Pre-sale Vancouver Condos - WARNING

If you purchase a pre-sale unit in a condo or townhouse don't assume what you paid for is what you've got. Watch this video to see how a developer saved tens of thousands of dollars on just one short cut that know one noticed until I came along.

[@gwapolaub]

You are very detailed!!! great job! It's nice to see someone having passion for their work.

[@mmoffatt807]

Thank you Tom. I’m looking to buy in next 3-5 years and I’ve learned so much just watching your inspections. I’ve seen such poor quality homes, sloping floors, cracked walls, leaky roofs. And that’s in new builds too! Keep up the great work.

[@TomMunroCHI]

Thanks M Moffatt I appreciate the support.

[@AlMai222]

Wow, you are great at your job. Keep doing well. Get these builders that think no one will notice their corners cut. When buying a million dollar condo the last thing you want to worry about is if its made badly.

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

Wish there were more of you , Tom.

[@Phil_Scott]

These days shoddy construction can extend to the foundation of course, and to things like roofs without sufficient support for heavy tile etc... some problems can be like a cancer, very difficult to cure as they permeate the entire fiasco... I suppose all you can do is warn the prospective buyer and advise him not to buy as there is no suitable fix of severely shoddy construction. It seems the combination of no integrity, no brains and no craftsmanship can take a heavy toll the prospective life span of a building... how badly has that begun to wear on your nerves?

[@bdegrds]

This man would be Holmes on homes approved

[@GaryGoRound-to7ld]

even with a tile surface it needs to be water tight or else water can get behind the tiles , freeze and pop them

[@coltonware5627]

I've thought for years that home inspectors where jokes.. then I started watching all your videos... now I want to fly you out to Ohio to watch over my house as it goes up lol

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

I didn't know about the weather barrier starting at the bottom and going up. I have seen brand new homes being built and they have the barrier starting on top!

[@KD-xo2fx]

love watching your videos.... how do you possibly remember or know how to look for allllll those details in all those different facets of building?

[@jaandel1]

Hi there where can you learn about be a home inspector great video

[@Soggy-In-Seattle]

These building contractors are either incompetent or criminals, not doing the work they were hired to do. We should not need to have a Inspector do a review to find obvious flaws, the contractor should have caught that error. Definitely getting an Inspector for any real estate purchases.

[@normamimosa7295]

The shoddy construction and finishes shown on the video are shocking!

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

It's shocking what people pay , their tiny social security check, to only get a home that will have problems before they ever move in, but for some builder's, it's build it fast to make more money, never mind about the person signing a loan they will have to pay for the next 30 years.

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

Must be a cheap builder.. probably with Asian operators

[@danoking69]

Usually foreign and not certified. You get what you pay for. ( even though you don't know who the builder hired)

[@robocop581]

Wow. So non Asian builders are more reliable? Who built the thousands of Leaky condos from 1990 to 2003? All Asian?