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How we Help With Property Handovers

You’re out of the country but buying property? We help you make sure that your future property meets your expectations. We takeover the keys document for you. But more importantly, we’ll do a handover inspection to find damages that the developer needs to fix – before you sign the contract, submerged by a spike of adrenaline and happiness.

Tests by professional tools + experienced inspectors

Extensive damage report

Follow-up of your developer’s rectification work via de-snagging

High savings by avoiding expensive repairs

Key handover in your name

From
Your First Inspection
to the Key Handover

When booking a property handover, you have professional assistance from beginning to end. The centerpiece of your property handover is the handover inspection.

During the handover inspection, our inspector, an engineer well experienced in this field of business, will check every aspect of the property to make sure there are no defects. We also check minor issues which may grow into bigger problems in the future.
This inspection will help you get a pretty good idea of your property, give you an idea of you property’s overall quality, and teach you how to keep it well maintained at a decent level.

Afterwards, you’ll get a handover report listing all problems found. Once your developer has fixed the problems, we’ll follow-up to check if the rectification work was done properly. If not, we’ll make him fix the remaining damages. Once we’re satisfied with the property’s condition, we’ll handle the key handover in your name. We told you: We’ll stay with you till the end.

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About SnagMe

At SnagMe we’re convinced: Everyone deserves damage-free property. Through our inspections we help with that – by ensuring that your future property is damage-free before you sign a contract.

Since 2010, we’ve done over 160 inspections in Dubai. Is yours next?

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Why Choose SnagMe?

Punctual

Qualified

Customer Centric

10+ Years Experience

Price Guarantee

We’ve been successful in the market for over 10 years now. With good reason.

At SnagMe, we pride ourselves with being thorough, reliable – and fluent in multiple languages. We’re convinced, everyone deserves damage-free property. That’s why we provide our services in English, Arabic, French and German.

To make the handover of your future property as easy as possible, we also provide our services for people overseas. Schedule an inspection with us and we’ll take care of your property in Dubai.

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Your SnagMe
Handover Inspection

Every handover inspection is individual, just as every house is individual. Some checkpoints may be identical regardless of the building, but there are always individual things to factor in. Say your neighbor’s pump room is leaking and it’s known that this area is using the same plumber. It wouldn’t necessarily mean that your pump room would be leaking at the same spot. But it means that we’re considering your pump room as well as your top roof and the false ceiling a priority in our inspection, since these areas could be affected by false plumbing. 

That is additional to general areas of interest we check during the inspection. Our inspectors are experienced and well aware of the general issues encountered in a particular community.

As per your convenience, you can be present when we do the inspection and learn a lot about your future property. Our inspector will happily explain snags and their future impact while he’s doing his job. After a while, you might even spot some of the snags yourself. If you are busy or out of the country and it’s not possible for you to be present at the inspection visit, our inspector will take full responsibility and will be doing the job as due. 

In both cases, we’ll send you your handover report with a full list of all snags found via email, no more than four days after the inspection. For us, the inspection process starts on the day you appoint us and ends with sending you your individual handover report.

As mentioned previously, we try to cover as much as possible by the snagging inspection. Exceptions are components that aren’t accessible by the usual means, such as the technical shaft, a closed false ceiling without an inspection hatch or the inner part of the ventilation duct. We also don’t inspect mechanical or electrical equipment that requires dismantling, since that would compromise its warranty.

Yes, when you book our handover service, you get the complete all-in-package – including de-snagging.

Once your developer fixed the snags found in the initial handover inspection, you should get the de-snagging inspection done. Thereby we can follow-up on the developer’s rectification work and make sure it’s been done properly.

If it wasn’t, you’ll receive a second report with damages for your developer to fix. You can get as many de-snagging inspections done as you want so to make sure all issues are fixed before signing the handover document.

Your SnagMe
Inspection Coverage

Once we’ve received your order, a customized checklist will be created to be used as a guideline for the snagging inspection. It will be based on your property’s floor plan and location and shows, what will be covered.

Nevertheless, there are areas that are included in every one of our handover inspections. We’ve listed them here to give you an idea of the inspection’s scope. Feel free to ask us if you have any questions!

