The forms we work from, published blank. Print them, take them to your handover, and check the property yourself — or use them to see exactly what a proper inspection covers before you book one.
Most snagging services keep the checklist behind an enquiry form. Ours is the product, so hiding it makes no sense — if you can see all 163 checks, the method, the severity classes and the schedule the developer signs against, you can judge the inspection before you pay for it. And if you would rather walk the property yourself with a clipboard, take these and do it. You will catch more than you would have without them.
These forms are free to print and use for your own property. They are not a substitute for an inspection with test instruments — a tick box cannot measure a moisture reading, a fall in millimetres or an RCD trip time — but an owner working through them carefully will find a great deal more than an owner walking through an empty room.
12 categories · 163 checks · A4
The full on-site checklist with a result column against every check — pass, defect, observation or not applicable — plus a reference number and notes column. Header block for the property, date, inspector and weather. Prints to A4 with the column headings repeating on every page.
6 page types · A4
The blank report: cover, executive summary with the severity count table, defect pages with photo frames, the services test record, the summary schedule with the developer sign-off column and the re-inspection record. This is the format a rectification list has to be in if a site manager is going to act on it.
Both open as printable pages. Use your browser’s print dialogue and choose Save as PDF, or print straight to A4.
Mid-morning, and take a torch anyway. Low sun raking across a wall shows render and plaster defects that flat light hides completely. Photograph everything you query, with something in frame for scale.
Do not turn things on one at a time. Run two showers and a tap together. Run every air conditioner for twenty minutes and put your hand under the indoor unit. Fill every basin and bath and watch them drain.
Work across every tiled floor with a knuckle or a coin. A hollow tile sounds obviously different from a bonded one. Mark them on a plan — a scattered few are normal, a whole room is a defect.
A list produced after handover is a complaint. A list dated and issued before you sign is a condition. Put it in writing to the developer, keep a copy, and get an acknowledgement.
If you would rather have it done with a moisture meter, a thermal camera and twenty years of knowing where to look, the fee is fixed and the report lands within 48 hours.
