Property Snagging Dubai · How It Works

What is a snagging inspection?

Snagging is a property inspection focused on identifying defects rather than recording tenancy condition. It is most commonly done at handover from a developer, and also after major renovations or before the first tenant moves into a recently completed unit.

A useful snag list names the unit, the date, and each defect with its location, a short description, and photographs. Send it in writing to the developer or contractor named in your contract, keep the delivery record, and chase a written acknowledgement.

If they ignore it, escalate through the channel in your sale and purchase agreement. For contractual finish defects that sits with the defects liability period, if your SPA grants one. For structural safety, that is a different legal track: decennial liability.

Snagify is not a snagging company and does not send an inspector. There is no snagging inspection type in the product.

When you need it.

01

You bought off-plan and the unit is being delivered.

Walk the unit as soon as you get access, while it is still empty. The later you wait, the easier it is for a developer to argue that you caused the marks yourself.

02

Your renovation just finished and you want to verify quality.

Contractors miss things. A written punch list with photos, sent before final payment, is what holds them to the contract. That list is yours to write; Snagify does not run a contractor snagging flow.

03

You're listing a recently completed unit for rent.

Snagging before the first tenant moves in protects you against tenant complaints about builder defects. Issues you document now are still on the developer's bill.

Where Snagify actually fits.

You can use Snagify to produce a photographic, dated, room-by-room record and attach that file to a snag list you write yourself. The product does not classify severity, track repairs, collect a developer signature, or run a snagging inspection type.

Where it genuinely belongs is the tenancy that follows: a documented check-in, then a check-out, signed by landlord and tenant.

If you need a professional snagging inspection. Specialist firms send a technician to test systems and appliances on site. That is a different service from a documentation app.

Step by step.

01

Know the window

For an off-plan purchase, snag as soon as you have access, and read the defects notification rules in your SPA. For a renovation, inspect before you release the last payment.

02

Walk every room

Open cabinets, run taps, try sockets, look at grout, paint, alignment, doors and windows. Photograph each issue in context and close-up, with the unit number and date in the file set.

03

Write the snag list

Room, location, description, photo. Group by area so a site team can work it. This is a correspondence document, not a Snagify report type.

04

Submit it to the developer

Send it to the customer-care channel named in your SPA. Ask for written acknowledgement and a programme for the items that fall under the defects liability period, if you have one.

05

Escalate if they ignore you

Chase in writing, then use the escalation path in the contract. Keep every email. A specialist snagging firm can add system tests that phone photos will not catch.

06

Then document the tenancy

Once the unit is let, the relevant document is a check-in signed by landlord and tenant. That is the flow Snagify is built for.

What you get at the end.

Final deliverable

Snagify does not produce a developer snag list, a severity scale, or a repair tracker. What you can export is a dated, room-by-room photographic record to attach to your own list. For a rental, the deliverable that matters is a check-in and check-out signed by both parties.

Frequently asked.

As soon as you have access after handover for an off-plan purchase, and before final payment after a renovation. Before the first tenant moves in if you are letting a new unit. The earlier the record, the harder it is to argue the defects appeared later.

A check-in documents condition for a tenancy baseline, signed by landlord and tenant. Snagging documents defects the developer or contractor should fix under the sale or works contract. They can look similar on the day. They are not the same legal document.

No. Snagify does not send an inspector and has no snagging inspection type. The AI in the app is a general-purpose commercial vision model called through an API, with prompts written for Dubai rental conditions. It is not trained or fine-tuned on a Dubai defect dataset.

Most buyers chase in writing first, then escalate through the SPA. A specialist snagging report is stronger for systems and appliances than a folder of photos. Snagify cannot add a developer acknowledgement signature.

If you need live testing of MEP, appliances, moisture or thermal issues, yes: that is what those firms do. Phone photography documents visible finishes. It does not replace a technician on site.

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