Snagging is the process of identifying defects, incomplete items, or finishing issues in a property before or around handover.
What It Is
Snagging is the process of identifying defects, incomplete items, or finishing issues in a property before or around handover. This page should own the definitional layer for the concept on Glossary.ae and explain it in a way that makes its role clear for pre-handover checks, defect identification, off-plan completion review, buyer inspection.
What It Is Not
It is not the formal legal claim itself and it is not simply routine maintenance.
When It Is Used
Use this term when discussing pre-handover checks, defect identification, off-plan completion review, buyer inspection.
Where You’ll See It
You will see it in handover inspections, developer completion files, defect lists, buyer readiness checks.
Process Context
This concept sits at the inspection stage before or around handover where issues are recorded for rectification. It should help the user distinguish this concept from adjacent terms in the same process chain rather than flattening the sequence into one generic label.
Jurisdiction Note
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