Conveyancing lawyers need to ensure ( or at least request ) that the purchase contract includes an obligation for the developer to create a snagging and complete the works within a prescribed time frame. In the property boom many developers would not agree a snagging provision in the contract paperwork. Times have changed and it it now much easier have the contract more evenly weighted.Buyers should use a snagging check list ( such as the one suggested ) to ensure that everything is covered off
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