I'm confused & need your opinions

[dplummer]

With respects to the CHI designation here in Canada.Can we use it ? Should we use it? Is it worth the $175.00 ? Does it make us look professional? Or are we going to hurt ourselves in the long run? I know a lot has been said about this, but I need your short input to make it clear for me. Thanks for your help. Doug

[Michael R. Boyett]

Yes, maybe, probably not, not really, who knows, respectively.

[Larry Ewens]

Doug
Are you referring to CHI or CMI the designation put forward by Nachi?
Larry

[rparker]

Doug I was told by OAHI that I could not use the Letters or the words certified home inspecter and was puy up on charges and have had my upgrade delayed because of it.
Rob.

[dplummer]

I guess it shows how confused I am. CHI is OAHI, & CMI is NACHI. CHI we can't use, CMI we can if we pay NACHI a $175.00. Am I on the right track ? And will either designation really improve our professional image ? Doug

[rcooke]

Originally Posted by dplummer

I guess it shows how confused I am. CHI is OAHI, & CMI is NACHI. CHI we can't use, CMI we can if we pay NACHI a $175.00. Am I on the right track ? And will either designation really improve our professional image ? Doug

I do believe it is OAHI who says you can not use CHI.
They as far as I am concerned have nothing to do or say with NACHI
They have troubles of their own just trying to look after the compalints lodged by their own members .
I have to believe they are way behind .I laid a DPPC Charge when I was a OAHI member and was told it was in the loop almost two years and still heard nothing more .
I have been told that others are also waiting for their complaints to be heard.
CMI is entirely different then CHI Please go back and read the CMI posts.

Roy Cooke sr..... RHI.... Royshomeinspection.com. CAHPI-ON

[rparker]

Doug ;ASTTBC out in bc apperently own the rights to CHI and the words Certified Home Inspector so because of that we in Canada can not use them.You could use National Assocation of Certified Home Inspectors or you can pay the 175 us for the CMI your choice.If your a member of OAHI you will get in sh$$$t if you use chi or the words.

[Ron Carter]

If you were to read any of the matrial about CMI you will not read or see anywhere in it that it is a NACHI run entity. This is just another way for someone to make some more money.

[rcooke]

Originally Posted by rcarter

If you were to read any of the matrial about CMI you will not read or see anywhere in it that it is a NACHI run entity. This is just another way for someone to make some more money.

Gee you know what this sounds just like OAHI and CAHPI and the National Certification .

The more I hear,
the more I see!
NACHI is the one for me !
Roy Cooke R.H.I. Royshomeinspection.com
A HAPPY NACHI MEMBER,... More find this out ever day!

Remember Whistler http://www.nachi.org/forum/f48/lets-not-forget-whistler-4935/

[rcooke]

Originally Posted by rparker

Doug ;ASTTBC out in bc apperently own the rights to CHI and the words Certified Home Inspector so because of that we in Canada can not use them.You could use National Assocation of Certified Home Inspectors or you can pay the 175 us for the CMI your choice.If your a member of OAHI you will get in sh$$$t if you use chi or the words.

http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthread.php?p=57430#post57430 Larry

It would seem that Nachi uses Certified Home Inspector while ASTTBC/BCIPI uses Certified House Inspector. I think you should reply to ASTTBC and point that difference out to them. I don't think they have a leg to stand on considering the difference.
--
Raymond Wand
Alton, ON http://www.raymondwand.ca
The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. - Sir William Osler 1905
see previous post Roy sr

[rwand1]

Once again for clarification purposes. ATTSBC has registered use of CHI which they have registered as being CERTIFIED HOUSE INSPECTOR, while NACHI uses CERTIFIED HOME INSPECTOR. See the difference?

I checked the intellectual data base and CERTIFIED HOME INSPECTOR was not registered by ASTTBC only CERTIFIED HOUSE INSPECTOR, how anyone can say CHI is registered to mean one thing when it means another really does not have a leg to stand on considering the difference. I am leaving my CHI on my website because I believe ASTTBC cannot do anything considering it is not registered.

As to CMI maybe some of you should stop feeling intimidated and directed, and threatened and stand your ground particularly if you are an OAHI member. I have yet to receive a letter from OAHI in regards to anything with regard to CHI, my use of RHI, let alone three outstanding complaints or supposed misuse of my membership status of Retired RHI. What does that mean? It means that OAHI is not enforcing its own rules, and it means they cannot enforce some of their wishes because those issues are not backed up by the by-law. If it is not in the by-law OAHI is out of luck! It also means when they do enforce the rules members cannot be assured of due process, natural justice, or that there are fears OAHI will be taken to task and proven wrong. Anything coming from the OAHI DPP Committee should be taken with a grain of salt. There are legitimate complaints being ignored for a variety of reasons. So much for self regulation and application of the known legal rules of engagement, not some made up ego based "lets get'm" mentality.

For the record OAHI has been reformulating the DPPC for the last 6 months, and as usual the excuses are numerous!

[Claude Lawrenson]

From an earlier thread
http://www.nachi.org/forum/showpost....6&postcount=19
Certified Home Inspector and the Acronym CHI appear to be trademarked by
ASTTBC

[rwand1]

Well maybe ASTTBC needs to look at its own documentation because there appears to be confusion in their own by-laws. Clearly they use the term Cert. House Inspector.

http://www.asttbc.org/mem/bcipi.nf.html

[rcooke]

I guess OAHI/CAHPI and others must just love the information that is returned to them from their own looking and what the spies tell them .
They can just sit back and chuckle and do noting as per usual.
They use intimidation on their own members who are afraid of those in power but who also do nothing.
There is so much information on here and they have done nothing .
Many have been using ( some say not allowed ) for so long that it could be hard for them to Deny that past usage and now complaints from ( those in power ) just might show that these letters are just not worth the effort to go after any one .

The more I hear,
the more I see!
NACHI is the one for me !
Roy Cooke R.H.I. Royshomeinspection.com
A HAPPY NACHI MEMBER,... More find this out ever day!

Remember Whistler http://www.nachi.org/forum/f48/lets-not-forget-whistler-4935/

[rwand1]

Another site that specifically uses House Inspector. Which is it ASTTBC/BCIPI do you know? Sure looks like ASTTBC/BCIPI are confused. What they state on their website does not match what it says on the Trademark database.

http://bcipi.asttbc.org/about.html