Pre-delivery Inspection (P.D.I.)

Before you accept delivery of your new home, it is essential to carry out a pre-delivery (PDI) or pre-purchase home inspection. By inspecting the property and having the builder or seller agree to a list of deficiencies before taking occupancie, you protect yourself from claims for damage. For example, the builder might try to blame any damage you find on you or the moving company, thereby refusing liability for repairs. You also have the evidence you require to ensure that the property is delivered as advertised.

DoubleCheck Home Inspection Ottawa provides professional home inspection services for homeowners and businesses across the Ottawa Valley and Eastern Ontario.

Best Time for New Home Inspection

Within the first 30 days is a critical time for your new home inspection. Your builder will possibly supply a walk through inspection showing you some of the ins and outs of your new home. Some items your builder will finds will be fixed up and some will not be found. We at DoubleCheck Home Inspection Ottawa have found numerous construction deficiencies visually. It is in your interest to hire an experienced independent DoubleCheck inspector to find out as much as possible about your new home in the first 30 days so the builder can be notified of these problems.

Save Money on Home Repairs with Warranties

See www.tarion.ca for examples of typical construction performance guidelines. This site sets out what the builder will fix and how they will fix it. It also establishes the builder’s new home warranty. Builders warranties generally have 1-, 2- and 7-year milestones. Items such as the roof and furnace will have limited warranties. We suggest contacting manufacturers to find out what that warranties cover and for how long. (For example, roof shingles usually have a warranty of 15 to 25 years; for furnaces, 5 to 10 years is normal, depending upon servicing and maintenance.)

DCI Tip: Where the manufacturer’s warranty exceeds the builder’s limited warranty, we recommend negotiating extending component warranties to the full duration of the manufacturers warranty.