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AmeriSpec Waterloo Region & Guelph Home Inspectors & NRCan-Registered Energy Advisors

AmeriSpec Inspection Services | Waterloo Region & Guelph
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Giving you the peace of mind you need to make the right decision since 1987

AmeriSpec is the Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspection national brand you can trust from coast-to-coast. We also offer registered Waterloo Region & Guelph Energy Advisors who can provide an EnerGuide home evaluation to help you save money by making your home more energy efficient. 
 
Voted the #1 home inspection company by BobVila™ and Forbes Advisor, we have more than 35 years of experience and over two million home inspections performed. AmeriSpec’s in-depth home inspection training for Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspectors combines classroom instruction, in-field home inspections, and hands-on technical training in our cutting-edge facility.  
 
Beyond our comprehensive homeowner energy evaluation, AmeriSpec offers Waterloo Region & Guelph EnerGuide labels and Energy Star certifications for home builders. Plus, we deliver in demand Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspection specialty services that exceed home buyer, first time home buyer, home seller, and real estate agent expectations. 

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BUYER’S HOME INSPECTION SERVICES

Buying a home can be an anxious time. You have found the home of your dreams, but are concerned that it may have poor workmanship or problems such as cracks in the foundation, old or deteriorating plumbing, a faulty heating system, or unsafe or dated electrical wiring. It’s because of these possible problems that you should call the professionals at AmeriSpec for a home inspection before buying a house.

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SELLER’S HOME INSPECTION SERVICES

Pre-listing home inspection reports available to view for FREE online – anytime, anywhere. AmeriSpec OnDemand is here to change the way pre-listing home inspections work!
AmeriSpec OnDemand is a website offering full AmeriSpec pre-sale home inspection reports.

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COMMERCIAL BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES

Helping you understand your business is our business.
An AmeriSpec commercial building inspection will give you the answers you need about your property. A single walk-through is all it takes for our trained commercial property inspectors to survey the building, review appropriate documentation, and conduct interviews, if needed, in order to determine the property’s condition and give you the peace of mind you need.

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ENERGY EVALUATIONS
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Want your home as energy efficient as possible? AmeriSpec inspection services offer energy assessments across the country through the EnerGuide for Houses and Energy Star Programs.

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RADON TESTING
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Is there A killer lurking in your home?
Radon is a colourless, odourless gas that occurs naturally outdoors in harmless amounts. It’s produced from the breakdown of uranium in soil and rocks. It can get concentrated in homes built on soil with natural uranium deposits. Radon enters buildings through cracks in floors or walls, construction joints, or gaps in foundations around pipes, wires or pumps. The presence of radon in the home is a serious risk to the health of you and your family.

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Breathe easy with An Amerispec Healthy Home Inspection.
Protecting yourself and your family from harmful contaminants in your home is very important. Poor indoor air quality can have profound negative effects on your health and the health of your family. It can affect your productivity and the enjoyment of your home. Take the first step toward a healthy home by calling the AmeriSpec about a Healthy Home Inspection.

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There's no place quite like your home.

AmeriSpec is North America’s leading home inspection service. With our 1996 purchase by ServiceMaster, we became part of the largest and most trusted home service provider in the world. The AmeriSpec name is the industry standard for quality, service and value. With over 75 franchise licences from coast-to-coast, AmeriSpec Canada conducts more home inspections, and serves more satisfied customers than anyone else in the country. There truly is no place quite like your home!

For more information on our parent company, ServiceMaster of Canada, please visit www.servicemaster.ca.

Our Waterloo Region & Guelph Home Inspection Team

Chris Harper
Business Owner & Inspector

Chris Harper was born and raised in Guelph, and is a proud father of 1 son (18), and 1 daughter (16). When he’s not inspecting, he enjoys being a professional Uber driver for both kids, going to sporting events (Pre-COVID), and for his own downtime – being on the golf course.

Chris completed the Home Inspection Program at Conestoga College back in 2007, and joined AmeriSpec in 2008. He completed both the Defect Recognition, and Ontario Building Code courses in 2009. Chis is a former member of (OAHI) Ontario Association of Home Inspectors, and is a current member of CAHPI with both the Registered Home Inspector, and National Certificate Holder designations – #C1900643.

