When to snag?

newHomeBuyer · 30th April 2010, 13:29

I am in the process of buying a new home from Barratt Homes. It's a three bedroom house, that was previously used as the sales office. The roof is complete but the inside of the property needs to be converted from the sales office to our home.

I have received the mortgage offer and my solicitor is in the process of doing searches etc and I have been given the rough estimate from barrats of being able to move in sometime in June.

I have only recently heard about snagging so haven't mentioned this to barratt or my solicitors yet. Barratts have told me that I will get a 'house tour' 2 weeks before moving in, where I can look around the house.

So, how should I best proceed? I would like to use a professional snagging service, but do I need to tell my solicitor, barratt or both? When's the best time to book the snagging inspection? Should I exchange or complete contracts before snagging?

zednine · 9th May 2010, 20:21

now.........with out fail and never ever give into the slime balls...

they will try every trick in the book not correct things, and you can forget about the nhbc

Newbuildchecker · 20th May 2010, 15:45

I hope the sale went well...!
I hope you got your solicitor to draft the snagging requirement clause into the contract. Showhomes and offices are slightly different to buying 'unused' and should be treated as such. One property my mother purchased from Linden Homes was an ex showhouse and we got the snagging clause in through our solicitor. That said it wasn't an issue and all the items were minimal and expected. And, if I'm honest, we did drive the price to reflect it!!