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.