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Anyone here come across https://supersubbie.com/ and tried it? Does it work?
They actually charge the contractor a subscription -the subbie gets the contacts free.
As to snagging, I'm one of the guys at the end of his working life, so I no longer want to be humping heavy joists into place, or cutting out and replacing rotted beams, etc. so snagging is a bit more attractive, nowadays. I have to admit, though, telling one contractor this year to stick his job because the volume and nature of snags he expected me and my team to deal with simply indicated that his foremen were lazy/incompetent and weren't keeping the price work subs in line. It can be a very frustrating way to earn a living if the contractor closes his ears to positive suggestions
You don't (draw the line, that is). What normally happens is that you are supplied with a "punch list" of snags to be fixed. A lot of the time there is a blurring between certain trades, plus there are always "political" items - work which is being added to placate the client/main contractor. In my experience these snag lists can't ever be done on a fixed price/estimate basis, so you can find yourself under a lot of pressure to fix stuff (which often shouldn't have been wrong in the first place) quickly and at minimal cost. My own feeling is that the price work guys should be made to come back and fix their own messes - at their own cost, too. Might do them some good. In the real world, though, that doesn't happenIt would certainly be one of the issues, where do you draw the line as to what consitutues snagging?
You don't (draw the line, that is). What normally happens is that you are supplied with a "punch list" of snags to be fixed. A lot of the time there is a blurring between certain trades, plus there are always "political" items - work which is being added to placate the client/main contractor. In my experience these snag lists can't ever be done on a fixed price/estimate basis, so you can find yourself under a lot of pressure to fix stuff (which often shouldn't have been wrong in the first place) quickly and at minimal cost. My own feeling is that the price work guys should be made to come back and fix their own messes - at their own cost, too. Might do them some good. In the real world, though, that doesn't happen
Not sure there's much of a market for it TBH. After all the purchaser is legally obliged to allow the contractor first bite at any snagging required on a build. That's certainly the case on the commercial type stuff I primarily work on - and in addition on commercials there's generally a 12 month "warranty period" where it's the responsibility of the main contractor to pay for and undertake many remedial tasks (which inevitably includes what many would call snags). That's why there's something like a 3 to 5% withholding on those jobs (not sound like a lot? The last restaurant fit-out I did was over £2.5m so 3% of that is more than I earn in a year)How about advertising a "new build [or any build] snagging service + a rectification service?
Adverts to get the owner on board
Or (a good )one built just post war by brickies earning £6. per week. I saw an old documentaryT
It doesnt say much for construction when the quality of a Victorian house is better than one built in 2018.....
My own feeling is that the price work guys should be made to come back and fix their own messes - at their own cost, too. Might do them some good. In the real world, though, that doesn't happen
Not sure there's much of a market for it TBH. After all the purchaser is legally obliged to allow the contractor first bite at any snagging required on a build. That's certainly the case on the commercial type stuff I primarily work on - and in addition on commercials there's generally a 12 month "warranty period" where it's the responsibility of the main contractor to pay for and undertake many remedial tasks (which inevitably includes what many would call snags). That's why there's something like a 3 to 5% withholding on those jobs (not sound like a lot? The last restaurant fit-out I did was over £2.5m so 3% of that is more than I earn in a year)