  • Expanded to include issues associated with the NHBC standards and Building Regulations.
  • Use of specialist equipment such as thermal imaging is permitted.

Pre-Completion Snagging Inspection

Introduced in 2022 Best Snag Scotland are at the forefront of carrying out pre-completion inspections in Scotland.

The New Homes Quality Board implemented pre-completion inspections to give home owners a checklist that summarises any issues with the property before moving in. The main benefit of this is that major issues within your home will be discovered and reported so they can get fixed by your house builder before you get your keys.

It is important to note at this stage the housebuilder is usually still undertaking some minor works or snagging of their own. Therefore, some elements can’t be fully “snagged”, these are usually minor in nature. We identify any ongoing works clearly in our reports with a detailed description and supporting photographs for your housebuilder to complete.

All qualified snagging companies have to follow the same checklist set out by the New Homes Quality Board when undertaking a pre-completion inspection. This can be found here.

A pre-completion report can be carried out by a recognised professional experienced in surveying residential property. However, that doesn’t mean that you get the same level of expertise. By Booking with Best Snag Scotland you get the assurance that your property has been surveyed by an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The overall feedback from our clients on the new pre-completion inspections has been positive. They feel it reduces the hassle, upheaval and inconvenience of having to deal with associated snagging remedial works once you’ve moved in.

Download an example pre-completion snagging report here

Download an example pre-completion snagging report here

Watch some highlights from our recent inspections

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Post-Completion Snagging Inspection

Our post completion snagging inspection is for those who are just moving into their new build home or are within their 2 year warranty period.

We recommend that your inspection is carried out within the first couple of months and our advice is “sooner the better”. The reason for this is in relation to the 8 week Home Builders Federation survey run by the NHBC. It is important for your house builders to address any issues to receive a good survey from you.

If we inspect your property before you have any of your own work done such as flooring or furnishing your new home we can pick up key items such as scratches and damages to your kitchen, sanitaryware and glass. If these issues aren’t caught early your housebuilder can often put these down to “wear and tear” or argue that they have been caused by yourself.

For those of you who have moved in and are experiencing issues it is common for us to undertake inspections up to the 2 year period.

Our post-completion snagging inspection is generally more in-depth than our pre-completion report. This is because it is not restricted to the NHQB checklist. It is expanded to include issues that are out of tolerance relating to the standards set by NHBC and Building Regulations. We are also permitted to use specialist equipment such as thermal imaging to aid our inspections.

We inspect the following:

Externals
Internals
Testing

Download an example post-completion snagging report here

Download an example post-completion snagging report here

Watch some highlights from our recent inspections

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Watch some highlights from our recent inspections

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Professional Snagger Scotland

You’ve spent a lot of money on your new build. You've saved. You've sacrificed. You've gone through the mortgage process. You've carefully selected a builder. So you have every right to expect your new home will be free from costly defects.

Schedule your pre or post completion snagging inspection with Scotland's trusted home inspectors today.

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