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The home inspection industry isn’t regulated in many provinces across Canada, including Saskatchewan.
That means anyone in the province, with any level of education, could call themselves a home inspector.
However, Matthew Barton with the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan points out that the province supported the Canadian Standards Association Home Inspection Standard, a document that outlines the new safety standards Canada-wide. Barton says people contracting a home inspector should ask them if they are following the guidelines of the standard.
Barton says before drafting any sort of regulation, they want to take part in consultations with both the public and home inspection agencies.
Dave Novak, the president of the Canadian Association for Home and Property Inspectors in Saskatchewan, or CAHPI Saskatchewan, says there are a couple of things you should look for before hiring an inspector. He says you should find out the inspector’s background and ask for a list of references before making the decision to contract them.
Home inspectors under CAHPI require university education and must adhere under a code of ethics and standard of practice, and they also are insured.
Home inspections are not required to receive a mortgage, unless your bank specifies otherwise.
Alberta and BC are the only provinces that have regulation for home inspection.
Roy - Someones stretching the reality…
Full Members (Registered Home Inspector)
(RHI) Registered Members have demonstrated their proficiency by performing no fewer than 250 fee-paid inspections in accordance with the CAHPI Standards of Practices; they have also passed a series of written examinations testing their knowledge of residential construction, inspection techniques, report writing, and the Standard of Practice and Code of Ethics.
Dave Novak, the president of the Canadian Association for Home and Property Inspectors in Saskatchewan, Man doesn’t even know the requirements of his own organization. Whoever elected such an azzz deserves what they get.
Sent them a request to correct
The statement by the so called president of CAHPI Saskatchewan is both misleading and incorrect. No such educational requirement for a university education exists and your fact checkers or proofreaders are at the very least lax in their diligence
You published the following:
Dave Novak, the president of the Canadian Association for Home and Property Inspectors in Saskatchewan, or CAHPI Saskatchewan, says there are a couple of things you should look for before hiring an inspector. He says you should find out the inspector’s background and ask for a list of references before making the decision to contract them.
Home inspectors under CAHPI require university education and must adhere under a code of ethics and standard of practice, and they also are insured.
This is blatantly untrue There is no public school educational level not even a high school diploma required to become a CHAPI qualified inspector.
Please correct the impression the information gives the public that CAHPI inspectors are educated to a higher standard than other inspectors.
On April 11th we reported a story on home inspectors and it contained erroneous information. Our story indicated home inspectors require university education.
Dave Novak, president of the Canadian Association for Home and Property Inspectors in Saskatchewan, or CAHPI, actually said building-trade related experience, especially in conjunction with residential construction, is an asset. As well, courses are available and there are some courses which CAHPI recommends. However, Mr. Novak goes on to say that if someone has been in the construction industry for a long time and has a pretty wide knowledge, they may not need anything. He did not at any point indicate university education was required.
As per our original story, the home inspection industry isn’t regulated in many provinces across Canada, including Saskatchewan. That means anyone in the province, with any level of education, could call themselves a home inspector. Mr. Novak says they do have minimum requirements for inspectors who want to be part of CAHPI as well as a standards of practice that inspectors must adhere to and their inspectors have to be carrying Errors, Omissions and Liability Insurance. According to the CAHPI president their minimum seven standards outline what they must look at in a residence for example testing electrical outlets, plumbing fixtures and the furnace.
Mr. Novak says there are a couple of things you should look for before hiring an inspector such as finding out the inspector’s background. As well, potential home owners can ask for a list of references before making the decision to contract the home inspector because any good inspector will have a list of references that they will provide upon request.
And unless your bank specifies, home inspections are not required in order to get a mortgage. Alberta and BC are the only provinces that have regulation for home inspection but CAHPI’s president would like to see Saskatchewan regulated bringing with it a minimum standard of education, standards of practice, and inspectors prepared to step up in case of problems.
We also talked to Matthew Barton with the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan who said people contracting a home inspector should ask the inspector if they are following the guidelines of the standard which is the the Canadian Standards Association Home Inspection Standard, a document that outlines the new safety standards Canada-wide.
And as far as regulating home inspectors in Saskatchewan, Barton says before drafting any sort of regulation, they want to take part in consultations with both the public and home inspection agencies.
