NEW HOME INSPECTION- Protecting Ontario's New Home Buyers

What is a Pre-Delivery Inspection?

A PDI is one of your first opportunities to view your completed home. Your builder will guide you through a comprehensive inspection and may demonstrate how to operate the home’s systems such as the ventilation, plumbing and heating.​

Allowing Schedule A to oversee or handle this meeting for you will ensure you will get the most out of the PDI Inspection process.

Note:  If you intend to send us as a designate to conduct the PDI in your place, we can provide your builder with written authority to sign the PDI Form. This can be done by filling out the one of the Appointment of Designate for the Pre-Delivery Inspection Forms. We are happy to organize this paper work for you.

In addition to the PDI service we offer, we also provide inspections for the remaining Tarion guidelines. Below is an outline of the additional warranty plans through Tarion.

One Year – Year End Warranty

-Requires a home is constructed in a workman-like manner and free from defects in material;
-Protects against unauthorized substitutions
-Requires the home to be fit for habitation;
-Protects against Ontario Building Code violations; and
-Applies for one year, beginning on the home’s date of possession even if the home is sold.

Seven Year Warranty

Your home’s seven year warranty covers major structural defects (MSD) and begins on the date you take possession of the home and ends on the day before the seventh anniversary of that date. For example, if your home’s date of possession is October 23, 2005, the seven year MSD warranty begins on October 23, 2005 and remains in effect until and including October 22, 2012. A major structural defect is defined in the The Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act as:
In respect of a post June 30, 2012 home, any defect in work or materials in respect of a building, including a crack, distortion or displacement of a structural load-bearing element of the building, if it,
(i) results in failure of a structural load-bearing element of the building,
(ii) materially and adversely affects the ability of a structural load-bearing element of the building to carry, bear and resist applicable structural loads for the usual and ordinary service life of the element, or
(iii) materially and adversely affects the use of a significant portion of the building for usual and ordinary purposes of a residential dwelling and having regard to any specific use provisions set out in the purchase agreement for the home
The seven year MSD warranty includes significant damage due to soil movement*, major cracks in basement walls, collapse or serious distortion of joints or roof structure and chemical failure of materials. In addition to the general exclusions, the seven year MSD warranty specifically excludes: dampness not arising from failure of a load-bearing portion of the building; damage to drains or services; and damage to finishes.
For more Information on your Tarion Warranty Please visit www.Tarion.com. Here you will find the answers and information you may need. Feel free to contact us in regards to questions about the Tarion Warranty also!

The 30-Day Form

The 30-Day Form covers outstanding warranty items during the first 30 days of occupancy of your new home. For example, if your home’s date of occupancy is November 8, 2012, you can submit your 30-Day Form between November 9, 2012 and December 8, 2012. When the deadline date ends on a holiday or weekend, the deadline is extended to the next business day, which is the case with this example.
Tarion recommend’s that the 30-Day Form be submitted on or about the 25th day after your home’s occupancy date. On this Form, you may include items that were listed on your Pre-Delivery Inspection Form that have not yet been addressed, as well as new items that you have discovered since taking occupancy of your home. Tarion will only accept and act on the first 30-Day Form that is properly submitted on time, and only one 30-Day Form may be submitted..

Second Year Warranty

-Protects against water penetration through the basement or foundation walls;
-Protects against defects in materials that affect windows, doors and caulking and defects in work that results in water penetration into the building envelope;
-Covers defects in work or materials in the electrical, plumbing and heating delivery and distribution systems;
-Covers defects in work or materials that result in the detachment, displacement or deterioration of exterior cladding (such as brickwork, aluminum or vinyl siding);
-Protects against violations of the Ontario Building Code that affect health and safety; and
Applies for two years, beginning on the home’s date of possession