Are you in the market to purchase a house? Have you decided whether or not you’re going to opt for a home inspection? It could be a valuable assessment to potentially save you money down the road and allow you to know exactly what to expect in terms of future home maintenance, renovations and repair.
CBC News ran an interesting article by Marlene Habib on home inspectors. The article shed light on the fact that British Columbia and Alberta are currently the only two provinces in Canada which require home inspectors to be licensed. But that’s something that’s probably going to change in the near future.
Blaine Swan, the President of the Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors (CAHPI), was interviewed for the article. He explained that CAHPI is “pushing for higher bars because [they] believe they belong high in order to provide adequate consumer protection.” He continued to say that they “would like to see one national licensing standard that would be administered at the provincial level…What’s really critical to licensing is a competency review, and not just a written test. There has to be a home inspection performed in front of a senior inspector – someone with credentials.”
To learn more, read the rest of the article on CBC’s website.