Muhammad Omer Qureshi
Registered Energy Advisor #LIC-7051 – NRCan

An engineer by education, Muhammad is currently enjoying the suburban life in Cambridge, Ontario with his wife and two beautiful children. He is a sports enthusiast, and loves watching movies and travelling. Learning how to fly a plane tops his bucket list.

Muhammad is a family man, and enjoys spending quality time with his children.

Ian Frost
Certified Home Inspector

Having started his Home Inspection career in 1994, Ian is AmeriSpec's longest-serving inspector for all locations across Ontario. It's safe to say, Ian has seen a thing or two!

Ian continues to provide sound, professional advice to home-buyers, and sellers, and it's no surprise that both real estate professionals and past clients continually refer Ian to their family and friends for his professional inspection approach.

Ian has a knack for turning an inspection into something enjoyable, and puts home-buyers at ease during the home-stretch of the home buying process.

When not inspecting homes, Ian can be found jogging along his neighborhood route or enjoying a round of golf on the local golf course.
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Chris Harper was born and raised in Guelph, and is a proud father of 1 son (18), and 1 daughter (16). When he’s not inspecting, he enjoys being a professional Uber driver for both kids, going to sporting events (Pre-COVID), and for his own downtime – being on the golf course.

Chris completed the Home Inspection Program at Conestoga College back in 2007, and joined AmeriSpec in 2008. He completed both the Defect Recognition, and Ontario Building Code courses in 2009. Chis is a former member of (OAHI) Ontario Association of Home Inspectors, and is a current member of CAHPI with both the Registered Home Inspector, and National Certificate Holder designations – #C1900643.

Chris HarperBusiness Owner & Inspector
Chris Harper

An engineer by education, Muhammad is currently enjoying the suburban life in Cambridge, Ontario with his wife and two beautiful children. He is a sports enthusiast, and loves watching movies and travelling. Learning how to fly a plane tops his bucket list.

Muhammad is a family man, and enjoys spending quality time with his children.

Muhammad Omer QureshiRegistered Energy Advisor #LIC-7051 – NRCan
Muhammad Omer Qureshi
Having started his Home Inspection career in 1994, Ian is AmeriSpec's longest-serving inspector for all locations across Ontario. It's safe to say, Ian has seen a thing or two!

Ian continues to provide sound, professional advice to home-buyers, and sellers, and it's no surprise that both real estate professionals and past clients continually refer Ian to their family and friends for his professional inspection approach.

Ian has a knack for turning an inspection into something enjoyable, and puts home-buyers at ease during the home-stretch of the home buying process.

When not inspecting homes, Ian can be found jogging along his neighborhood route or enjoying a round of golf on the local golf course.
Ian FrostCertified Home Inspector
Ian Frost
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What Our Customers Are Saying

5/5

“Chris was friendly, punctual (Early!) and thorough. We had purchased the home without an inspection and wanted to have one before we begin renovations. He did his work then gave us a verbal overview of the main points. He spoke in layman’s terms and was patient with all our questions.”

Colleen and Phil Robert

Fergus, ON

5/5

“Ian was absolutely amazing. He was very knowledgeable, professional and has an amazing personality. He turned a home inspection into something enjoyable. Highly recommend!!”

Marija Pavkovic

ON

5/5

“Very professional and knowledgeable about the subject. Chris takes the time to explain, with a great level of detail, key information about the house and the whole construction. Highly recommended!”

Francisco Serrano

Guelph, ON

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Our Waterloo Region & Guelph House Inspectors Proudly Serve...

