Home Inspectors Who needs them?

Mike Holmes says;

http://www.nationalpost.com/homes/Mike+Holmes+sweet+homes/4075753/story.html

“Whatever you do, don’t pass your home on in its current condition — make it right,” he says. “Then sell it.”

So why should we have standards and a minimum code?

However, if you have yet to buy your home, by no means should you hire any old schmoe for a once-over. “Want to know how easy it is to become a foundation repair guy? It’s a verbal exam,” Mr. Holmes scoffs. “You have to have a minimum renovator’s permit, and you’re a foundation specialist. As for the home inspector,” Mr. Holmes goes so far as to say, “it’s a two-week course — you could have worked at McDonald’s.”

Mike Holmes has gone a step further and opened a business as home inspections;

Many of us are guilty of hiring a cheap inspector when we buy a house. This irritates Mr. Holmes tremendously, so much that he’s begun to colonize the inspection industry. He launched Mike Holmes Inspections in February 2009, as a pilot project in the Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge area. The mission: to make every single house right. (This should really rankle charlatans on the beat.) His company offers a range of property services — a basic package ($395) includes an examination of your home’s foundation, roof, electrical and plumbing. “The base inspection provides a thorough, fully documented report with photographs. It’s much better than industry standard,” Mr. Holmes says. The full monty — or in Mr. Holmes’s parlance: “the infrared thermographic scan” ($695) — detects thermal defects and air leakages in building envelopes, so you can finally stop wondering why your bedroom feels like the arctic tundra in winter and the Sahara in summer.

Russ Fasullo has my recommendation and uses this exact thermal imaging technology;

Why not add a team of professional people to your next real estate purchase in Toronto (GTA)

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