D-041majorMaster bedroom · Window 2
Window frame out of plumb; seal compromised at head
- Measured
- 5.2mm deviation over 2m
- Tolerance
- ±3mm over 2m
- Standard
- NHBC Standards Ch. 9.2
Required actionRe-set frame, replace head seal, re-test.
D-041Property inspection & snagging company · Dubai
British-founded practice with instant reports issued on site.
Twenty years of UK construction discipline, applied to Dubai handovers. Every defect is measured against the standard that governs it, whether DBC, Civil Defence, or your SPA spec, and we stay with it until it is closed.
British-founded practiceReport delivered immediately on site20 years construction experienceFully licensed★★★★★ 4.9 · 318 client reviews
Instant
report issued on site before leaving
4–0h
on site, report complete before we leave
±0mm
every defect carries a reading, not a description
0
properties inspected in Dubai since 2019
Where to start
Which of these are you?
Your snagging list before you sign
A developer hands over once. Whatever you accept on that day becomes your cost to put right. We inspect before you sign the acceptance documents, measure every deviation in millimetres, and give you a schedule formatted for the developer to action.
What this usually means
- ✓412 checkpoints in an apartment, 488 in a villa
- ✓Report delivered on site, before we leave
- ✓Unlimited re-inspections until every item closes
We would suggest
Complete
2,100
Typical apartment at handover
Transparency
Why others look cheaper on the surface
Not by doing the same work for less. By taking most of it out of the headline fee and charging for it afterwards, once you are committed and the developer is already arguing. We are not the cheap option, and this is what the cheap option leaves out.
What it covers
Cheaper "From AED 999" quotes
Kensington
The standard the work is measured against
Elsewhere · An in-house checklist, rarely published
✓Ours · British-founded · every deviation measured and recorded in millimetres
Re-inspection after the developer's repairs
Elsewhere · Billed again, each visit
✓Ours · Unlimited, included
Putting the defect list to the developer
Elsewhere · Handed to you to chase
✓Ours · We draft it and show you how
Thermal and moisture survey
Elsewhere · Priced as an add-on
✓Ours · Included in Complete
The 11-month warranty check
Elsewhere · A new instruction, new fee
✓Ours · Diarised at handover
What you finally pay
Elsewhere · Known at the end
✓Ours · Published below, in full
Pricing
Published. In full
Nobody else at this end of the market publishes prices. We do.
Priced on built-up area per title deed. No asterisks, no hidden extras.
Sample report
Download a real report before you spend a dirham
Every entry is located, photographed, measured, and cited against the standard it fails. Two hundred of them, typically, in a new two-bedroom apartment.
Download the sample report →Illustrative sample — not a real inspection finding
D-041How it works
Four steps, and we do three of them.
01
Send us the handover date
Community, unit type, developer. We quote a fixed fee the same working day.
02
We inspect the property
Four to six hours on site, 412 checkpoints, thermal and moisture where required.
03
You receive the report
Before we leave the property, defect by defect, with the tolerance each one fails.
04
We stay with it until it is right
Re-inspection, developer liaison support, and an 11-month warranty check diarised.
On site
The report is where we start, not where we stop.
Remote owners
Handover, handled, while you're not in the country
You do not need to fly in. We collect the keys, walk you through the property live, and show you exactly how to put the snag list to the developer.
We work to your clock: 09:00 London · 12:30 Mumbai · 13:00 Dubai
See the remote service →- 01Live video walkthrough on inspection day
- 02Key collection under power of attorney
- 03Developer liaison support while items remain open
- 0411-month warranty check included
Our method
The software will not let us skip anything
Our inspectors work through a 412-point survey on purpose-built inspection software. Each item is photographed, measured and time-stamped on site. The report is generated from that record, not written up afterwards from memory.
- ✓Every checkpoint signed off individually
- ✓Measurements entered against the tolerance
- ✓Defect status tracked to closure
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What owners say
★★★★★ 4.9 average · 318 Google reviews
★★★★★
“Two of the three tolerances they cited I had to look up. The contractor did not argue with any of them.”
S. Kaur · Townhouse, Damac Hills · Google review
★★★★★
“The list ran to eighty-four items. Our contractor argued with two of them and put the rest right in a fortnight.”
S. Whitfield · Villa renovation, Jumeirah · Google review
★★★★★
“The report reads like a survey, not a sales document. My developer stopped arguing on page two.”
J. Whitmore · Villa, Tilal Al Ghaf · Google review
Questions we are asked
Fixed, in writing, before we attend. The only thing that changes it is the area of the property being materially different from what you told us, and we would raise that with you before starting rather than afterwards.
We measure on site. If the built-up area is more than 10% above what you gave us, we tell you the revised fee before we begin and you decide whether to go ahead. We do not add it quietly to the invoice.
Yes. Every figure on this page and in your quotation is inclusive of VAT, and a tax invoice follows payment.
In full 24 hours before the inspection. Payment confirms the booking; without it we do not attend. Bank transfer or card, and no deposit is taken at the time of booking.
Reschedule free of charge up to 24 hours before the appointment. Inside 24 hours, or where we arrive and access is refused, we charge half the fee for the slot we have lost.
Four to six hours on site for an apartment, a full day for most villas. The written report is complete before we leave.
We carry professional indemnity cover and every report is issued under the oversight of a qualified surveyor. Certificates are provided with the standing terms for your compliance file.
Because the low fee is only possible if the work is unbundled: re-inspections billed per visit, the developer left to you, the thermal survey sold as an add-on, the 11-month check quoted again next year. Add those to a cheaper quote and the gap narrows considerably. We would rather publish one number that covers all of it.
Before the keys change hands
Send us the handover date and we will come back the same working day with a fixed fee and the earliest inspection slot.