New Build Inspections & Snagging Reports in Kent
The Inspection Process
Below is a comprehensive list of items we check during our inspection of your new home.
We will produce a snagging report within 24 hours of the inspection for you to issue to your developer. The inspection will cover all the items mentioned below but no intrusive work will be carried out during the inspection to inspect areas that are not easily accessible.
Trust in our expertise and enjoy a snag-free home ownership journey.
Building Fabric & External Areas
Brick Work
- Brickwork cleanliness and presentation: free from major chips, mortar splashes & staining.
- Is the mortar evenly finished and of a consistent in colour.
- Ground level should be 150mm below the DPC.
- Ground level check against the air brick level.
- Plumbness checks
- Visual check on service openings and correctly sealed.
- Weep vents installed where required and to manufacture guidance.
External Paintwork & Cladding
- Application of topcoat review
- Any signs of overspill, drip marks and general damage.
- General Condition of cladding
- Level checks
- Alignment and squareness
- Fixings and gapping
External Drainage
- Are the gutters and downpipes securely fixed and complete?
- Are there any visible leaks or blockages from leaves and other debris.
- Are manhole covers level with the surrounding surfaces?
- Are gullies and inspection chambers free of debris.
- Ensure your soil stack is 900mm above an opening into the dwelling when it terminates within 2m of the opening.
- A boiler flue should not be within 300mm of any openable into the dwelling, including.
- Windows, trickle vents, mechanical ventilation grills
Garages & Car Ports
- Garage door is in working condition – no damages or scratches and closes as design.
- Electrics have been checked and are working properly if applicable.
- Do the Internal pillars project above the bottom of the roof truss, giving support to the pikes.
- Has debris and builders’ rubbish been removed from inside the garage?
- Ensure that if you have an integrated garage door it MUST be a fire door. Also does it have intumescent strip fitted all around the frame.
Drives & Pathways
- Are drives and pathways complete, even & free from damage.
- Does the gradient and access of the drive/path allow for clear access?
- Walk on every flagstone that is on your property to check they are securely fitted any movement is not acceptable.
- After it has rained check that there is not a pool of rainwater within 3m of and door opening.
- This check should be after one hour.
Garden Areas
- General cleanliness and presentation
- Correct landscaping carried out and in good condition.
- Topsoil depth check.
Walls, Fences and Gates
- Completion of works, general cleanliness, and presentation
- Plumbness of fencing and gate
- Exposed fixing check
- Gate operation
The Roof
- Visual check for damage
- Facia boards and Soffit check
- Flashing check to ensure all flashings are installed where required and to a good standard.
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External Windows & Doors
- Brickwork cleanliness and presentation: free from major chips, mortar splashes & staining.
- Installation check in accordance with the warranty providers tolerances
- Plumbness, fully sealed to help prevent water ingress, sills are secured correctly and ensure that.
- Backfall check on all sills.
- Inspect the frames and glazing for damages and scratches.
- Are the reveals plumb and straight in accordance with the warranty providers tolerances?
- Inspect all flashings around bay windows and conservatories.
Airing Cupboard
- Application of topcoat review
- Inspection of electrical connections to the pump, timer, immersion heaters, motorized valve, cylinder thermostat and to ensure all are earth bonded.
- Cable installation
- Pipework installation
- Operation instructions been provided.
Heating & Electrical
- Light fittings and socket checks
- Radiators check for correct fitting including correct valves and level with pipework guides / covers.
- Pipework inspection to ensure supports are installed correctly
- Inspection of all electrical socket to ensure correct fixed and level.
- Inspection of labelling
- Smoke alarm test.
- Heating Checks with the installed thermostat
- Inspection of fan isolators including high-level outside all bathrooms and WC
Floors & Skirts
- Floor levelling checks to tolerance
- Correct floor finishes installed.
- General cleanliness and presentation of floor finishes
- Inspection of skirtings to ensure correctly fixed, level and decorated to an acceptable standard.
- Floor tiling inspection if applicable including bond test.
- Inspection of sealing of skirting to floor junction
Staircase
- Inspection of banisters and handrails to ensure correct fixings.
- Inspection of the treads and risers to ensure even and level.
- Inspection for cracking
- Squeak or creak test.
- Inspection of spindles and handrails
- Headroom inception (vertical measurement at the lowest point to be minimum of two meter)
Bathrooms & Kitchens
- Level and plumbness checks of all cabinets and work tops.
- Visual inspection for damage including water damage.
- Visual inspection of cabinet door alignment
- Check draw operation.
- Sanitary ware checks to ensure full operation.
- Pipework inspection inc leak tests
- Electrical inspection including correct labelling.
- Appliance installation
- Water quality test
Internal Door Sets
- Fire door compliance checks.
- General operational checks. Lock engagement.
- Door / Frame alignment
- Door undercut checks.
- Ironmongery checks
- Inspection of Decoration
- Inspection for damages include damage to glass panels.
- BS kitemark inspection where required.
- Fire escape window survey to all bedrooms.
- External door inspections for drafts
- Thermal imaging to all external doors
- Door stop checks.
- Architraves inspection for correct margins
Loft Space
- Fire door compliance checks.
- General Cleanliness inspection
- Insulation inspection
- Mechanical and Pipe work inspection including soil stack termination.
- Inspection of roofing felt.
- Inspection of mechanical ventilation ducts
- Inspection of blockwork to ensure installation is tight up to the underside of the felt on the pikes.
- Inspection of boarding for access to tanks, if required.
- Installation of restraint straps
- Inspection of fire-stopping to party walls, if required.
Appliances
- Inspection to ensure damage free and in good working order.
- Inspection of fixings