Over the last few weeks, I have been talking to a number of inspectors across Ontario. Most of these members are from our own association, others have no association affiliation and others belong to one or more. I have had a similar set of questions asked of me, and apparently, other members of the board …
In business, it’s a fact of life – somewhere you’ve got competition. While it may be intimidating to some, it’s the nature of the beast. You and your competitors are all trying to get a piece of the same pie. Most of the time, your friendly competition is just that—friendly. However, every now and then, …
Bulleting from Transport Canada INFORMATION BULLETIN – NEW DRONE RULES As announced by the Minister of Transport on January 9, 2019, the new rules for remotely piloted aircraft systems (drones) were published in Canada Gazette Part II. These new rules do not come into force until June 1, 2019. Until June 1, 2019: · Recreational …
2018 CAHPI Conference Stephen Greenford Award Nomination This Award, dedicated to the memory of Stephen Greenford, is presented annually at the CAHPI Conference to an individual for their dedication and contribution to the advancement and development of the Home Inspection Profession in Canada. Please take a moment to recognise the contributions and achievements of your colleagues by nominating …
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Background A number of Inspectors have raised a concern about wires crossing the bus in an electrical panel. Inspectors are being questioned by Realtors as to the codes that apply to these concerns. We frequently find our members in a situation where a safety concern of the inspector is not specifically covered with a code. …
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While we are 100% behind the Realtors Trade Association’s view that a public registry for grow-ops should be established and be publicly accessible, of the five points the OREA report asks for. We feel that these proposals are sensible and fully implemented should be able to help protect consumers, but we feel that the solution …
We recently received a nice letter from one of our members, Canadian-Certified Home Inspector Greg Rheaume of Home Inspect Solutions Inc. Greg operates his inspection service to support his local neighbourhood Consumers with their decision-making process of purchasing or selling a home. Like all our Professional members, Greg pushes himself to be the best he …
So the Ontario House Builders Association and the Ontario Real-Estate Association seem to be going head-to-head in a battle over mandatory Energy Audits. While OREA is publishing that the Province has put the brakes on the plan (here) the Ontario House Builders Association is all for them. (here) The press doesn’t seem to know one …
Following on from the previous year, 2017 saw a number of challenges in the Home Inspection Profession. We have seen the Profession decimated by a large number of Inspectors who were either forced out or chose to leave the profession because it was not providing a level of income to support them. While this gave …
The deadline to respond to Transport Canada for the proposed changes to the regulations for Unmanned Aircraft Systems is fast approaching. Written comments should be sent to carrac@tc.gc.ca by October 13, 2017. For anyone who hasn’t yet read the proposals you can find them here: http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/20…l/reg2-eng.php Here is a very high level summary of the changes. UAS systems …
The date for submissions to the proposed rate and policy changes by the WSIB is October 13th. The proposed changes are far reaching and could be costly to Home Inspectors who have family members with their own businesses. The summary of the proposed changes can be found here: http://bit.ly/2hzJWE1 The devil, however, is in the detail …
A secure footing for the Home Inspection Profession in Ontario The Ontario Association of Certified Home Inspectors (OntarioACHI), an independent not-for-profit Ontario organisation and represents the majority of Home and Property Inspectors across Ontario (see Statistics) and serves as the voice and champion of the Home and Property Inspection profession in Ontario. In today’s economy, …
We have, over the last 3 months, been in discussions with staff from the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the Ministry of Labour and regulators from the Electrical Safety Authority with regard to Home Inspectors opening the electrical panels to perform a visual inspection. We finally received a letter this morning putting the ESA …
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The board and volunteers of OntarioACHI applaud the latest press release from the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), the trade association that supports Realtors, for their stance on Home Inspections. We were especially pleased to see that Tim Hudak, CEO of OREA, said “Instead of placing another demand on home sellers’ time and energy, and …
Insurance is always an emotive item of business expenditure. While many businesses believe they are never going to do anything wrong, mistakes can happen. In a tightening financial marketplace, some individuals will also attempt to take advantage of service providers, choosing to sue at the least excuse to try to supplement their income or offset …
The middle and latter part of 2016 was probably one of the most problematic years for the Home Inspection Profession. Many inspectors found their income cut by 50%-85% year on year. The decline in income has also taken a toll on the ability of inspectors to maintain their operations. Over the Holiday period, the …
Before you begin shoveling the snow, warm up your muscles for approximately ten minutes by doing stretches or other light exercisesWith Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza and a number of other regional festivals coming up, it’s time to focus on keeping our homes and families safe, so here’s a few tips from the Professional Home Inspector members …
We have been busy this summer with regulations for the inspection profession and working on new initiatives to help boost inspectors business and income potential and have not produced our usual monthly update on membership, so this post is a lot longer than usual. We apologise for the delay in getting our members names and …
The Accreditation committee has been working with a number of training suppliers to secure Continued Educational Training for our members. In order to speed up confirmation of whether training is approved to be used as CEU credits towards the ongoing maintenance of your CCHI designation look for the following logo. Training providers who offer courses …
Your Association’s connection to you Since 2012, we have been providing our members with a number of services on the Internet. Development of these services has been carried out mainly by volunteers in the Association with support from our technology sponsor eComSecSol Consultancy Inc. Once the platforms were built, we have relied totally on the …
Did You Know? Canada’s confederation was on July 1st, 1867 and it took 22 years for it to be declared a statutory Holiday. Strangely enough it took another 28 years, (until July 1st, 1917) 50 years AFTER confederation for it to be actively Celebrated across Canada. Up until then most Canadians considered themselves British Subjects! …
Your profile is important to you in many ways. Every member in OntarioACHI has the ability to manage their own profiles. While it may seem tedious to have to do this, there are reasons why we’ve chosen this route for you. When your profile is incomplete, any public searches made will not show you in …
We would like to welcome our newest members. These are all Ontario Home Inspectors who have chosen to show they are prepared to prove their professional attitude: Howard Walsh Victor Safanov Benn MacDonald Raymond Yvon Carriere Hugh Dwyer Ed Novosky Want to know more about these members? Click on their names to see their profiles. …
We recently posted a short survey asking respondents a number of questions about the Ontario New Home Warranty Plan and Tarion. Because of the short notice of an upcoming meeting with the legislators who are reviewing these two instruments, the Survey had little time to attract great attention. In the six days the survey ran …
