I just wanted to give a quick update and lay out the plan for the next few days. The total number of snags written down by Bloor’s site manager and Norman Marsh from New Build Inspections was 168. And a few of those were fairly wide ranging such as the general need to repaint most of the walls.

So do I think it was worthwhile employing the services of professional snagging inspectors? So far it is a definite yes. Not only did Norman find a considerable number of problems that were missed by the site manager, but New Build Inspections are also following up very effectively with Bloor. The snag list was e-mailed to Bloor’s head office this afternoon and I was called by the site office within 1 hour with a promise that all matters would be remedied before completion on Friday.

So our plan is to collect the keys to our fully finished and snag-free (I like to be optimistic) new home on Friday, and then spend Friday and Saturday putting up a few curtain rails and attending to other such essentials. We will then get back to our temporary flat on Sunday, ready for the removal men to collect our things on Monday. We will drive back to our new home on Monday night, sleeping on the floor in our sleeping bags again before all our worldly possessions arrive on Tuesday morning.

All being well, I will try to write a brief entry on Sunday to let you know how many of the 168 snags were actually resolved. If the kitchen appliances were not fitted in time and we had to delay completion, then I will have to submit my entry from a remote island while my wife goes on a frenzied killing spree. You’ve been warned.