OZ Home Inspections Inc.

Certified, Professional Home Inspections servicing Thunder Bay and surrounding area Purchasing a home is the single biggest investment you will make.

Whether you are a first time buyer, or have purchased multiple homes, a home inspection will give you peace of mind for your investment. At OZ Home Inspections & Property Services we believe in protecting the client. Our goal is to assist the client in making an informed decision and we want to provide you with as much information as possible about the property before your purchase. We are imparti

al and not judgmental. We take a macro and micro approach to the property looking at the big details and the
small ones. We do not comment on interior finishes and cosmetics, but focus on the major components of the home. A HOME INSPECTION DEFINED:
Field Performance Review • Evaluation of Physical Condition • Visible Inspection of Readily Accessible, Installed Components
Not Technically Exhaustive • Non-Destructive • Non-Invasive • Sampling Type Inspection

A home inspection is designed to determine whether all of the essential components of a house are present and doing their job, as evidenced by a visual inspection. The process of purchasing a home can be very stressful. A home inspection is usually recommended to provide you peace of mind on your investment. No home is perfect and many have latent defects that the seller either did not know about or in rare cases tried to conceal. Revealing these defects can have the opposite effect on buyers, from peace of mind to higher stress. At OZ Home Inspections & Property Services, we will sit down with the client and explain the defects in as much detail as required for you to understand the problem and its implications. We provide you with unbiased information to help you make an informed decision as opposed to an emotional one. We will provide you with recommendations on how to address the problem and, by removing the unknowns, will help you lower your stress. Many defects can be addressed with very little investment of money or time if caught early. For those defects that do represent a significant cost to address, you can work with your Realtor to see if the asking price of the home takes into account this defect. If it does not, ask the Realtor to work on reducing the vendor’s price to compensate. Remember inspectors and their reports do not “kill deals”. We do not create issues; we provide information to the client. A home inspection does not “pass” or “fail” a home. What kills a deal is the unwillingness or inability of the buyer/seller to address the defects found by the inspector. In some cases, walking away from the deal may represent the best option for the client. NO HOME IS PERFECT
It is also important to realize that the seller is under no obligation to repair anything identified by the inspector in the inspection report. As we stated before, no home is perfect, and it is important for the buyer to be reasonable in their demands for a seller to address found issues. As long as the home is not brand new, there will always be components in the house at various stages of their life cycle. It is not reasonable to expect everything to be brand new, and normal wear and tear on components throughout the home is expected and acceptable. This is where you need to work closely with your Realtor who should be providing you with a summary of similar properties for sale in the area The properties listed should all have similar parameters and be broken down so you can compare apples to apples. This will assist the buyer in determining if it is worth renegotiation based on the inspection report. For example, if the furnace is near, or at, the end of its service life and needs to be replaced and that you see that the home is listed above market average, it may be appropriate to ask the seller to compensate for the worn out component. If the home is listed below market value, it is probable that the seller has compensated for the worn out furnace and it would not be appropriate to expect a further discount.

02/14/2023

Back in the late 1950’s and through the 60’s, a number of homes were built, or retrofitted with vermiculite insulation. It is no longer in wide use, but if you own an older home, it may be present in the attic or walls.

It is a puffy, loose granular mineral fibre that is light brown and was poured into walls and onto ceilings in the attic. Given the era, you would only see a layer that is 2 or 3 inches thick. It will not usually be accessible in the walls but can be found in the attic fairly easily. If newer insulation has been added in the attic, you may need to move some of it aside to see if vermiculite is present.

Caution: if vermiculite is present, do not disturb it until it has been tested for the presence of asbestos. Some, but not all batches of this insulation, were inadvertently contaminated with asbestos in the pre-production phase.

Asbestos can be carcinogenic if fibres are inhaled. The vermiculite should be sampled and tested by a qualified laboratory before disturbing it. Health Canada suggests that its presence is usually harmless if left undisturbed. However, many homeowners, out of an abundance of caution or because they were renovating the attic space, have opted to have it removed by specially qualified contractors.

Head to the link in bio to give it a read https://www.cahpi.ca/en/blog/residential-insulation

03/07/2022

https://www.facebook.com/560275667458106/posts/2124090551076602/?d=n&substory_index=0

Spring is on the way, and here in Canada that means snow melt - a lot of it.

While it’s a welcome sight for many, the combination of melting snow, glacier melt in the mountains, and rain can all potentially cause flood damage to your home.

It’s important to take preventative measures now, in order to avoid flooding and damage to your home.

This can include checking downspouts, clearing snow away from your home, ensuring your sump pump is in good working order, and more.

Check out more tips for homeowners on our blog page at the link below on how to protect your home this spring.

https://www.cahpi.ca/en/354-english/blog/posts/467-protect-your-home-from-spring-floodingmaintenance-tips-2

01/15/2021

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02/10/2020

https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-services/lead-in-drinking-water.aspx

City has provided updated information on their website in relation to lead service piping to homes.

Lead in Drinking Water The City of Thunder Bay is required to have an approved Corrosion Control Plan in accordance with Drinking Water System Regulation O. Reg. 170/03. The City is working closely with the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks and the Thunder Bay District Health Unit on this change to the drin...

11/07/2019

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Special weather statement in effect for Thunder Bay

03/13/2019

The ground is still frozen and the water has nowhere to go so it will pool and flow to the lowest point it can, which may be towards your foundation. Be sure to dig out your downspouts and extend them as far away from your foundation as possible. Even if you have the recommended 4-6ft extensions, it may not be enough. There have been many cases of water in basements already with just the melt from the snow on your roof and yard. Add in another 10-20mm of rain in addition to the current snow could lead to flooding. Most hardware and building centers offer permanent or temporary downspout extensions, please be proactive.

Special weather statement in effect for Thunder Bay Read the full story and comment on Tbnewswatch.com

12/03/2015

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-ontario-communities-outside-toronto-to-have-land-transfer-tax/article27541229/?service=mobile

No Ontario communities outside Toronto to have land transfer tax Municipal Affairs Minister Ted McMeekin says there will be no extension of a land transfer tax to any municipality beyond Toronto

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