Snagging Surveys in Sittingbourne

Before legal completion is best, because the builder is still responsible for defects during the first 2 years of the warranty period. If you have already moved into a home in ME10 or ME9, you can still book within those 2 years, but the pre-completion route gives you more room to push for fixes before handover. Our prices start from £295 for a 1 to 2 bed flat or house, with the same rates for pre-completion inspections.

Most Sittingbourne inspections take 3 to 6 hours, depending on size and condition. A flat at Regent Quay will usually take less time than a 5+ bed house at Heritage Fields or a larger plot at Ufton Court, especially if the external areas need a proper check as well.

Snaggable items are defects that should have been right at completion, such as paint and plaster problems, doors that do not latch, windows that do not seal, missing sealant, poor kitchen fitting, or garden levels that do not match the plan. Wear and tear is damage caused after you move in, so a scratch from furniture or a mark made by occupation is a different issue. If the fault was there at handover on a new build in Sittingbourne, it is normally worth raising.

The buyer pays for the inspection, not the developer. That is why our pricing is clear from the start, from £295 for a 1 to 2 bed home, £375 for a 3 bed house, £450 for a 4 bed house, and £550 for a 5+ bed home. The developer then pays, in effect, by fixing the legitimate defects on the list under the warranty terms.

They can disagree about items they think are within tolerance or down to decoration, but they still need to respond to genuine defects during the 2-year defects period. If you are dealing with a site team at Moores Quarter, Burley Place, or Cherry Meadows, a photo report makes that conversation much easier. If they still drag their feet, the warranty provider route becomes the next step.

The builder is the first contact for snagging items, because they are the people who physically put the work right. NHBC Buildmark, Premier Guarantee, and LABC New Home Warranty sit above that as the cover route if the builder does not resolve things properly, and they are the route you may need for escalation. On a Sittingbourne new build, that distinction matters once a simple punch list turns into a formal dispute.

You can still book, and many buyers do, especially if they only realised the scale of the defects after a week in the house. A first-week snag or an end-of-2-year snag can still catch doors, plaster, sealant, drainage, and heating issues in homes across ME9 and ME10. The key difference is that the handover has already happened, so the paper trail and the photos become even more important.

Yes, we inspect the visible finish in the rooms, then move outside to check elements such as brickwork, drainage falls, landscaping, paths, and boundary treatments. That matters on developments like Cherry Meadows at Applegate Park and Grovehurst Gate, where the external works can lag behind the internal finish. If the plot is still being built around, we note that too.