Accessibility within a home is important for all ages and abilities. After all, accessibility represents the centre of comfort for ensuring you’re safe and secure while in your house or that of a loved one. In celebration of White Cane Week across Canada, we’re reminding everyone of the importance of having your home inspected to ensure it meets the needs …
Our inspectors are working in local markets every day helping protect among the largest investment Canadians from coast to coast will make throughout their lifetimes – their homes. And since being an active part of the communities that support our inspectors is important to us, a portion of every inspection we complete is injected back into the neighbourhoods we serve …
Ensuring your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms are properly installed in your home and remain in good working order should be part of your regular home maintenance routine to make sure they protect your family and home when you need them most. Fire deaths are preventable Home fires kill eight Canadians a week according to Fire Prevention Canada. And …
Let’s face it – we encounter pretty severe winter weather in most parts of the country at some point during the winter. Whether precipitation arrives in the form of snow, freezing rain, ice or all of the above, it’s important to know how to ease the weight on your roof to help prevent disaster from striking. Signs of stress on …
Having hot water in our homes whenever we need it is definitely a luxury many of us wouldn’t want to live without. That’s why it’s important to ensure our water heaters are regularly maintained to safely provide hot water on demand. As a homeowner, the first thing you want to do is visually inspect your water heater to ensure there …
As much as many of us are reluctant to admit, fall is in the air. And with it comes some important checks to complete in and around your home to ensure you have everything in order before temperatures really start to drop. Your seasonal homeowner to-do list includes completing regular maintenance checks and balances to help prevent the most common …
At A Buyer’s Choice Home Inspections (ABCHI), we welcome a diverse mix of home inspectors from coast to coast to help service the unique needs of a broad range of homeowners and homebuyers, as well as our Realtors partners. The home inspection industry has traditionally been viewed as a male-dominated, blue-collar profession. But we’re thankful to support the next generation …
When you join ABCHI as a franchisee or inspector, you’re backed by expertise and support from an entire family within a trusted brand – where every member has helped pave the way to your new career with us. ABCHI is comprised of industry-leading home inspectors operating in local markets across Canada – and internationally, in fact. We support each other …
Summer’s here! Be sure to get out there and live it to the fullest, as it’ll be over before we know it. Summer is among the easiest seasons to take care of your homeowner to-do list as well. And that includes completing your regular maintenance checks and balances to help prevent the most common – and also costly – problems …
Buying a home is one of the most exciting – and often overwhelming – experiences of a lifetime. It’s also among the largest financial investments you’ll ever make. That’s why it’s essential to have a knowledgeable professional on your side walking you through each step and answering questions throughout the homebuying and mortgage processes. There’s way more to a mortgage …
