Very Merry Christmas to One and All!

             Snagging Overseas Top Tip for a Top Gear Special

Here at Snagging Overseas we are gradually waiting for the yuletide season to arrive to enjoy one of our highlights of the year – repeats! Ahh to sit down with the pipe and slippers in front of a roaring log fire and relax and try to survive without Sky Plus!

We’ve heard on the grapevine that one of the snagging team’s fav’s “Top Gear “has another yuletide special! Who can forget Mr Clarkson on a Vespa riding through Vietnam! Comedy Gold!  

Of course that reminds us of the famous Clarkson Island sketch with Harry and Paul

Few people realize that Sal was originally the setting for the show!

With its idyllic climate, friendly natives and slow slow slow pace of life it would appear to be the complete opposite to the Clarkson: a man noted for pausing more during a sentence that William Shatner and the man many “ proper men “ think should be crowned Prime Minster! Surely he wouldn’t have a “Clegg to stand on! “

You can also imagine James “Speed “May appreciating the shear diversity of a gear box in Sal which replicates the way of living and business, ie “Start – Stall – Slow “

We could picture Hammond scampering over the sand dunes on his quad only to find he’s run out of sand!! What..? On an island? Surely not!  

So amazingly after “only “two years of snagging operations in Vila Verde we find that Melaleuca remains the only community without an inspection date – although as Clarkson’s told us from the land of sand it looks sure to start in January ( 2011! ) So make sure you get ready to Snag in the New Year and let Snagging Overseas do the work for you (without the pipe and slippers) contact us on info@snaggingoverseas.com   

Please note the Head Office will be closed during the Christmas week and will re – open on 3^rd January 2011.

May we take this opportunity from all the team in Portugal, Spain, Cabo Verde, Dubai and Turkey to wish you all a very happy peaceful Christmas and a Snag Free New Year

Vila Verde Santa Maria - To snag and to re-snag

We have been snagging new build properties on the Vila Verde project now for nearly two years! It seems incredible to think that we could be so long on one project of only a little over 1000 units.

It has been a little difficult sometimes to understand which timetable Tecnicil, the developer of the project, is following but the good news is that now we seem to be coming to the final snags. Phase Two (Which is made up of four blocks or "communities" as Tecnicil call them - The four blocks are Lantana, Cactus, Raphis and the verbal mouthful that is Malaleuca).

So if you are an owner of a property anywhere in Vila Verde Resort Santa Maria but have not yet sorted out your property inspections or SNAG Inspection, please contact us immediately via info@snaggingoverseas.com or by phone on 0208 1448200 so we can add you to our snagging schedule.

It does need to be said, as we have alluded to before, that Tecnicil is following a strange rhythm when it comes to snags and re-snags. We have some apartments that were snagged in September 2009 and we have now been asked back for the second snag or, what is even more odd, we have been informed that the snag window is now closed and we can not go back to snag. Odder and odder.

What is true is that the resort is looking great and is clearly close to completion. No we do not know what the condominium fees are either!
In the meantime have a great weekend and we will be sending some photos out for you so you can see the new and improved snag free Vila Verde!

Noticas fantasticas! The SoS Team is returned to full strength!



We are pleased to announce the reappearance of our 33 Chilean Snaggers! We had thought they were skiving off but no, it turns out there were some more serious snags than first expected.
We will now be levying a surcharge for snagging underground layers, and if the layer belongs to a Mr. "E.S. Blofeld" we're not going.

Anyway, great news for the miners but we have work in hand on Vila Verde Resort, Sal Island, Cape Verde, which at times seems buried far more deeply than the trifling 2,257 feet the Chilean miners had to suffer.

Over the past two years we have published many items that seem to come back to life - like Christopher Lee in the Hammer Dracula films, back year after year with a new cape and new teeth.

You can count (Pardon the pun) on our chums at Tecnicil to makelife interesting. From the fridge doors that go bang in the night, well bang into wall sockets, to the now infamous washing machines that yes, do fit under the counter - just shove it in, shove it in! Ok, take the top of it. Et viola! It fits. Snag? No. Here have a letter from the manufacturer saying it's fine.

Now this last point is edgy. After all, we are used to washing machines with their tops on. Why would they make them otherwise. Yet at Snagging Overseas we have to observe, record and report. The letter from the manufacturer is valid so this can not be classed as a snag. It is unlikely this can be held up as a snag. However, it is a little odd and the first time we have seen it.

However, Snagging Overseas has an assurance from Tecnicil that all appliances will be in working order once water and power is on, and we have assured our clients we will test the appliances when able to, so rest assured we will be going in there to look at everything mechanical and electrical and, for Mission Washing Machine, we have 33 sets of dirty clothing and possibly a filthy cat as test items. And we will wathching the washing machines more closely than the world watched the return of our snaggers.

