Snagging Survey in Market Bosworth

Snagging surveys in Market Bosworth CV13 start from £295 for a 2-bedroom property. A 3-bedroom home is typically £345, a 4-bedroom £395, and a 5-bedroom £445. All prices include the full written report with photographs and a prioritised defect list formatted for your developer. The fixed price covers the complete inspection - no additional charges for travel to the CV13 area.

Yes. Both King Richard's Wharf (Owl Homes, Station Road) and the Miller Homes Station Road development are within our inspection coverage area. For King Richard's Wharf, we have knowledge of the canal-side drainage conditions and the range of house types across the 73-home development. For Miller Homes, we work with buyers reserving off-plan through to completion, timing the inspection to maximise pre-completion leverage with the developer.

CV13 sits at the southern edge of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield. Whether your specific plot falls within a Coal Authority consultation area depends on its precise location. Your conveyancer should commission a CON29M coal mining search as part of the conveyancing searches. Our inspectors note any floor levelness deviations, door frame racking, or wall cracking patterns that could indicate differential settlement - and will flag where a CON29M search result should be cross-referenced with inspection findings.

Rural plots tend to have more complex drainage requirements than urban sites. Surface water disposal relies on soakaways or attenuation tanks rather than mains sewer connections, and the falls across larger rural plots are harder to maintain correctly. Our inspectors pay close attention to inspection chamber depths, gulley grades, and the surface water drainage strategy for each plot. We also check boundary treatments more carefully on rural sites, where retaining walls and boundary features adjacent to agricultural land need robust construction to cope with seasonal ground movement. Additionally, rural new builds in CV13 often have more complex ground conditions, with variations in subsoil across a large site meaning that later-phase completions can behave differently to the first homes delivered.

The best window is 2 to 4 weeks before your legal completion date, once the developer has confirmed the date and the property is finished to a level where all surfaces, fittings and systems are in place. Booking too early means items that are not yet fitted will be missed. Booking after completion means you have less leverage - though the NHBC 2-year warranty still gives you the right to raise defects with the developer for two years post-completion.

The Home Builders Federation's March 2025 survey found that 93.7% of new build buyers nationally reported snags to their builder, with 26.2% reporting more than 15 items. On a typical 3-4 bedroom detached in CV13, our inspectors commonly find 20 to 50 items, ranging from minor decoration defects to more significant issues like hollow plasterwork, DPC bridging, or incomplete ventilation installations. The number varies significantly by developer, site manager, and build stage - early completions within a development consistently carry the highest snag counts, as production pressure is greatest before the site management team has established its quality rhythm.

The full CV13 district is within our coverage area. This includes Market Bosworth town, Cadeby, Carlton, Shackerstone, Barton in the Beans, Osbaston, Congerstone, Twycross and the surrounding rural parishes. For remote rural plots within CV13, please confirm the property address when booking so we can advise on any access requirements.

Yes. The NHBC Buildmark warranty includes a Resolution Service you can use during the first two years if the developer does not adequately respond to your defect list. A professional snagging report with photographs and written assessment strengthens your case significantly compared to a self-compiled list. For structural or safety items, NHBC can require the developer to carry out work - and will step in to arrange remediation if the developer fails to act.