Snagging
My final blog post – farewell!
And so, the end is here. It is just over 6 months since I posted my first entry, and we have been through so much together. We’ve had:
• snags galore (here and here)
• gadgets galore (here and here)
• near disaster (here and here)
• killer flies (here)
• and sexy lingerie (here).
I hope that my posts have informed and entertained [...]
New Home Guide: Top snagging tips
Congratulations – you have just bought a new house. Commiserations – you have now have to deal with ‘snagging’. Snags are all of those little imperfections with your new home that your builder promises to rectify within the first few weeks of you moving in. Here are my top 3 snagging tips:
1. [...]
FLOOD! Ground floor flooded by faulty stop cock
When there is a leaking water pipe in your house, you should turn off the water supply at the stop cock. When the stop cock then snaps off in your hand, you should swear violently and prepare to get very, very wet . . .
Yesterday was a bizarre, twisted day. Those 6 remaining [...]
The end is in sight – only 6 snags remaining
Monday saw the promised flurry of activity on our house. We had the decorator, the tiler, the slab layer and the sealant man (doesn’t it sound like he should be wearing a cape?) all work their magic. 2 of the remaining snags concern the metal floor of our balcony which should be replaced [...]
12Sep2007 | Craig | 0 comments | Continued
Crags bags snags in showdown shocker!
Craig Williamson asked some tough questions of Bloor’s site manager today, as his snag list entered its 10th week. Craig, 31, wanted to know exactly why he still had a list of 19 outstanding snags and why there had been no progress for the previous month.
Bloor’s site manager was quoted as saying “Sorry” while [...]
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Hi Craig.,
Just loved your story about the disaster.
Regretably..its not that uncommom, stopcocks more ofetn seize up. so although they7 miught ...