A snagging list is created by new build buyers in the UK and Ireland to detail the snags and defects in their new home.  Many opt to create their own snag list using a snagging checklist or guide book which represents great value compared to the cost of using a professional snagging company.

An Earley first-time buyer is still battling with the builders after moving into her new home at the end of June. Emma Kinghorn bought a £160,000 flat in a Taylor Wimpey development in Regis Park Road and is beginning to wish she had not.

Crag Williamson, author of A Foreign Education and new build buyer has started to blog his house moving experiences. You can follow Craig's progress here using the Bloor Homes newsfeed and you can comment using the link below or on the blog itself.

Steve Soulsby, the owner of a Persimmon house of horrors, was so shocked by the experience of buying a new build that he has set up a website to share his experiences with prospective buyers.

Builders Bellway Homes North East jumped into action when I asked for an explanation about Andrew Hutchinson's complaint.

Moved in June 2004 with a combined snag list of over 200 items. At present we still have no floor coverings upstairs due to unlevel floors. We are facing a bill of ?3000 to pay for someone else to fix the floors. Redrow are ignoring our phone calls and are refusing to pay for floors to be fixed properly.

Drumbow Homes are the worst builders I have experienced for snagging. and in general. I had to involve NHBC to exert pressure on them to do anything.

Angry homeowners protesting about problems with their £400,000 luxury Barratt Homes (archive) have staged a demonstration on a prestigious Barratt estate.

Residents on The Hawthorns development in Burnside, Rutherglen, say they have suffered a catalogue of problems since they bought their dream homes.