Even new homes will throw up nasty surprises for the unwary, says Catriona Bright, founder and MD of New Build Inspections, who says that Britain is amongst the worst countries in the EU in which to buy new property. In Ireland, she says, the process is much easier, as it is normal custom and practice for newbuild buyers to instruct a professional snagger to create a snag (or problem) list for a newbuild property after all, you wouldn’t buy a car without a test drive.
