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TIIE ALTON HILLS HOMESTYLE Wednesday April 10 1991 Page Professional home inspectors can save buyers money Everyone knows how to buy a home You look At estate ads get shown houses by a realtor negotiate a purchase price then have your lawyer prepare the paperwork In Ontario home buyers are in creasingly adding another crucial step to make sure all the other efforts pay off They are getting professional home inspections To eager buyers the home may look like their dream house but a qualified home inspector can ad vise them the furnace wont make it through another winter Or the roof will need replacing within two yean Or the wiring is inadequate Or the basement is prone to flooding Or a thousand and one other details which the untrained eye cannot detect but which will greatly affect the buyers ap preciation of the house and their HALTON HILLS HOTLINE ft A Directory of Offered Services In Our Community 8772201 4168736041 MOORE PAINTING CONTRACTORS INC Georgetown Ontario BILL MOORE 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grown dramatically every year since then as the obvious advantages of home inspections have become recognized Over inspections were performed in Ontario last year estimate home inspectors In some areas over 50 per cent of all resale homes are inspected The rapid maturing of this new profession has been aided by the development of the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors which includes the most reputable home inspection firms in the province This field is largely unregulated and so the associa tion has taken steps to ensure professionalism in the marketplace says presi dent Jeff Clarke Clarke advises consumers realtors and lawyers to work only with inspection firms that are ac credited by the OAHI Under Canadian law few qualifications are required in order to call oneself a home in spector although OAHI inspec tors typically have an engineer ing building or architecture background Firms accredited by the OAHI however must pass a series of written examinations on home in- Canada Trust Realty in Canada Trust Inc Reallor GRACIOUS CENTURY HOME IN MATURE ACTON JUST REDUCED 178000 Space and groce in home located slop from down town Acton and GO Bus Formal centre hall with a largo bright counlry kit chen Walkout from sun room off the kitchen to gorgeous deck patio huge yard Great income property Triree separate entrances ong triplex con easily be converted back Call Mama Sales Rep or spection and serve a oneyear ap prenticeship members must also follow the associations strict Standards of Practice which set out in detail the minimum com ponents of a home inspection as well as a Code of Ethics which demands honest conduct and ob jective inspections in the in terests of the client This selfregulation of the in dustry and other efforts to im prove and maintain the qualifica tions of their profession has helped win home inspectors a high reputation across Ontario Not only among home buyers but also with home sellers Many vendors have come to recognize the value of having an inspection carried out before put ting a house on the market If pro blems are discovered they can be cleared up before potential buyers examine the house and raise embarrassing questions If the house gets a clean bill a motivated seller knows the ad vantage of having a reliable in dependent report available for buyers perusal Home inspectors have also won over other professionals Today lawyers and real estate agents often advise their clients to make inspections part of their offers- to purchase Appraisers also call on professional inspectors to evaluate conditions identified during house appraisals Reloca tion companies use inspection firms to check the homes their clients employees are movjng to Like more and more home buyers they know the work of this new breed of professional can save money and worries 2 MILL STREET 0- 4168734937 TORONTO LINE HEATHER WHITING SCOTLAND Associate Broker 8532086 PRESTIGE PROPERTY PRACTICAL PRICE Exclusive line location with treed park like lot Is the 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