a)
One-year New Home Warranty Inspection
Today, every
new home built in Ontario comes with a new home warranty provided
by Tarion. The one-year anniversary is critical for every new
homeowner. It is the responsibility of the new homeowner to
submit a list of deficiencies before one-year is up. This gives
you as the owner of a new home an opportunity to have the builder
repair items they are responsible for under the warranty. Any
claims related to defects covered by the one-year warranty will
not be accepted after this date
You will
want your one-year warranty inspection to be precise and thorough.
After you have lived in your home for a year cosmetic items
like nail pops on drywall are easy to identify. But some things
can be difficult to spot like "backdrafting" of exhaust
gases from your furnace into your home, or improperly installed
attic insulation. A qualified professional Home Front inspector
can help you identify defects and deficiencies and ensure you
make a comprehensive list for your home. Visit our photo
gallery.
A Home Front
Inspector will perform our standard home inspection, talk to
you about maintaining your home and answer your questions and
concerns. Common problems like condensation on the inside of
windows can be easily addressed. Every inspection includes the
Home Reference Book, and free home maintenance and repair advice
by email or phone for as long as you own your home. As well,
we guarantee that you are completely satisfied with our home
inspection or your fee is refunded.
Identifying
as many items as possible will help protect your investment,
help ensure the quality of the new home, help maintain your
home's re-sale value, and give you peace of mind.
b)
Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI)
You are
having your new home built by your builder, throughout the construction
process you have chosen all of the elements carefully, cabinets,
paint colors, fixtures, and now the day has come to take possession
of your new home. As part of the new home warranty program the
builder is required to perform a Pre-delivery Inspection of
the house with you before you take possession and move in. This
is your opportunity to identify existing incomplete, missing,
damaged, or non-operational items before the builder hands over
possession to you. A Pre-Delivery inspection is not just a visual
inspection of the cosmetic elements of your home. You will also
want to inspect the major systems of the home to insure they
have been installed correctly and are operating properly before
your family moves in. Is the drainage around your home adequate,
is the furnace exhausted properly, have the windows been installed
and caulked correctly, all elements that a qualified home inspector
can help you identify.
Using the
services of a professional home inspector to assist you or represent
you at your Pre-Delivery Inspection is becoming more popular
with new homebuyers. The Ontario New Home Warranty Program (Tarion)
requires builders to allow access for a home inspector to the
home during a PDI as long as written notice is given to the
builder ahead of time.
Every inspection
includes the Home Reference Book, and free home maintenance
and repair advice by email or phone for as long as you own your
home. As well, we guarantee that you are completely satisfied
with our home inspection or your fee is refunded.
Identifying
as many items as possible will help protect your investment,
help ensure the quality of the new home, help maintain your
home's re-sale value, and give you peace of mind.
c)
2 year New Home Warranty Inspection
The 2-year
inspection is similar to the 1-year inspection. This is the
last chance to identify any problems with the major systems
in your home including electrical, plumbing and heating systems,
exterior cladding, and water penetration into basement.
Our home
inspection is the same standard home inspection with particular
attention to the above warranty items. With our experience we
can help answer your questions about warranty coverage.
The only
coverage after 2 years is for major structural defects. This
coverage continues for 7 years from date of possession. See
www.tarion.com for exact coverage details.
System
Inspections
Are you experiencing problems with only one aspect of your home?
If you are only concerned with specific items in your home you
may want to consider having only 1 or 2 systems inspected. Home
Front offers individualized inspections of a specific system
of your home. Contact us for your no obligation quote.
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