AmeriSpec of Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspection services provide residential home inspections, energy evaluations and related ancillary services in the following areas:

  • Kitchener
  • Waterloo
  • Conestogo
  • St. Jacobs
  • Breslau
  • Woolwich
  • New Hamburg
  • Baden
  • St. Agatha
  • Elmira
  • Petersburg
  • Wellesley
  • Linwood
  • Drayton
  • Guelph
  • Rockwood
  • Belwood
  • Guelph/Eramosa
  • Eden Mills
  • Fergus
  • Elora
  • Maryhill
  • Ariss
  • West Montrose
  • Aberfoyle
  • Mount Forest
  • Arthur
  • Cambridge
  • Puslinch
  • Roseville
  • Ayr
  • Galt
  • Paris
  • New Dundee
  • Saint George
  • Morriston
  • Freelton
Have a question? We’re available from 7am – 10pm, 7 days a week. Call (905) 873-1272.

Our Partners

AMJ Campbell

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The Brick

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AmeriSpec is proud to have partnered with The Brick to give our customers a very special offer. AmeriSpec customers will now be able to furnish and decorate their homes for less, by taking advantage of special company prices on The Brick’s large selection of home appliances and decorating items.

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AmeriSpec is proud to have partnered with eRenovate; an app that connects you with verified reliable and trustworthy home improvement professionals. The eRenovate guarantee; a $25,000 deposit protection and a 90-day workmanship warranty, provides homeowners with unprecedented value and peace of mind.

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As an AmeriSpec customer, you’re entitled to a FREE account with MoveSnap! This online concierge will help you with every step of the moving process, and all of the tasks are easy to see and manage on the dashboard. MoveSnap will help you with transferring utilities and home services, changing your address to redirect mail, updating your address on important documents, hiring movers, renting a truck, and more.
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FREE with every AmeriSpec home inspection, HomeBinder is a free digital resource full of useful information. This complimentary online binder helps you track, manage and organize everything in your home. This includes contractor and warranty information, maintenance reminders, recall notes, and much more.

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AmeriSpec of Waterloo Region & Guelph

39 Watt Street

Guelph, ON N1E 6W7

Telephone: (519) 585-2224 or (905) 873-1272

Email: [email protected]

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COMMERCIAL BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES

Helping You Understand Your Business Is Our Business.

An AmeriSpec commercial building inspection will give you the answers you need about your property. A single walk-through is all it takes for our trained commercial property inspectors to survey the building, review appropriate documentation, and conduct interviews, if needed, in order to determine the property’s condition and give you peace of mind you need.

The American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) has published a standard guide to performing Property Condition Assessments (PCA). Our inspectors have been trained on the ASTM E2018 standard and use it as a baseline to perform PCAs of commercial buildings. We can work with clients to determine the scope of the inspection depending on their requirements and the age, occupancy, and type of building. This includes anything from performing a general visual examination of the property to a comprehensive inspection of all technical components of the building using a team of specialists.

In addition to information and photographs, the AmeriSpec report provides recommendations for remedying major deficiencies, updating ageing major components, and undertaking further detailed investigation, if required, and the timing associated with those recommendations. Depending on the type of inspection chosen, our inspectors can also include in the report approximate costs for items requiring attention in the short, medium, and long term.

AmeriSpec Provides Commercial Property Inspections Of:

  • Office buildings
  • Industrial buildings
  • Retail stores and shopping centres
  • Apartment buildings and hotels
  • Warehouse buildings
  • Condominiums

An AmeriSpec Commercial Property Inspection Can Include:

  • Site characteristics (paving, landscaping and utilities)
  • Structural frame and building envelope
  • Roof surface areas
  • Mechanical and electrical systems
  • Plumbing systems
  • Heating systems
  • Air conditioning and ventilation systems
  • Interior elements
  • Environmental assessments

-Asbestos
-Phase 1 assessments
-Lead-based paint
-Indoor air quality
-Infrared thermography

  • Document review
  • Probable cost opinions

Restaurateurs

You’re in the food business, not the maintenance business. AmeriSpec understands that. Our comprehensive commercial inspection can help you take stock of any potential safety issues that may exist in your building. The inspection report will give you a full breakdown of your building components and outline what you’ll need to plan ahead for any future upgrades. Ultimately you get the peace of mind you need, you avoid costly surprises and you can focus on your restaurant.

