Snagging & defects
Snagging that closes, not a spreadsheet that grows
Drop a pin on the real drawing, photograph the defect, assign it to the trade and give it a date. The trade marks it fixed; you verify it on site and close it. Nothing gets typed twice and nothing gets lost between the walk round and the meeting.
Snagging & defects register
+ New snagExcelPDF| Ref | Location | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNG-041 | Flat 12 · Kitchen Moderate | Worktop join at the sink run is open and unsealed | Open |
| SNG-040 | Flat 12 · Hallway Minor | Architrave mitre open at the head of the door | In progress |
| SNG-039 | Level 02 · Corridor Significant | Emergency light not illuminating on test | Open |
| SNG-038 | Flat 09 · Bathroom Moderate | Silicone to bath edge cracked along the full run | Fixed |
| SNG-037 | Flat 09 · Bedroom 1 Minor | Skirting scribed short at the external corner | In progress |
| SNG-036 | Level 01 · Riser Moderate | Access panel fixings missing, two of four | Open |
The problem
A list is not a system
Most snagging still runs on a spreadsheet and a camera roll. The list grows, the photographs live somewhere else, nobody can say which items are genuinely closed, and the trade argues about what “hallway, second floor” meant. The week before handover, somebody rebuilds the whole thing by hand.
Pinned where it actually is
Upload the floor plan as a PDF and drop the pin on the spot. Pinch to zoom, pan freely — the pin stays exactly where you put it, at any zoom, and the register and the drawing are the same record seen two ways.
Level 02 — General arrangement
SnagInspectionNCRA register, not a spreadsheet
Severity, priority, subcontractor and a target date on every item. Filter it, sort it, group it by trade — and the register tells you what is overdue and who owes it rather than you working it out.
Snagging & defects register
+ New snagExcelPDF| Ref | Location | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNG-041 | Flat 12 · Kitchen Moderate | Worktop join at the sink run is open and unsealed | Open |
| SNG-040 | Flat 12 · Hallway Minor | Architrave mitre open at the head of the door | In progress |
| SNG-039 | Level 02 · Corridor Significant | Emergency light not illuminating on test | Open |
| SNG-038 | Flat 09 · Bathroom Moderate | Silicone to bath edge cracked along the full run | Fixed |
| SNG-037 | Flat 09 · Bedroom 1 Minor | Skirting scribed short at the external corner | In progress |
| SNG-036 | Level 01 · Riser Moderate | Access panel fixings missing, two of four | Open |
In your hand, on the floor you are standing on
The same register on a phone, with the item you are looking at open in front of you. Raise it, photograph it and assign it without going back to the office.
What the register guarantees
How it runs
From the walk round to the closed item
Set the units up
Import the schedule of areas and every flat is created with its type, rooms and floor areas — so a location is a real place, not free text.
Walk and pin
Drop the snag on the drawing, photograph it, pick the trade and the severity.
Issue by trade
Everything outstanding grouped by subcontractor, out as one email with one PDF.
Verify and close
The trade marks it fixed. You check it on site and close it. Both stages are stamped with a date and a name.
What you get out
Paperwork the client will accept
- A branded PDF register with a photographs appendix, filtered however you like
- Excel and CSV for the QS, with every field the register holds
- One combined document per trade, one item per page, ready to send
- A full history on every item: who changed what, and when
- Everything generated on your own device
FAQ
Straight answers
What is a snagging list?
A snagging list is the record of everything that is not right yet — the defects, the unfinished work and the damage found on a walk round, each one tied to a place, a trade and a date it has to be put right by. On a housing job it is usually produced unit by unit before handover, and again at the end of the defects liability period.
Does it work without a signal?
Yes. Records and photographs are held on the device and go up the moment you are back in range. Basements and shell floors are exactly where snagging happens, so it has to.
Can subcontractors see their own items?
They get one email with one PDF listing everything outstanding against them, with photographs. There is no seat to buy and nothing for them to install — most trades will not download an app, and a PDF is what they already act on.
Who can close an item?
The trade marks it fixed; you check it on site and close it. An item is never closed by the party that fixed it, and every status change is stamped with a date and a name.
Read next
Inspections & ITPs
Fifteen inspection and test plans and sixteen trade check sheets, with every acceptance criterion written out.
See inspections →How to write a snagging list
What belongs on it, how to describe a defect so it is fixed once, and the two-stage close.
Read the guide →Reports & exports
What comes out at the end of a round, and what the client actually gets.
See reports →Start with the worked example
A real 64-flat project is loaded for you — 60 snags, 49 inspections, six NCRs — so you can see how it behaves before you put your own job in.