Diamond Home Inspection

Buying a condo? Get it inspected.
This HRV was so neglected, the filters were plugged up and being sucked into the fans. There was no effective air exchange - only a few years old and terrible indoor air quality. (this was true for all three units I inspected in this complex back in September.

When you forget to bring your saw up onto the roof... just bash a hole in the OSB sheathing.

I know a lot of good roofers. NONE of them install roofs on NEW houses, I assume because there is no money in it.

If you're buying new....Get It Inspected!

There's a certain type of landlord who "use up" houses. Buy 'em, suite 'em, never do anything unless its something the tenants demand. Sell the house when EVERYTHING needs repair. The inspections take forever.
This flat roof flashing leaked water into an inner wall of the home

An old panel.... new breakers.... seven breakers with doubled-up wires. The electrician used two breaker spots to feed a sub-panel with four breakers...

This was a rental property with two suites.

I don't think I would be proud enough of this work to have left my business card.

Dryer vents are not supposed to have screens: they prevent lint from clearing and block the airflow. Higher bills and higher fire risk.

Buying a house is buying a job. Sometimes that means admitting when you don`t know.... But how do you know what you don't know? Can you trust the kid at the big box store? Can you trust the internet? Does Uncle Charlie REALLY know what he's talking about?