A SnagMe Handover Inspection covers:

All Mechanical Components

All Electrical Components

Finishing

Waterproofing

Thermal Insulation

Carpentry

HVAC

Top Roof

Water Tanks

Sewage

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Your SnagMe
Handover Report

Your handover report from SnagMe will be a guideline to the contractor who does the rectification work. All issues found will be noted in the so-called handover report. Over the years, our engineers tested different report formats, continuously upgrading our report to match the market requirements.

The SnagMe Report is unambiguous and clearly worded so that ordinary construction workers can read and apply the content. We avoid technical jargon so there is no misunderstanding. The snags are sorted by location to ensure quick rectification room by room and avoid running around.

In order to make the contents quickly comprehensible, the SnagMe Report is kept as concise as possible. Nevertheless, we note if a snag needs to be fixed or if an element is completely rejected by our inspector. For the latter, the element needs to be changed completely.

Sample SnagMe Report

To get an idea how the SnagMe report looks, we encourage you to download our sample report.

If you have questions or you’re ready to book your inspection, contact us anytime!




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      2.400 AED

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          How it Works

          1. Request

          Following your request, we’ll get in touch with you with a few questions to prepare a proposal.

          2. Offer

          Based on your answers, we’ll send you an individual proposal for your inspection within a few hours.

          3. Confirmation

          Once you accept the proposal and make the advance payment, we confirm your inspection date.

          4. Inspection

          Our inspector will be on site taking pictures and conducting measurements. At that time you should clear the balance payment.

          5. Report

          Within 72 hours, we’ll send you the inspection’s report. All necessary repairs are marked clearly to avoid misunderstandings.

          6. Repairs

          After repairs are completed, the developer will inform you of a date to check on the performed work. This is the so-called de-snagging inspection.

          7. De-Snagging

          At the de-snagging inspection our inspector will check if the fixings were done properly. If not, you’ll get a secondary report and are back at step 6.

          8. Key Handover

          Once we found your developer’s rectification work sufficient, we sign the handover document in your name and handle the key handover.

          How it Works

          1. Request

          Following your request, we’ll get in touch with you with a few questions to prepare a proposal.

          2. Offer

          Based on your answers, we’ll send you an individual proposal for your inspection within a few hours.

          3. Confirmation

          Once you accept the proposal and make the advance payment, we confirm your inspection date.

          4. Inspection

          Our inspector will be on site taking pictures and conducting measurements. At that time you should clear the balance payment.

          5. Report

          Within 72 hours, we’ll send you the inspection’s report. All necessary repairs are marked clearly to avoid misunderstandings.

          6. Repairs

          After repairs are completed, the developer will inform you of a date to check on the performed work. This is the so-called de-snagging inspection.

          7. Optional: De-Snagging

          At the de-snagging inspection our inspector will check if the fixings were done properly. If not, you’ll get a secondary report and are back at step 6.

          8. Key Handover

          Once we found your developer’s rectification work sufficient, we sign the handover document in your name and handle the key handover.

          FAQ Property Handover

          Yes, that’s exactly what our property inspections are for – people who’re out of town. With our handover service, we’ll support you from beginning till end. We do a handover inspection for you, send you and your developer a thorough report, follow up on the rectification work done by your developer and do the key handover in your name.

          Thereby you can make sure that your future property has been properly checked and avoid costly repairs down the line.

          Handover inspections are not compulsory. Still, acquiring a property is a big, long-term investment. As such, it’s either bought to be used by the owner or by a tenant. In both cases, your asset needs to be in perfect condition when bought to avoid its depreciation. That’s why you should get a snagging inspection before signing a contract. 

          The snagging inspection is essential to identify any damages and issues in your future property. This allows you to claim for repairs before you sign the contract and handover document. Damages discovered after this point will become your responsibility and you cannot claim any repairs from the developer, which will have an impact on your property’s value down the line.

          Yes! A building inspection, also called handover inspection, is meant to ensure that the building is handed over to you in incapable quality, even with many parties involved. 

          During the construction process many parties are involved, including

          • the developer, whose main goal is to increase profit and reduce costs
          • the architect and consultant, who have to find a way to comply with the developer’s requirements and the standards
          • the contractor, who got the bidding at a lower cost and will try to get extra out of it

          To get a proper inspection done, you’d commission an independent snagging company such as SnagMe. This ensures that you can trust the findings from the inspection, which you can also partake in. 

          After the inspection’s completion you’ll get a SnagMe Report, that’ll list all snags found. With this list you can go to your contractor and demand fixing before signing the contract.

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