Home Inspection Businesses

The business of home inspection is an incredibly important one. Every year, hundreds of thousands of homes go up for sale; it is up to the home inspector to make an objective opinion regarding the structural safety and financial investment placed upon these homes. Without reliable home inspectors, families would be wasting money and moving into potentially dangerous living conditions.

Although Canada is unregulated regarding home inspection, most reliable businesses choose to become associated with the CAHPI (Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors). American home inspection businesses, in turn, are associated with the AHSI (American Society of Home Inspectors). The CAHPI is divided into seven different regions: CAHPI British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Atlantic, and AIBQ Quebec.

Freelance versus In-House Home Inspection Businesses

Freelance home inspectors can choose to set up their own businesses, as long as they have proper certification behind them to legitimize their company. Freelancing is a great idea for anyone who wants to control his or her own schedule and prices. However, in order to gain a good reputation, freelance home inspection businesses must first establish a trusted client base and follow strict codes of ethics (as laid out by the CAHPI and ASHI).

Graduates of engineering trade schools sometimes seek employment through full-time home inspection businesses. These businesses are designed to provide real estate firms, law firms, construction companies, and other clients a wide choice of home inspectors to provide them with professional reports. Employees of professional home inspection businesses are usually kept in line with the most recent inspection technologies and are given extra training in the field of occupational standards, ethics, and safety codes.