The client then uses the knowledge gained to make informed decisions about their pending real estate purchase. The home inspector describes the condition of the home at the time of inspection but does not guarantee future condition, efficiency, or life expectancy of systems or components. A professional home inspection is an examination of the current condition of a house. It is not an inspection to verify compliance with appropriate codes; building inspection is a term often used for building code compliance inspections in Canada.

Roger Frost is a Certified Building Code Official whose training allows him to identify and explain Building Code Deficiencies. This Certification also holds Roger Frost to a higher level of accountability due to a higher level of education and training. All Home Inspections come with a 100% Money Back Guarantee which is valid for 30 days after you take possession of your home.

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Any home that is over 100 years old will have had many renovations over the years.  The quality of those renovations will dictate the work and money required to bring the home up to today’s standards.

Most renovations should have a Building Permit taken out which ensures all work on electrical, plumbing and structure will have been inspected at the completion of project by the Building Department. This is the type of home you want to invest in, safe in the knowledge that all work was professionally done.  This is not always the case!

Many Century Home have had basements that have been excavated and expanded after the original construction without proper structural support.  Older heating ducts will possibly still have asbestos insulation attached throughout the house.  Knob & Tube wiring or older two-wire may still be use in certain parts of the home and galvanized plumbing still is in use.

Tarion’s manual covers the Construction Performance Standards for any product you can find on a home, and you would be surprised when you read the details how much wiggle room there is for quality control over the proper installation of products.  Your foundation wall for instance can have a multitude of cracks as long as they are not over 6mm in width and no water is penetrating crack.  If auto manufactures used the same quality standards as Tarion no one would buy a car from them.

Attending a Tarion PDI Inspection with a Builder Representative can be very stressful.  This is not surprising as you have 2 Professionals with opposing goals in mind.   I must clarify that most Builder Representatives are honest and quite amicable during the inspection, but that is not always the case.

Tarion’s MyHome online portal is an easy-to-use and convenient way to manage your warranty claims. MyHome notifies you of important warranty timelines, lets you submit warranty claims to both your builder and Tarion simultaneously, and allows you to request Tarion’s assistance if you need it. If you are not able to submit your warranty claim through MyHome, please contact us for further assistance.

Tarion currently is not accountable to any government agency. Canadians for Properly Built Homes has been lobbying the Provincial Government for years to have them fall under the supervision of the Ontario Ombudsman but Tarion has so far not been reined by either of the last two Provincial Government. Tarion has it own Ombudsman, who is appointed by Tarion and has an office in their building, good luck getting any results there.

Your builder is responsible for resolving your claim items that are warranted regardless of whether you ask for Tarion’s help. There are other possible ways to get your warranty claims resolved, such as through the civil court system, or through private arbitration or mediation. The alternative resolution methods available to you may depend on what you and your builder agree to. Some alternative methods for resolving your warranty claim are listed at the bottom of this page.

If you choose to resolve your claim through alternative methods, you should ensure that you have complied with warranty timing requirements. We also recommend that you seek legal advice.