In the season premiere of CBC Marketplace Grow-Op Cover Up (this episode with Mike Holmes) last Friday, the host Erica Johnson asked the question, “Can you trust home inspector?” The conclusion from the show’s research is sadly an emphatic NO !!!
You see, Marketplace invited Mike Holmes to inspect a house where he was able to find many obvious telltale signs the house was a former grow-op. And these obvious signs were missed by a home inspector the home owner hired before making their home purchase decision. And when this same house was shown to four randomly chosen house inspectors after Mike identified the problems, the shocking findings were ALL four of these “house inspectors” missed all the obvious signs.
In the show (you can watch the full episode online), you can see footage of police busting a grow-op and you will realize how easy you can pick up these telltale signs of a house was a grow-op that you wonder why the four randomly chosen home inspectors were so incompetent.
If you’ve hired a home inspector in Calgary and have some horror home inspection stories (either they found major problems and saved you from buying a bad house or they missed major problems and you are stuck with the problems), please share your horror home inspection stories so other Calgarians can learn something from your experiences.
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