Buying a property or taking handover of a new home in Al Reem Island Abu Dhabi is a major investment. Whether you are purchasing an apartment, taking possession of a newly completed property, or checking a resale home, a professional inspection can help you identify defects before they become expensive problems. Choosing the right home…
A five bedroom villa handover in a Dubai Hills cluster, and the first forty minutes of the inspection were spent outside the house. The owner met us at the front door expecting us to start in the living room. We went the other way, to the plant room. Booster pump, water tank, valve set, then…
During one handover week in a Business Bay tower we inspected a two bedroom unit, and two neighbours on the same floor had booked two other snagging firms for the same day. Same layout, same finishes, same handover batch. Our inspector started at nine in the morning. From the corridor he watched both of the…
A waterfront apartment handed over in spring. By the second month a chalky white band had appeared along the base of the balcony parapet, and the same powder was showing in the grout near the threshold. This is one of the calls we get most often at Prime Inspections. The owner had already been told…
Late July, a five bedroom villa, ambient sitting in the mid forties. The owner had taken handover three weeks earlier, and every morning the water sat a little further below the tile line. This is one of the calls we get most often at Prime Inspections. He had raised it once. The answer came back…
The owner sent us a photograph of a ceiling stain. Same room, same position, slightly larger than the one that had been signed off as closed in November. This is one of the calls we get most often at Prime Inspections. His message was three words long. “They told me it was fixed.” It was…
A two bedroom apartment in JVC. The snag report had gone in, the developer had gone quiet for a fortnight, and then customer care replied with a short email offering a lump sum in lieu of rectification, with an acknowledgement attached to sign and return. This is one of the calls we get most often…
August, a five bedroom villa handover in Dubai Hills Estate, ambient well over 45 C. The owner and his wife were standing in the entrance hall while the handover coordinator waited nearby with the acceptance form and a pen. We sent the report that evening. He called within the hour, and his first words were…
August, a Palm Jumeirah apartment at eight in the morning, humidity already sitting on everything. The lobby was finished, the unit smelled of fresh paint, and when I opened the distribution board there was nothing. No supply, no meter reading, nothing to switch on. The owner had flown in for two days specifically for this….
A February morning in District One, cool enough to work without sweating. One of our engineers had a phone propped against the kitchen island on a video call, and the owner was watching from a desk seven hours behind us. He asked us to hold the camera steady on a hairline crack above a bedroom…