Category talk:Barrie

The Barrie Home Inspector offers a Professional Home Inspection starting at $199.00. Roger Frost is the principle inspector with over 26 experience in the building and inspection business. Roger has taken most of the available Ontario Building Officials Courses and hopes to obtain his Building Code Qualification this year. Roger Frost also offers a Free WETT certificate with every home inspection.

Roger has implemented his Fair Pricing Policy, which Home Buyers to obtain a fair price when requiring a home inspection. His inspections start at $199.00 for a single bathroom residential home. Why should you be expected to pay the same price for an average 1100 sq ft home as someone who has a 3500 sq ft home with 4 bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, full basement, rec room and 3 car garage. When you buy meat, you pay for what your get, the smaller the roast the lower the price. Even your real estate fee is based on the percentage of the selling price. How these people can tell their customers that is not about the price is beyond the scope of a normal persons thinking. I have heard some home inspectors using fear type tactics, expressing doubt on a lower priced inspection as somehow being inferior. Well in my case my qualifications speak loud and clear about the quality of the home inspection you will receive. Your main fear should be the "Rookie" from your local college who has just finished his "basic" course and is now lurking out there to charge you 3 to 4 hundred dollars. Watch for this type of inspector, usually identified by small car and folding ladder.

Some inspectors have high fees, for example, I did an inspection for a lady in Orillia who had phoned another inspector, but had a hard time talking to the lady who answered as she was just getting off a bus. Their fee was $400 for a single bathroom townhouse and the home inspector had someone answering his phone for hime while he was probably at his real job...maybe stocking shelves...who knows. So remember it is not always about the price...but it is always about the qualifications.