On April 11th we reported a story on home inspectors and it contained erroneous information. Our story indicated home inspectors require university education.
Dave Novak, president of the Canadian Association for Home and Property Inspectors in Saskatchewan, or CAHPI, actually said building-trade related experience, especially in conjunction with residential construction, is an asset. As well, courses are available and there are some courses which CAHPI recommends. However, Mr. Novak goes on to say that if someone has been in the construction industry for a long time and has a pretty wide knowledge, they may not need anything. He did not at any point indicate university education was required.
As per our original story, the home inspection industry isn’t regulated in many provinces across Canada, including Saskatchewan. That means anyone in the province, with any level of education, could call themselves a home inspector. Mr. Novak says they do have minimum requirements for inspectors who want to be part of CAHPI as well as a standards of practice that inspectors must adhere to and their inspectors have to be carrying Errors, Omissions and Liability Insurance. According to the CAHPI president their minimum seven standards outline what they must look at in a residence for example testing electrical outlets, plumbing fixtures and the furnace.
Mr. Novak says there are a couple of things you should look for before hiring an inspector such as finding out the inspector’s background. As well, potential home owners can ask for a list of references before making the decision to contract the home inspector because any good inspector will have a list of references that they will provide upon request.
And unless your bank specifies, home inspections are not required in order to get a mortgage. Alberta and BC are the only provinces that have regulation for home inspection but CAHPI’s president would like to see Saskatchewan regulated bringing with it a minimum standard of education, standards of practice, and inspectors prepared to step up in case of problems.
We also talked to Matthew Barton with the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan who said people contracting a home inspector should ask the inspector if they are following the guidelines of the standard which is the the Canadian Standards Association Home Inspection Standard, a document that outlines the new safety standards Canada-wide.
And as far as regulating home inspectors in Saskatchewan, Barton says before drafting any sort of regulation, they want to take part in consultations with both the public and home inspection agencies.
On April 11th we reported a story on home inspectors and it contained erroneous information. Our story indicated home inspectors require university education.
Dave Novak, president of the Canadian Association for Home and Property Inspectors in Saskatchewan, or CAHPI, actually said building-trade related experience, especially in conjunction with residential construction, is an asset. As well, courses are available and there are some courses which CAHPI recommends. However, Mr. Novak goes on to say that if someone has been in the construction industry for a long time and has a pretty wide knowledge, they may not need anything. He did not at any point indicate university education was required.
As per our original story, the home inspection industry isn’t regulated in many provinces across Canada, including Saskatchewan. That means anyone in the province, with any level of education, could call themselves a home inspector. Mr. Novak says they do have minimum requirements for inspectors who want to be part of CAHPI as well as a standards of practice that inspectors must adhere to and their inspectors have to be carrying Errors, Omissions and Liability Insurance. According to the CAHPI president their minimum seven standards outline what they must look at in a residence for example testing electrical outlets, plumbing fixtures and the furnace.
Mr. Novak says there are a couple of things you should look for before hiring an inspector such as finding out the inspector’s background. As well, potential home owners can ask for a list of references before making the decision to contract the home inspector because any good inspector will have a list of references that they will provide upon request.
And unless your bank specifies, home inspections are not required in order to get a mortgage. Alberta and BC are the only provinces that have regulation for home inspection but CAHPI’s president would like to see Saskatchewan regulated bringing with it a minimum standard of education, standards of practice, and inspectors prepared to step up in case of problems.
We also talked to Matthew Barton with the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan who said people contracting a home inspector should ask the inspector if they are following the guidelines of the standard which is the the Canadian Standards Association Home Inspection Standard, a document that outlines the new safety standards Canada-wide.
And as far as regulating home inspectors in Saskatchewan, Barton says before drafting any sort of regulation, they want to take part in consultations with both the public and home inspection agencies.
This just in…Good morning Mr. Grant. We will air a correction on the story regarding home inspectors on CJWW at 8 a.m. and a correction has also been placed on saskatoonhomepage.ca. Thank you for your input in this matter.
Regards,
Vanese Ferguson
News Director
Saskatoon Media Group
CJWW/98 Cool/92.9 The Bull
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