Townhouses in Ajax, Pickering and Clarington look simple from the street, but buyers miss the same seven things over and over: shared roofs and walls, freehold vs condo ownership, grading between units, and follow-up before the condition date. A townhouse inspection is not a scaled-down detached-house inspection. Your inspector is Yama Nehan, a Certified and Registered [...]
Asbestos and vermiculite testing for a Port Credit or Streetsville home includes a walk-through of the areas you plan to renovate, a list of suspect materials, careful samples of the materials your project will disturb, analysis by an accredited lab, and a plain-language summary of the results so you can plan the work. It matters most [...]
A home inspection follows a clear order: you book after your offer is accepted (or before you offer), the inspector walks the outside, the roof and the structure, then works through every system inside, talks you through the findings on site, and sends a written report with photos within 24 hours. Knowing the steps helps you [...]
If you're renovating or converting a Victorian or Edwardian house in the Annex, test suspect materials for asbestos before any demolition starts. The usual red flags are old heating-pipe and boiler insulation, layered flooring, plaster and textured finishes, loose-fill attic insulation and old duct wrap. Asbestos is a health concern when its fibres get into the [...]
A semi-detached home inspection covers everything a detached-house inspection does, plus the parts you share with the house next door: the party wall, the roof line where the two halves meet, sometimes a chimney, a driveway or even a drain. In Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton, semis are one of the most common ways buyers get into [...]
Yes. A newer home in Woodbridge, Maple or Thornhill still needs a radon test, because radon comes from the soil and rock under the house, not from how old the house is. The only way to know your level is a long-term test of at least three months, ideally in the heating season, with the detector [...]
A commercial property inspection with Golden Home Inspections starts from $599 in Toronto and across the GTA. The final price depends on the property: mainly its size, its use, its age, how many units and rooftop or mechanical systems it has, and whether you add services such as hazard testing. For that price you get a [...]
A home inspection and a home appraisal both happen around the same time in a purchase, and buyers mix them up all the time. The short answer: an appraisal tells your lender what the home is worth, while a home inspection tells you what condition the home is in. One protects the lender's number; the other [...]
If your Scarborough bungalow has loose, pebble-like insulation in the attic, leave it alone and have it tested before anyone touches it. Many 1950s to 1970s bungalows in Birchcliffe-Cliffside, Wexford, Bendale, Cliffcrest and Guildwood still have their original attics, and Health Canada says vermiculite insulation may contain asbestos. A short checklist helps you recognise it, avoid [...]
The roof is one of the biggest single expenses a buyer can inherit, and it's one of the hardest things to judge from the street or the listing photos. During a home inspection, your inspector looks at the roof covering, flashing, eavestroughs, attic and ceilings below to tell you what shape the roof is in and [...]
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