Before you take possession of your new home or condominium, your builder is required to conduct a pre-delivery inspection, or PDI. During the PDI, it is very important to identify any items that are damaged, missing, incomplete or not operating properly and have these conditions noted on the PDI Form.

Having a professionaly certified home inspection done will save you time, money and aggravation in the future. No home is perfect; but when buying a new home, the Tarion Warranty is there to ensure that you get what you have paid for.

The following is a list of common issues overlooked by a home buyer during their Tarion Warranty Inspection:

• Cracks in foundation
• Leaky windows
• Not enough insulstion in attic
• Electrical wiring hazards
• Improper installation of plumbing fixture
• Dirty or Damaged Heating systems

All these and more problems can be easily overlooked by the regular home buyer. Having a certified home inspector do your Tarion warranty inspection will give you a peace of mind.

Tarion Warranty provides important protection before and after your NEW home purchase. Every new home in Ontario has a comprehensive builder warranty. Have a professional certified Tarion home inspection done so that if there are any potential problems, they can be addressed

The following are some highlight of the Tarion Warranty:

• New home builders are required to be registered with Tarion
• Tarion will investigate illegal building practices
• Your Tarion Warranty will resolve warranty disputes with the builder
• Tarion Warranty promotes high standards to ensure home owner satisfaction
• Tarion Warranty protects the home buyer and their rights
• After moving in, Tarion warranty entitles you to a 1, 2 and 7 year warranty inspection

New Home (Tarion) Warranty Inspections:

With the recent new home development in the Halton region A Home Inspection Company Inc. offers new home buyers Tarion warranty inspections to protect their investment

What Delroy Inspections will do . . . and when we do it . . .

We will prepare the Tarion statutory warranty forms that are sent to both your builder and Tarion.

• Warranty inspections are completed and sent out in the first 30 days of taking possession of your home

• Year-end warranty inspections are completed in the final 30 days of the first year of taking possession

• We will supply you within 24 hours of the inspection, an e-mail or CD with the appropriate completed Tarion warranty form and detailed digital pictures of all construction defects

• Arrange to revisit the home to review completion of warranty items completed by your builder

Important: Tarion will not take action on construction defects reported after the end of the respective warranty protection period.

The Role of A Home Inspection Company Inc.

• Helping our new home purchasing clients by guiding, advising and interpreting Tarion’s “Construction Warranty Performance Guidelines”

• Help our clients understand the importance of preparing and delivering statutory warranty information to both builder and Tarion within their regulated time guidelines

• DelRoy Inspections will assist/represent you, the purchaser, in warranty completion resolve with your builder

The Role of Tarion

• As the regulator of Ontario’s new home building industry, Tarion registers new home builders, and enrolls new homes for warranty coverage

• They also investigate illegal building practice and resolves warranty disputes between builder and new home owners

Important: Tarion does not represent you in warranty disputes; they are neutral in conflict between your builder and you, the new home owner.