What is a snag list?
A snag list records defects and unfinished work found during a site inspection before handover. What belongs on one, who writes it, when it happens, and how to make it actually get fixed.
Read the guide →Snagging guides
Practical guides to snag lists, site inspections and handover — written for the people who actually walk the building.
Snag list vs punch list: what is the difference?
Snag list and punch list describe the same thing in different places. Where each term is used, the small practical differences in how they are run, and which to use with an international team.
Read the guide →Snagging checklist for a new build
A room-by-room snagging checklist for new-build homes — what to check in every room, plus the exterior, services and documents most inspections miss.
Read the guide →Snag list template: what to include (and why spreadsheets fail)
The fields a snag list template actually needs, a copy-and-paste structure you can use today, and the reasons spreadsheet templates break down on real projects.
Read the guide →Practical completion: what it means and what to check
Practical completion is the moment a building is handed over — and the moment your leverage changes. What the term actually means, what to inspect before you sign, and the disagreements that come up every time.
Read the guide →The defects liability period, explained
The months after handover when the contractor must come back and put things right. What counts as a defect, what does not, how the end-of-period inspection works, and how retention is released.
Read the guide →How to write a site inspection report
A site inspection report is read by people who were not there, sometimes years later and sometimes by a lawyer. How to structure one, how to describe a defect so it gets fixed, and what photographs actually need to show.
Read the guide →Site meeting minutes that actually get actioned
Minutes are the project record, and on a contested job they are evidence. How to number points so they survive across meetings, write actions that get done, and handle the objection period.
Read the guide →Hiring a snagging surveyor: what to expect
What a professional snagging survey actually involves, what the report should contain, when to book it around your completion date, and how to use it once you have it.
Read the guide →Snagging an apartment block: handling volume
Forty units, common parts and a phased handover break the methods that work fine on one house. How to number, sequence and track defects when the same fault repeats across every floor.
Read the guide →Photographs that hold up: evidence on site
A photograph of a crack could be any wall in any building. What to shoot, how to show location and scale, what metadata matters, and why the timing of the shot decides whether it proves anything.
Read the guide →Snag list templates: Word, Excel, PDF or app?
Four ways to run a snag list, and what each one costs you on a real job. Which template format survives photographs, revisions and a subcontractor who says he never received item 42.
Read the guide →Snag list format in Excel: columns, set-up and limits
A working Excel snag list: the exact column order, the four set-up steps that make it usable on site, how to issue it by trade, and the two things a spreadsheet cannot do.
Read the guide →What is a snagger?
A snagger is the person who inspects a building for defects before handover. Who does the job in practice, what an inspection day involves, when it is worth hiring one, and what separates a good snagger from an expensive walk-round.
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