A room-by-room handover walk with Pass, Fail and N/A per check; a Fail becomes a snag

Step by step

  1. Walk in a fixed order, hallway, living room, kitchen, each bedroom, bathrooms, outside, so nothing is missed. A room-by-room checklist keeps the order for you.
  2. For each snag: photo first, with the whole element in frame and a close-up if it helps.
  3. Record the location (room and element), the defect in one plain sentence, the trade, the severity and the action.
  4. Number the snags. The developer's site manager will refer to them by number.
  5. Export as a PDF with the photos next to the text, and keep a CSV for your own records.

In Punch List AI the six fields are drafted from the photo and the checklist's Fail button pre-fills the room and trade, so the writing is a review rather than a chore. Call each item a snag in Settings and every heading, including the PDF's, follows.

Related questions

How many snags is normal on a new build?

Trade surveys put the average between 100 and 150 on a new house; a professional snagger finds more than a buyer does.

Should I send the snag list to the developer or the site manager?

Both. The PDF to whoever is named in your contract, and keep the numbered list so the re-inspection can tick items off.

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