Very highly recommended for any of your home inspection needs!!
We purchased a house in the Durham region and our 1 year Tarion warranty period is coming up. We decided that we should hire a professional home inspector to go over our property to help us outline any items or outstanding issues that we may not have noticed.
Let's be honest, this industry is one of the trickiest fields to find someone who is 100% professional and actually knows what they are doing. Since we had success with HomeStars before (for a house painter), we decided to use this site again to find one. Classic Home Inspections appears on the top of the list.
People are more prone on the internet to post negative comments about their experiences with contractors and such. Hence, after reviewing a lot of the positive comments that people took the time to write about Brent's services (as well as Brent taking the time to respond to them), we decided to hire him...and we are glad we did.
He arrived promptly on time (if not a little early) and went over our house from the roof right to the basement (and everything in between). He allows (and in fact encourages you) to follow him around as he does his work...and I personally learned a lot of things about our home as well as the home builder industry in general (let's just say that certain areas of the GTA have more issues with home builders than others).
At the end of the 4 hour inspection (for a 1900 ft sq. home), we were presented with a binder with everything about our home, the Tarion Warranty forms with the issues already noted and filled out....and we received later that evening all the photos (about 100 in all) via email.
Brent has earned every review he has received here.....and he has definitely earned ours as well. He will be the one I will recommend to anyone who asks. In fact, just do yourself a favour.....just scroll up and contact him....you won't be disappointed.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $350.00
- Company Response
Thank you so much for the review and kind words Ken! Wow! What a review! You are so correct, it is so easy to have something negative to say about someone or a company, but people seem reluctant to say something nice. That is why these reviews are so humbling and appreciated. You just simply don't know how much I truly appreciate when people take the time to leave these nice reviews. In regards to your comment on the home inspection field being the "trickiest", I think a better term would be "pathetic", at least that's my thoughts. I mean really, an "unregulated" industry? Better yet, all these home inspectors are running around telling people they are "certified" or "licensed", my next question is by who? There are more organizations in the home inspection industry than you can possibly imagine. Most, if not 99% of them are just some two bit operation just so inspectors can say they are "licensed". Oh well, at least we've got Homestars to sort out the good from the bad! Thanks again Ken, and thank you for choosing Classic Home Inspections!