Forza Chile!

For information on getting your property snagged in Cape Verde, or anywhere else in the world you can send us an email to info@snaggingoverseas.com

Snagging on Sal.....Phase Two and others

Malaleuca ready to go?

 It’s Snag Time in Cape Verde! So “Lets get ready to rummbbllleeeeee……………………..” as Mr Buffer would say!

One of our guys remarked recently that the remarkable changes in phase one in Tecnicil's Vila Verde development over the past 12 months could be compared to ITV’s “Laddette to Lady!”

However, incredibly enough Tecnicil have now announced snagging for Lantana and have prewarned us heros of the snagging world of imminent snagging in Cactus, Raphis and Malaleuca (No we can't pronounce it either - "mala-lee-uka"? "Mally-luka"?).

As the warm glow of the Portuguese Autumnal October sun sets over Snag HQ its making us feel sleepy and generous – so if you need to snag your property, check out the website for the discounts and offers of the “Snag and Clean “Combo – for Lantana, Cactus, Raphis and Melaleuca!! Fingers and laser measurement guns crossed they may all even be open for inspections by the end of the year!

So the Snag mobile is moving full steam ahead into Lantana with the Tortuga Beach Blocks all go – soon its over to Djadsal Moreadias, Dunas Beach and eventually”ish “ into the Paradise Resort.

And if we thought that Snagging in Cabo Verde (To snag in Cape Verde turns is local) is fun we‘re just happy that we are not near the Village in Delhi! We can think of better places to be than entering a swimming competition with a ropey stomach!! And buildings collapsing before any remedial work is discovered is top drawer! Not exactly what it says on the tin we think – perhaps they should send for Electra?!

Speed - Is it of the Essence?!

Mark Twain once said “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow “– Especially if it’s August!

Hot humid and with what seems like the entire 900,000 Portuguese Paris citizens on their hol’s in their cars, everybody has taken the concept of how many different ways you can go round a roundabout to a new level! Good Times.

As many of you know we have relocated our office to a brand spanking snagging free place just outside Albufeira. As long as we have been in operation snagging here in the Sunny Algarve we have become used to the “it’ll be done in 2 days “time factor.

However we must surely award Portugal Telecom the “Tortoise Snagging Speedster Award “for taking just 23 days from the installation of our new phone line for it to become operational!!

Our new phone / fax number is 00 351 289 516650 or if you are calling from the UK dial 0208 1448200.

We are in the process of changing our brochures and updating the website – although how long this will take depends on who’s not on holiday! The original Snagging Overseas number will be operational in the interim period

Lots of movement in the developments we are snagging in Cabo Verde, Dubai and Portugal so check the blog for more updates and photos soon!

Snag Soon.

We're back... finally

After some digital shenanigans (sic!) that impeded our ability to ftp our blog to our website, we are hoping that now we are back!

We will see if this works!

Snagging Utilities at Vila Verde - August 2010

“Get Connected”!!!

Connect with Snagging Overseas begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting with no Notarized Signatures required….!!!!

Further to our long ongoing debate with Electra regarding paperwork for the connection utility service we will be sending the information about this process in the next few days.

As you maybe aware Electra has continually changed the paperwork required during our discussions, more times than the coalition government changed sides during the recent elections! This was primarily over the requirement of a POA for Snagging Overseas begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting authorising connection of the services.

We have, at great length, explained to Electra how expensive, time consuming and unnecessary this can be. Particularly in view that we have connected utilities on other islands without requiring these documents. (And through Electra!) (Go Figure!!)

With this in mind we have secured an agreement with Tecnicil where by it would act as a guarantor for Snagging Overseas begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting and on behalf of the new legal owners of the property.

In order to proceed with the applications for the connections we needed to ask our clients if you have or intend to enter into the Tecnicil Rental agreement.

For those clients signed up for the rental agreement, Tecnicil will guarantee with Electra that they will be responsible for missed payments.

For those that are not in the rental pool Tecnicil may request an additional payment of 100 Euros to cover possible missed payments. This deposit is refundable to Snagging Overseas begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting Clients should the non – rental owners decide to either enter the rental agreement or change the contract into their own or another persons name. This can be done on Sal at the Electra office in the capital.

For further information and the costs and pricing of our service please email info@snaggingoverseas.com or contact us on our new number! 00 351 289 516 650 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 00 351 289 516 650 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

All our current clients signed up will receive an Email from Serafina on Thursday 12th August( we're not saying she's superstitious but no way was this being sent on Friday 13th! )