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Originally Posted by fotze
You said he's an engineer as a selling point and I just said:
a) no he isn't - not legally or even for these purposes
b) people might think that engineering school will make him more qualified than others, which it doesn't.
Enough of my thread ruining. Just be wary of an engineer doing home inspections. Its like a realtor with an MBA.  |
Just as another further aside. The word Engineer is a regulated word by the province and it is illegal to represent yourself as an engineer in alberta if you are not registered with Apegga.
Essentially it is because of these kinds of cases that this kind of law exists. Calling himself an Engineer would lead some people to assume he has additional credibility when in reality is education has little if nothing to do with his role as a home inspector.
One thing I would take a look at is the limitation of liability clause in all of these home inspection contracts. Usually they limit liability to the cost paid for the inspection. I have no idea if these clauses are enforceable or not but from my reading of a few of these contracts is that they claim not to be liable if they screw up or miss something in the inspection.
Kind of a shady industry.