Snagging.org has just released a new version of its snagging checklist in response to feedback from Snagging.org members and input from professional snaggers. The site, which has been featured on national TV, receives thousands of visitors per day and provides snagging stories, forums, polls and much more to help new build buyers.

Here is the snagging checklist.

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.

As complaints about new-build properties rise, Tonight with Trevor McDonald looks at the dream homes that have turned in to nightmares for their owners.



Linda Dubberley meets the growing army of ‘snaggers’ – property experts employed to discover the faults before the buyers move in.

This show featured Snagging.org and Imtiaz Farookhi was interviewed.

Watch the programme on Monday, March 21 at 8pm on ITV1. Read more…