Snagging Survey Ellesmere Port

Snagging surveys in Ellesmere Port start from £295 with Homemove. The final cost depends on the size of your property. A 2-3 bed new build at Ledsham Garden Village Oaklands typically costs £295-£350. A larger 4-5 bed home in the Heritage Collection range at Sycamore Green will be priced higher. You can get an instant, no-obligation quote on our website by entering your property address.

Our inspectors cover all active new build developments in CH66 and the wider Ellesmere Port area. This includes Redrow Ledsham Garden Village (all phases - Oaklands, Sycamore Green, Hawthorn Court), Anwyl Homes at Rossbank Road, and any other developments in Great Sutton, Little Sutton, Overpool, Wolverham, and Whitby. If you are buying on a development not listed, contact us and we will confirm coverage.

An inspection for a standard 3-bedroom semi-detached new build - the dominant property type in CH66 at 47.3% of stock - takes approximately 2.5-3 hours. A 4-5 bed detached at the upper end of the Ledsham Garden Village range may take 3.5-4 hours. Our inspector works systematically through every room, all roof spaces, external elevations, drainage, and all mechanical and electrical systems, including the air source heat pump and underfloor heating standard on Redrow Eco Electric homes.

You can, and we recommend it. A pre-completion inspection (PCI) allows our inspector to attend your property during the final week before you complete. Developers are legally required to permit this access under the Consumer Code for New Homes (and the New Homes Quality Code for members). Getting the inspection done before completion gives you maximum leverage to require snags to be fixed before you take ownership. The alternative is completing first and then chasing the developer through their customer care process, which is slower.

Storm Christoph in January 2021 produced up to 600mm of standing water inside homes in Great Sutton CH66 - specifically on Kendal Drive, Spinney Drive, Ascot Drive, and Chase Way. A formal Section 19 investigation was commissioned by Cheshire West and Chester and carried out by Atkins. Parts of CH66 sit in EA Flood Zones 2 and 3. If you are buying on a new build close to Rivacre Brook or in any part of Great Sutton, our inspector will specifically check drainage gradients, surface water connection points, and external ground levels around the property. A drainage defect on a site with known flood history is not a cosmetic snag.

The Cheshire Salt Search is a Law Society-recommended conveyancing search for all property transactions in Cheshire. It identifies whether your property falls within the Cheshire Brine Subsidence Compensation District - an area where historic salt extraction has dissolved underground salt beds, causing ground movement at surface level. Ellesmere Port is at the northern edge of the main Cheshire saltfield (centred on Northwich and Winsford). The risk is lower in CH66 than in mid-Cheshire, but conveyancers still routinely request this search for CH66 transactions. Our inspectors note visible settlement cracking, floor level differentials, or misaligned door frames that could indicate ground movement beneath the property.

Yes. Redrow Eco Electric homes at Ledsham Garden Village come with air source heat pumps, underfloor heating, EV charging points, and solar PV panels as standard. Our inspectors are trained to check ASHP commissioning documents, heat pump operating parameters, underfloor heating zone manifolds and controls, hot water cylinder settings, and EV charger installation. These are specialist systems that are frequently handed over without proper commissioning documentation or with control settings that have not been optimised for the specific property. Getting this right at handover saves significant cost in the first heating season.

On new builds across CH66, our inspectors typically identify between 70 and 120 snags per property. Some properties have more, some fewer. Common CH66 findings include: drainage gradient errors at ground level, incomplete brick pointing on external elevations, paint and plaster finish inconsistencies, incorrectly fitted window restrictors, and missing or damaged roof tile clips. The HBF's 2025 National New Homes Survey found that 93.7% of buyers nationally reported problems to their builder since moving in. Our report documents every issue photographically so your developer has no grounds to dispute or delay the fix.