Sample report
Read a whole report before you book one.
Not a brochure about a report. The complete document, every page of it, built from a fictional 1974 detached home in Ottawa — the same template, the same wording and the same depth you would receive.
Page one
The summary your agent reads first.
Every report opens with this. Five ratings, everything sorted by how much it matters, so nobody has to read sixty pages to find the three things that change the offer.
What is in it
Written to a published standard, not to a template we invented.
Every report follows the InterNACHI Residential Standards of Practice — ten systems, every component declared inspected, not present, or not accessible with the reason stated.
Photographs, located precisely
Every finding is photographed and placed. "North-east corner of the basement, below the downspout" — not "basement".
Infrared on every inspection
Thermal imagery of the envelope, ceilings, below-grade walls and the panel, with moisture-meter confirmation where it matters. Included, never an upsell.
Five severity ratings
Safety hazard, major concern, repair, monitor, improve. Sorted, so the urgent things are not buried among the trivial.
An insurance page
Ontario insurers refuse or surcharge a specific short list — aluminum wiring, knob and tube, 60-amp services, Poly-B, Kitec, oil tanks, old roofs. If your house has any of them they get their own page, so you can send it to your broker early.
Honest limitations
What could not be reached and exactly why. Snow cover, stored belongings, a shut-off utility — recorded as it happens, not glossed over.
The agreement, in full
Scope, exclusions and terms printed inside the report, because a term you have not read is a term you cannot rely on.
Two things we leave out on purpose
No repair prices. No predictions about how long things will last.
Both are common in Ottawa inspection reports. Both are a disservice, and we will not put either in writing.
A repair figure in an inspection report is not a quote. It has not accounted for your contractor, your access, the season, or the scope you actually choose — and once it is on the page it anchors your expectations and your negotiation to a number nobody has stood behind. Every finding in our report ends with who to call. Take it to them and get a real one.
Nobody can tell you how long your furnace has left. An inspector who writes "8 to 12 years remaining" is guessing, and you may make a five-figure decision on that guess. We tell you what we observed, how old the equipment appears to be, and whether to budget for it. That is the honest limit of a visual inspection, and it is what the Standards of Practice say too.
Book an inspection
Your home deserves a check-up.
Same-week appointments across Ottawa, evenings and weekends included. Thermal imaging on every inspection, report within 24 hours, and a real person on the phone when you call.