Now that you have fallen in love with your home, its time to ensure that its not going to crumble beneath your feet once you move in. A house is a living and breathing organism. It’s subject to the external elements of sun, rain, snow and wind but also to the wear and tear of daily use.
Over the years, I have used several home inspection companies including one of the really well known ones in Toronto. All of their inspectors have degrees in engineering apparently.
But I am more confident with companies that have inspectors with building experience.
ROOF and ATTIC
Typically, the home inspector inspects the roof and the attic of a house on his own. He or she reports back to you what they discovered. You have no visual evidence of what they have seen unlike in other parts of the home where you can actually get to yourself and see with your own eyes what they are talking about.
The company that I typically use for my clients – Canspec Building Services - has all their inspectors use a video camera to take a movie of the roof, attic and other crawl spaces that you cannot access yourself. This is a very powerful presentation because now, you have seen with your own eyes the state of those parts of the home.
Apart from a fire, there is nothing worse than water penetration into your home. So when ordering a home inspection, shop around and see if your inspector will be giving you a video presentation of your roof!
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