Expert advice, tips, and insights from Toronto's trusted home inspector to help you make informed decisions about your property.
A basement apartment is only legal if it was built with a permit and, where required, registered with the city. Here's what an inspector checks, what the rules say and what to ask the seller.
The basement flooding warning signs a home inspector looks for in GTA homes, what causes them, and the Toronto and Mississauga subsidies for backwater valves and sump pumps.
A status certificate tells you about the condo corporation's money, rules and lawsuits. A condo inspection tells you about the unit you're buying. Here's why resale buyers in the GTA need both.
A room-by-room checklist for first-time buyers in Toronto and the GTA: what to look for at showings, where the inspection fits between offer and closing, first-time buyer programs, and the questions to ask before your condition deadline.
Which home inspection findings are deal breakers, which ones to negotiate, and which ones to budget for when you're buying a home in the GTA.
Condos take 1–2 hours, most houses 2–4. Here's how inspection day unfolds, what slows it down, how to prepare, when you'll get the report, and which specialist tests add time.
Condos from $300, houses from $450, new home warranty inspections from $350. How GTA home inspection prices break down, what's included, what costs extra, and what to ask before you book.
Knob-and-tube and aluminum wiring are common in older Toronto homes and can make insurance harder to get. Here's what ESA says, what an inspector can confirm, and what to do before you firm up.
Toronto homes built before the mid-1950s may have a lead water service pipe. Here's how to check yours, get the City's free lead test, and replace both the City and private sides.
Health Canada's radon guideline is 200 Bq/m³, measured with a test of at least 3 months. Here's how radon testing in Ontario works, why it rarely fits a purchase timeline, and what GTA buyers can do instead.
Waiving the inspection condition can win a bidding war, but you buy the house as-is. Here's how conditions, deposits and Ontario's competing-offer rules work, and how a pre-offer inspection lets you make a firm offer and still know what you're buying.
Tarion's warranty forms now submit on day 41, day 183 and day 365 of your first year, then any time in year two. Here's each deadline and when to book an independent inspection so findings make it onto the form.
Structure, roof, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation and interior: what an Ontario home inspector looks at under CAHPI's Standards of Practice, the issues common in GTA homes, and what isn't covered.
Ontario has no mandatory home inspector licence, so the RHI designation is one of the clearest signs an inspector is qualified. Here's what it requires, how CAHPI and OAHI differ, where licensing is mandatory, and how to verify an inspector.
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