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    #32
    ggmat799
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭ggmat799


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/111785165#Comment_111785165

    Hi, Could you please share the contact. Thanks a mil



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    #33
    Yellow_Fern
    Registered Users Posts: 2,570 ✭✭✭Yellow_Fern


    Be careful who you hire. The quality varies a lot. Make sure they check your attic. Make sure they check your internet cables. Also, look for draughts. See if they can correlate your BER to the build. Someone who knows BER and DEAP would be best.



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    #34
    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,628 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Hire cheap regret later

    painter here

    ask any decorator you know etc to come in and give u a list for each room

    ( sticky pad n paper)

    snagging isn’t a science it’s basic common sense

    as long as you’ve time and correct tools you’ll get through it

    if not get only someone recommended from a friend/ relative

    get the list on paper

    room 1

    room 2 etc

    work methodically



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    #35
    greengrass87
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭greengrass87


    Similar position in a new build.

    It's not that I don't want to pay the snagging fee,

    Iv been a carpenter for 20 years ,

    Have been told I'm hyper critical ,

    And feel I have the know how to snag efficiently.

    Only thing holding me back is ...would it look better coming from a report from an engineering company to the builder.

    ie.he will be more inclined to fix etc..



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    #36
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Are there legal requirements for snagging?Our development agents has sent an email saying the builder has advised snagging can be done after closing.

    Can we or our bank insist that snagging be done prior to closing or are we at the builders mercy?



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    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119030453#Comment_119030453

    No legal requirement. You can do it whenever. I suppose if the developer wanted to be really awkward about it they could refuse the snagger access.

    Usually it's done before closing.



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    #38
    LunaLoo
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭LunaLoo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119030453#Comment_119030453

    You'd be mad to close before snagging is done, if any issues are found it would be a nightmare trying to get builders to come back and fix



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    #39
    Stone Deaf 4evr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,991 ✭✭✭Stone Deaf 4evr


    Any builder who hands over a house without a snag list is off his rocker. He'll end up being held responsible for any dings and marks to walls, flooring, etc once the client moves in.

    The sequence should be:

    get snag list - sort items highlighted on snag list - get confirmation from snag list issuer that all is in order - close sale - move in.



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    #40
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,517 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119030453#Comment_119030453


    The only hold you have on the developer is not closing. You have no other way of applying pressure to him. Anyone who says otherwise has an ulterior motive.



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    #41
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    At the very least you should do 1 round of snagging pre-closing, and identify if there are any big issues to be fixed. If there's anything big you can wait until this is addressed before closing. Smaller things you could close on and get them to fix afterward.

    To put some perspective on it, on any given house there will be a LOT of snags. Even if builders take care there will still be loads. You'll get a document from your snagger with lots and lots of pages, if a snagger comes back to you saying everything is mostly fine, there's just a few little things then I would be concerned at their thoroughness.

    You are not going to get every issue fixed, some of it is going to come down to your opinion vs theirs. You need to pick the issues that really matter to you and go after them.



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    #42
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,517 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/111860640#Comment_111860640

    My "shockingly" long list had such things as broken windows, pipes missing, drain 1 meter away from tap, manholes concreted over in path, broken floorboards.

    A scam artist would have been embarrassed with what they handed over.



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    #43
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,505 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119037326#Comment_119037326

    thats a cowboy bodge list not a snag list



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    #44
    HerrKapitan
    Registered Users Posts: 456 ✭✭HerrKapitan


    Yes, thanks, I definitely intend to snag before closing.

    Good advice on the chasing which to chase. I would probably have been gung ho about the entire list.

    The house is phase 1, so the builders will be onside for a period afterwards.



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    #45
    Flinty997
    Registered Users Posts: 11,517 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    My builders were on site. So hard to get them back even when I hadn't closed. I gave up after I had the major items done. I just fixed it myself. Just remembered another one I had to get the floors reskimmed as the levels were off. Cold water tank was plumbed wrong.

    That house was built when the quality was at its worst in the Celtic Tiger. But location location location etc. I was finding problems years afterwards.

    I think the quality is better these days. But I would be checking electrics, pluming, heating, even the fall in the drains. Check the roof for leaks in heavy rain. The more second opinions and checks the better.

    In Germany the builder pays a bond or something that they don't get back until a reasonable time after the person moves in so that issues that arise after can be fixed. In Ireland you make the biggest purchase of your life and your kettle has more consumer protection and warranty.



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    #46
    ClarmerFaye
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭ClarmerFaye


    I bought a new build earlier in the year and it will be ready to snag in the next month. I am happy to spend the money but I just have no idea what company to hire or what is even out there. Does anyone know what qualifications/certifications to look out for or have any recommendations for a snagging company?



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    #47
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119832584#Comment_119832584

    There is no qualification for a snagged. A good Sanger can be a painter, plumber, carpenter, engineer or surveyor.

    Remember snagging is checking for cosmetic issues or common problems or obvious defects.

    It’s not a building regulation check, it’s not a structural check etc

    Someone with a keen eye for detail along with some relevant experience in the building trade/codes etc



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