A reportWhat one looks like, before you buy one.
A specimen on an invented unit: the photographs with the day they were taken, the note, what the contract says should be there checked against what was found, and where the building had got to.
Every particular below is invented — the unit, the developer, the clauses and what was found. The photographs are generated illustrations, not a client's site: we do not publish client photography on the shop front.
The head
Four facts, before anything is described.
What was visited, when, and where it had got to.
- Unit
- Four-bedroom villa, 310 m², plot 42, the north row
- Visited
- Wednesday 22 July 2026
- Step reached
- Glazing, the seventh of ten
- Completion range
- March–May 2027, on the pace of the last three visits. Where the building does not allow a range to be given, the report says so instead of naming a date.
The photographs
Each one carries its day.
A photograph without its date is a photograph of nothing in particular.
Wednesday 22 July 2026
From the terrace. The neighbouring villas are at frame; the crane is still up.
Wednesday 22 July 2026
The living room. Glazing is in and sealed; the floor tiles are on site, not laid.
Wednesday 22 July 2026
The bathroom, photographed now because the manifolds go behind the tiling next month.
The note
What the photographs show.
In your language, written by the person who read the record. The unit is glazed and closed to the weather, which is the step this visit was expecting. Inside, the floor finish has arrived but is not laid, and the air conditioning is piped and not fitted. Both are ordinary at this point.
Two things are worth acting on. The bathroom plumbing is still open, so this is the last visit at which it can be photographed at all. And the terrace parapet in the annex has not been started, though the rest of this stage is finished — worth raising before the next stage covers the difference.
The contract
What it commits to, checked.
What the specification annex names, checked for presence against what this visit could see. Not an opinion on the workmanship, and not an audit of what the developer has invoiced.
| In the annex | On the day | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|
| Annex 2, 4.1 — glazing to all openings | Installed and sealed at every opening in the unit. | In the contract, and in place |
| Annex 2, 7.4 — plumbing to both bathrooms | Manifolds and risers in place in both bathrooms, still open to view. The test certificate was not on site; asked for in writing. | Cannot be confirmed yet — photographed while it is still visible |
| Annex 2, 6.2 — floor finish, living areas | Tiles delivered and stacked in the living room. Nothing laid. | In the contract, not yet done |
| Annex 2, 7.1 — air conditioning, one unit per bedroom | Pipework run to both bedrooms; no units mounted. | In the contract, not yet done |
| Annex 3, 2.3 — terrace parapet | Terrace slab poured; the parapet itself not yet started. | In the contract, not yet done — flagged, since the rest of this stage is finished |
The limits
What this report is not.
- Not technical supervision: the grade of the steel and the joints in the pipework are a different job for a different company.
- Not an audit of the developer's invoices or of what any stage was worth.
- Not a legal document, and not advice on what to do about what it records.
- Not a photograph of anything already covered up: what is buried on the last visit stays buried.
- Not a visit to an apartment: nobody is let into one while it is being built, so an apartment is covered from outside, by Snapshot.
The report reaches you in your language, as a page in your account and as a file you can send on. What it costs is on the pricing page, by district, property type and size.