Snag & Inspect was founded in 2009 by Douglas Ralph, who after 28 years in the construction and maintenance industry, decided to use his considerable knowledge and expertise to help and assist others in protecting their property investments. Douglas moved to the UAE in 2006 to take up a senior post in building maintenance, and when the wind of change swept across the property market, he quickly realised that there was a need for a high quality inspection and consultancy service, and so in 2009, in partnership with His Highness Sheikh Saqer Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Snag & Inspect was launched. Since those early days the company has gone from strength to strength rapidly gaining a reputation for high quality reports, attention to detail and high ethical standards. In late 2011 the company began working with the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Agency (RERA) by providing support for RERA’s involvement in the implementation of the Emirate’s ‘Strata Law’ introduction, aimed at providing quality consumer protection for property purchasers and support for the Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) in their desire to raise the standards of property inspection within the Emirate. In more recent times the company has been involved with Dubai Municipality on the safety of Fairground Rides and been working with Dubai Civil Defence on Fire & Life Safety issues, it has also been involved with the Abu Dhabi Government on issues involving building maintenance and on the introduction of auditing programmes.