Storefront Businesses

Your business is everything to you. Why take chances on the condition of your storefront? AmeriSpec can take a closer look for you. We’ll do a walk-through with you to point out any hazards and even share what measures you can take to correct issues. It seems like a simple thing but your customers will appreciate your safe storefront business as much as they love your great products!

An AmeriSpec commercial building inspection can help you protect your business. Book your AmeriSpec commercial inspection today!

BUYER’S HOME INSPECTION SERVICES

Don’t Let The Home Of Your Dreams Become A Nightmare

Buying a home can be an anxious time. You have found the home of your dreams, but are concerned that it may have poor workmanship or problems such as cracks in the foundation, old or deteriorating plumbing, a faulty heating system, or unsafe or dated electrical wiring. It’s because of these possible problems that you should call the professionals at AmeriSpec for a home inspection before buying a house.

No matter how much you know, or think you know, or how many friends and relatives you have in the trades, there’s no substitute for the qualified expertise of a trained AmeriSpec inspector. A trained inspector knows what to look for, what to focus on and how to assess thousands of different elements of the property. A trained inspector knows what to look for, what to focus on and how to assess thousands of different elements of the property.

Once the thorough pre-buy home inspection is complete a report is produced that will help you secure your investment, help you understand how you home works, eliminate surprise problems, and bring you the peace of mind you are looking for.

A good, thorough, comprehensive inspection report will help you make the right decision.

Here’s Why Thousands Of Homebuyers Choose AmeriSpec:

  1. All of our certified Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspection team are thoroughly trained at our in-house AmeriSpec Academy and stay informed via continuing educational programs throughout the year.
  2. Over 25 years of home inspection industry experience.
  3. Error, omissions and general liability insurance that meets or exceeds industry standards.
  4. Detailed and easy-to-understand inspection reports.
  5. Thousands of satisfied customers.
  6. Free consultation on any questions that may arise about your new home… forever.
  7. Get value-added resources contained in your home inspection binder free with every Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspection.
  8. Valuable partner offers.

An AmeriSpec Waterloo Region & Guelph house inspection gives you the peace of mind you need. Book your AmeriSpec  Waterloo Region & Guelph home inspection today!

ENERGY EVALUATION SERVICES

How Energy Efficient Is Your Home?

Want your home as energy efficient as possible? AmeriSpec inspection services offer energy assessments across the country through the EnerGuide for Houses and Energy Star Programs. Whether you are a homeowner, homebuyer, or a homebuilder, our Natural Resources Canada trained and licensed Home Energy Advisors can provide you with an EnerGuide Rating or ENERGY STAR® certification on the home and valuable information on how to make it more energy efficient. Our trained, professional energy advisors follow the standards set by Natural Resources Canada. They’re up-to-date with the most recent energy saving technologies and techniques, and can advise you on how to make you home more efficient. They’ll review all the energy related components of the home and use the most current building science to make sure their recommendations improve the efficiency, comfort and performance of the home.

Find out how you can make your home more energy efficient. Contact AmeriSpec today!

HOME EFFICIENCY REBATE+ GET UP TO A $10,600 REBATE!

Owning a home can be expensive. AmeriSpec home inspection services works hard to make things financially easier for you. The Home Efficiency Rebate+ is one way to save money and make your home more energy-efficient at the same time. It’s the perfect opportunity to upgrade your home, and get up to $10,600* back. 
 
Four Easy Steps Is All It Takes: 
1. Before you begin any upgrades, call us to schedule your energy audit at (705) 761-5439
2. Complete at least 1 eligible upgrade
3. Schedule a post-retrofit energy audit with us
4. We’ll take care of the paperwork, and you’ll get your rebate cheque. *The rebate includes $600 towards the cost of both energy audits.
 
AmeriSpec will help you qualify for the largest rebate available to you – based on the upgrades you’ve chosen to make. That’s a maximum of $10,600 in rebates!
 
