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Home Inspections on Newer Homes

AndreiAngelkovski

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Hello Fellow REIN Members,



In the Toronto Beaches, the typical age of a home is 80-100 years old. There are many aspects of a house this age that needs to get repaired or replaced. Therefore, it makes sense to hire a Home Inspection Company to inform and advise buyers of these matters. However, when it comes to newer houses, most buyers feel that just because it is new or newer there is no need to hire a Home Inspection Company. Buyers assume that Builders have done everything correctly. This can become a costly mistake (as you see during HGTV`s episodes and watching Mike Holmes Inspections). Nobody is perfect and you need to protect your interests. Make sure you hire a Licensed Professional to inspect your property. During this episode, we hear David Ash from DASH Inspection Services talk about some of the common issues he finds with newer houses.



Here is the Video: Home Inspections on Newer Homes

 

ZhangJun

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Agree, most problems older houses have started new. I've done quite a few years of new house construction, and the game is always what you can get away with. Good luck have the municipal inspector as your quality control.



A recent newer house I was called in to inspect was less than a year old, it was a rental and tenants complained, among many other things, extremely high heating costs, roof was leaking and builder was called in to repair, but all he did was paint over the stain on the drywall. It turned out a big puddle still sitting on the vapor barrier on the ceiling and attic hatch cover was not installed.
 

AndreiAngelkovski

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It's actually scary when you think about it.

This is one of the reasons why Mike Holmes has a TV show...to show how these builders can cut corners and get away with it.
 

CarrieKoch

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We were just chuckling about this...we typically buy only 100+ year old homes. We recently purchased a 15 yr old house, the only thing aside from the roof noted in the report was a stain in the carpet and a pull in the other carpet. We laughed that the inspector was stretching to find something wrong. We do it regardless of being able to see all of the issues they do, because it protects us and our investors. It's just one more level of diligence, although most times it seems pointless.
 

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Hi Carrie

What you've experienced is not common from homes I've seen around KWC and throughout the GTA

Though capabilities are there, post 1965 average build quality seems to have gotten worse and worse.





[quote user=CarrieKoch]We were just chuckling about this...we typically buy only 100+ year old homes. We recently purchased a 15 yr old house, the only thing aside from the roof noted in the report was a stain in the carpet and a pull in the other carpet. We laughed that the inspector was stretching to find something wrong. We do it regardless of being able to see all of the issues they do, because it protects us and our investors. It's just one more level of diligence, although most times it seems pointless.
 

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We were shocked when we viewed showhomes in Fort McMurray in 2004 (just curious as to why a little house could be worth that much). Many of them looked thrown together and a few were already falling apart. There was no comparison to our solid 1970's townhouse.



The advantage to newer homes is that they are supposed to follow updated building codes. But there is something to be said for the craftsmanship of older homes.



We insist on inspections for all of our purchases. Usually that second set of eyes is well worth the $400 price tag.
 
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