Desk research against primary sources, with the issuing authority linked where a page states an official fee, rule or deadline.
The AED 2,000–5,000 inspection fee is small against what it protects: an independent inspector's report becomes the developer's obligation to fix defects at no cost, but only for issues logged before you accept handover. Once the acceptance is signed, the same defect shifts from being the developer's responsibility to being covered — or not — by the 12-month defects liability period instead.
That makes timing the entire point of the exercise: the inspection has to happen between the developer's handover notice and your signature on acceptance, not after. An inspector working for the developer at their invitation is not the same as an independent one you commission yourself, and only the independent report gives you a document to hold the developer to if a defect is disputed later on.
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