Not again

[Rudolf Reusse]

For once I have to agree with Bill Mullen’s critical posting about the latest CAHPI attempt to create another no good for nothing designation. The one and only beneficiaries might be the course providers - but only if they are able to attract enough naive pupils prepared to waste $500.00 on 16 hours of warmed-over wisdom.

Anyone who has been seriously in the inspection business for an extended period of time will have to agree that the request from the public for "New Home Inspection" has been far and in between for decades - and that nothing will change as long as Consumers are being brainwashed into believing that the mandatory New Home Warranty protects their interest - and that TARION is in fact an unbiased insurance administrator.

The only time I have ever made real money from inspecting new homes - and without objections from hostile builders or their representatives - has been when I was authorized by law firms to carry out "Pre-Delivery Inspections" on behalf of their absentee purchasers from Hong Kong.

After the real estate boom cycle came to an end - I have never made any income of consequence from inspecting new homes.

RUDOLF REUSSE - Home Inspector since 1976 - Retired