From the site: the plot that had already been snagged
A note from Rich on one week, one plot, and a snag list that had been signed off with the insulation still on the landing.
I will not name the site or the developer, and I have changed a few details. The point is not that they are unusual. The point is that they are not.
Four-bed detached, end of a phase, completion in ten days. The developer’s recommended snagger had been through the week before. The site manager had the list on his clipboard, forty-one items, most of them ticked. Paint, mastic, a scratched pane. Fair enough, all real.
What was not on the list: the loft insulation over the main bathroom was rolled up on the landing where the plumber had left it. The extractor duct it had been moved for was not connected to anything. The consumer unit had two circuits labelled “spare” that were live. The bath panel was clipped on with no sealant behind it, and the trap under it was hand-tight. Outside, the patio had been laid level with the threshold, bridging the DPC along the whole back of the house.
None of that is cosmetic. All of it would have been the buyer’s problem within a year, and all of it is invisible if you are checking paint.
What happened
The buyer got a report with sixty-three items on it, nineteen of them not on the first list. It went to the site manager with completion still a week away. The insulation went back, the duct got connected, the patio came up. The buyer completed on time, into a house that was right.
That is the whole business, really. Get it looked at before you sign.