Severity scoring

How Bangkok Inspect separates cosmetic issues from buyer-risk defects.

Severity scoring helps buyers decide what to repair, negotiate, monitor, or escalate before purchase, transfer, or warranty expiry.

Critical

Safety concern, active water issue, major system risk, or defect that may materially affect habitability or the purchase decision.

Buyer implication

Escalate before proceeding. May require correction, specialist review, or negotiation before transfer.

Major

Meaningful defect with repair cost, warranty, usability, or buyer-risk implications, but not necessarily an immediate danger.

Buyer implication

Raise before transfer, request correction, or use in negotiation.

Moderate

Functional or visible issue that should be repaired or tracked, but may not block transfer by itself.

Buyer implication

Add to the defect list, request repair where practical, or budget for correction.

Minor

Cosmetic or low-risk issue with limited buyer impact.

Buyer implication

Document and request repair if covered by handover or warranty.

Monitor

Condition to watch because it may worsen, return, or need rechecking later.

Buyer implication

Keep photographic evidence and recheck before warranty expiry or future sale.

Scoring criteria

What affects severity

  • Safety risk
  • Water or moisture risk
  • Repair urgency and complexity
  • Effect on daily use or habitability
  • Warranty or developer-handover relevance
  • Negotiation relevance and likely buyer cost

Evidence and limits

Evidence basis for severity scoring

The public severity model explains how Bangkok Inspect turns inspection findings into buyer-readable priorities. A specific report may include more context depending on the unit and finding.

Evidence type

Defect classification, buyer impact framework, inspection report structure

Applies to

  • Pre-transfer inspections
  • resale condo inspections
  • warranty inspections
  • owner handover documentation

Does not cover

  • Contractor quotation
  • legal advice
  • financial advice
  • structural engineering certification
  • guarantee that hidden defects do not exist