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Why is New Home Snagging becoming a ' Must '

In the current climate the UK is currently delivering between 150-170,000 new homes a year. In line with Government targets this will be well short. The reason for this is a lack of skilled tradesmen within the industry. In 2005, the average number of new build snags was 62, an increase of 18%. Warranty providers like the NHBC made over one million inspections last year whereby 70% of complaints received were found in favour of the homeowner. It can be said that there are a number of significant factors for this; Build Times Lack of Warranty Inspections Lack of Quality Control procedure from Developers Complexity of Build New Build Snagging can be described as a process for checking for faults and correcting these prior to a new home inspection taking place by the customer. It can be contentious in the eyes of both the Developer and the customer as this can be a subjective assessment of what is acceptable or not in the eyes of both parties, but the reasoning for this is lis