Ontario looks to license home inspectors - TORONTO – Alyssa Hanson thought she had done her due diligence on the home inspection front. Hanson brought in three professionals — a home inspector, a septic tank inspector and a specialist to take a look at the fireplace and the wood stove — before she and her family purchased their dream home, a 2,000 square foot house with a view of the Rideau River in the southern part of Ottawa. A month after they had moved in, water started seeping into the basement. Hanson says at least six contractors have come by to survey the damage. “Every single one of them said, ‘How did your house inspector not catch the fact that there is water in the basement?'” Hanson recalled in an interview. “Obviously the house inspector can’t open up a wall and look, but there is a spot where it was unfinished, and it was very obvious to everyone that came in that there was water coming in, in that unfinished area.” Rusted support beams and rotting carpet tacking should have made it evident…
