What is the purpose for which prospective purchasers retain a home inspector?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Henrico v. Frontline Home Inspectors and Consultants Limited, 2018 ONSC 1312 (CanLII):
The purpose for which prospective purchasers retain home inspectors was concisely stated by Burnyeat J. in Salgado v. Toth, 2009 BCSC 1515 at para 70: The purpose of obtaining an inspection is to provide a lay purchaser with expert advice about any substantial deficiencies or, as set out in the Standards (Of Practice), any "significantly deficient" problem relating to systems or components that can be discerned upon a visual inspection – deficiencies of the type or magnitude that reasonably can be expected to have some bearing upon the decision-making process of a purchaser regarding whether they will purchase the property or upon which they will renegotiate the price. An inspector invites reliance by the very nature of the advice that is given. Plainly, if prospective home purchasers did not believe that they could secure a meaningful and reliable advice about the home they were considering purchasing, there would be no reason for them to retain an inspector to inspect that home. In this case, reliance is obvious.
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