Important new rules for Home Inspectors!
2009-08-14 21:47:00 Requirements for Home Inspectors are changing! The following information was written and submitted to 425Realty.com from Jim Merritt, WIN Inspections Services. Make sure YOUR Home Inspector is a licensed Home Inspector! Licensing for Home Inspectors comes to Washington Licensing for Home inspector in the state of Washington was signed into law in June of 2008. The law includes qualifications for Home Inspectors including 120 hrs of approved educational courses, 40 hours of practical in the field training and the ability to pass a national and state home inspector examination. Effective Sept 1 2009 all home inspectors must be licensed (RCW 18.210.020) Further the home inspector license does not include a structural pest inspection. In order to obtain a pest inspection one must hire an inspector licensed by the WSDA as a structural pest inspector which is a separate license (RCW 18.280.190) How do you know if you are using a licensed Home Ins...
Homeinspections wrote a new blog post: Know About your NJ Home Inspectors
2009-04-23 12:31:00 Homeinspections wrote a new blog post: Know About your NJ Home Inspectors Welcome to Journalspace.com Blogs. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!When you are looking for NJ Home Inspectors, look for the ones with years of experience. These individuals must be highly trained and guided from reliable home inspection companies. They must be able to provide a home inspection check list ... By 'homeinspections'
Home Inspectors on the Roof: Rescued from the Comments
2007-08-06 17:41:00 When I originally wrote this post, I approached the issue of home inspectors walking on tile roofs from a perspective of leverage. Unless there are before-and-after pictures of the roof, any buyers’ agent claiming there are broken roof tiles that must be replaced is going to have an argument on their hands because they can’t ...
Toronto Real Estate Home Inspectors - How to Choose One
2007-07-31 20:22:00 The home inspection industry is currently not a regulated industry, which means that anyone can call themselves a home inspector and charge a fee to look at homes and give you a report or opinion on the condition of the home. So until the home inspection industry gets its own version of REBBA making it illegal to charge a fee for a home inspection related service, without first being registered and insured, how do you choose the right home inspector?I think we would all recognize that this picture would be of someone you would not like to have inspecting your home, yet home inspectors are rarely this obviously unqualified. So, always make sure that they are a member of the Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors (CAHPI) and in Ontario, Canada, they should also belong to the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (OAHI). These two organizations have their own rules, regulations, ethics codes and training qualifications that must be met in order to remain a member.Make su...
Do Home Inspectors Really Kill Deals?
2007-03-01 03:05:03 I read with interest an article written by Barry Stone, a frequent contributor to Inman News, following a request by a licensed Home Inspector who asked Barry to address the issue of realtors who refuse to recommend a high quality inspector, like himself. His position was that he felt that it was totally un-ethical that he had been unfairly labelled a “deal killer”, because he was extremely thorough in his inspections. He felt realtors much preferred to refer inexperienced inspectors, because they were liable to miss things that he routinely caught. Barry stated that he felt that it was a clear conflict of interest because real estate agents are the primary source of referrals for the home inspectors. Yet he also put a bit of the blame on the fact that the home buyers should be asking realtors who the best inspectors are and not just settling for a realtor’s choice. He also said that many realtors, because of their interest in their pocketbooks, are ...
The rising importance of specialized Home Inspectors
2007-02-04 20:37:04 For most Canadians, buying a home is the single largest investment they’ll ever make and it’s become increasingly true in recent years of record home prices. As a homebuyer, you’ll want to ensure you get good value for your investment, and that’s why professional home inspections are becoming an integral part of the buying process. In fact, the field is now becoming more specialized and some buyers are even using the services of more than one type of inspector to review a property before committing to the purchase. (more…) |
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