Upgrade & Save:
✓ Up to $1,300 on Air Sealing
✓ Up to $6,750 on Exterior Wall Insulation
✓ Up to $2,000 on Basement/Crawlspace Insulation
✓ Up to $2,350 on Attic Insulation
✓ Up to $6,500 on a Space Heat Pump
✓ Up to $1,300 on a Domestic Hot Water Heat Pump
✓ Up to $325 for each Window or Door

Contact AmeriSpec today to find out how you can get up to $10,600 in rebates.

For details, visit https://enbridgegas.com/residential/rebates-energy-conservation/home-efficiency-rebate-plus.

 

SELLER’S HOME INSPECTION SERVICES

Pre-listing home inspection reports available to view for FREE online – anytime, anywhere.

AmeriSpec OnDemand is here to change the way pre-listing home inspections work! AmeriSpec OnDemand is a website offering full AmeriSpec pre-sale home inspection reports. Each home inspection report is free to view, and attached to the official real estate listing with the agent’s website and listing information. If you’re selling your house, or thinking about selling your house, an OnDemand report makes it easier and more efficient for everyone involved in the home selling and home buying process.

How It Works

  • An AmeriSpec professional home inspector completes a pre-listing inspection of the home and turns it into an official AmeriSpec report.
  • These complete reports are made available online to be viewed by potential homebuyers.
  • A link to the report is made available to the agent to be placed on their website alongside the listing.
Selling Your Home?

If you’re planning on selling your house, getting an AmeriSpec OnDemand pre-listing home inspection report gives you the advantage of having your report posted on the OnDemand website, FREE for anyone to view. In turn, getting you more traffic and potential interest on your listing. AmeriSpec OnDemand can help speed up the process of selling your home by attracting more eligible buyers. The pre-listing report ensures full disclosure at the time of the sale, giving potential buyers more confidence. Getting an inspection and report before listing your home also gives you the chance to fix or make allowance for items that could negatively affect your asking price. This results in more leverage over the price and allows everyone to understand the true condition of your home. The inspection report also ensures that negotiations will be easier, with fewer conditions, and should only have to happen once. No surprises will be found during an inspection after an offer has been made. By getting an AmeriSpec OnDemand pre-listing home inspection, you’ll experience less stress once you begin selling your house, giving your home its best chance to land a higher offer.

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RADON TESTING SERVICES

Is This Dangerous Gas Lurking In Your Home?

Radon is a gas that occurs naturally outdoors in harmless amounts. It’s produced from the breakdown of uranium in soil and rocks. It sometimes gets concentrated in homes built on soil with natural uranium deposits. It can enter buildings through cracks in floors or walls, construction joints, or gaps in foundations around pipes, wires or pumps. Radon levels are usually highest in the basement or crawl space. The presence of radon in the home is a serious risk to the health of you and your family. When radon gas is breathed into the lungs the person is exposed to small amounts of radiation. This radiation may damage the cells in the lining of the lungs and increase a person’s risk of lung cancer. Exposure to the combination of radon gas and cigarette smoke creates a greater risk for lung cancer than either factor alone. If you think your home is at risk of contamination contact AmeriSpec for a radon test.

Book an appointment to have an AmeriSpec radon test today.

AIR QUALITY TESTING SERVICES

Breathe Easy With An Amerispec Healthy Home Inspection

Protecting yourself and your family from harmful contaminants in your home is very important. Poor indoor air quality can have profound negative effects on your health and the health of your family. It can affect your productivity and the enjoyment of your home. Take the first step toward a healthy home by calling the AmeriSpec about a Healthy Home Inspection. Our healthy home inspection will take a close look at your home’s air quality and suggest ways to help reduce allergies, respiratory ailments, eye irritation and asthma symptoms.

Why choose Healthy Homes by AmeriSpec?

  • Professional residential indoor air quality testing (IAQ) and indoor environmental assessment
  • Industry leaders in home inspection services for over 30 years
  • Reliable and experienced technicians
  • Leading edge technology and processes

Air testing involves taking a sample of the air in your home and analyzing it in a specialized laboratory. Some institutions may require an air test to detect the threat of mould. Air quality testing is also performed after decontamination too. This ensures that contractor work has been performed correctly.

Breathe easier with an AmeriSpec Healthy Home inspection. Book an appointment today!

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