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Home Inspection Report Charlottetown PE
The finished product of our home inspection for you in Charlottetown is your Charlottetown home inspection report. This report contains all the key elements of the inspection including photos of the various components of the home. This report is yours to keep and use as part of your home purchase or sale process.We use our home inspection process and checklists to help ensure that your unique report contains all the most important elements and covers off all the systems in the home that are included in your home inspection package.
Traditionally the home inspection report was created and printed in hard copy but the more common approach in recent years is to provide you with a digital copy of this report which you can save and then share or print if desired.
While the report is comprehensive, we use a nicely formatted structure to help make it as "user friendly" to you as possible, organized by different systems in the house, with the condition noted for various components within each system, and photos organized and provided in the same structure. As part of our service, we not only provide you with the report but also stand ready to answer any questions you may have about it, to help ensure you understand the contents as much as possible so you can make the best use of the report in your home purchase or sale.
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Components of a Home Inspection Report
Your PEI home inspection report is designed to provide you with a broad range of information about the home being inspected. While the list below is not exhaustive and the contents of your report will be specific to your home, please find below some samples of the types of information included in some home inspection reports for other clients:
- Summary
An overall summary that highlights some of the key issues disovered during the inspection and areas one may want to look at in the near future. While this summary is not comprehensive it does highlight certain key areas of the report, but should not be used by itself, and one should read the entirety of the report to understand and apply the full scope of the inspection. - Roofing
The roofing section will give information about the type of roof on the house and information about any major issues discovered. This section can also highlight the timeframe one may need to consider in terms of when the roof may need to be replaced. Items often identified and discussed in this section include components such as shingles, metal roofing, sloped roof flashings, pipe or stack flashings, etc. - Exterior
The section of the report dealing with the exterior of the home will typically provide information on items such as gutters, downspouts, getting water away from the house, details of roof drainage, splash blocks, details or issues found with porches, decks, steps, patios and balconies, and other outside areas of the house. - Structure
The structural components of the house are detailed in this section of the report. In here one will find information such as the type of foundation on which the house sits, including the foundation material. Information will also be provided on other structural systems of the house such as floor construction, exterior wall construction, and roof and ceiling framing details such as rafters and trusses used. - Interior
Numerous interior elements of the house are detailed in the interior section, such as information on floor, wall and ceiling finishings, inforation on windows such as window types and glazing, details about doors, appliances, and laundry facilities in the home. - Plumbing
The plumbing section of the report will detail items such as the type of water supply to the home, the type of piping in the building, details of water flow and heating, water tanks, waste water and vent piping in the home, and the location of the main water shut off valve in the home. - Electrical
The electrical section of the report provides details on the size of electrical service to the home (for example 100 Amps, 200 Amps, etc.), information on the electrical panels in the home, details on the type and location of the main electrical disconnect, information on the type of electrical wiring used in the home such as copper wiring, and details on components such as smoke detectors, and more. - Heating, Cooling and Insulation
The heating, cooling and insulation sections of the report provide information on the types and approximate ages of heating and cooling systems, typical life expectancies of such systems, the type of energy used for the heating system such as oil, electricity, wood or wood pellets, details on fireplaces, chimneys, and more. Details about insulation (to the extent it is able to be inspected) is also provided and additional techniques such as thermal imaging can also be used to identify potential major gaps in the home's insulation envelope.
While the information above is just a sampling of some information provided in a complete home inspection report, we hope that this gives you and idea of the level of detail provided by our home inspector in your custom home inspection report. For more details on what is included in your report, please contact us as we would love to be of service for your home inspection needs!
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