Decades of Experience

Over 30 Years of Experience in Construction and 20 Years in Inspections in Vancouver Island

While Smart Choice was established in 2004, we have decades of experience in the field and the skills to show for it.

Smart Choice Inspections

From pre-listing to home maintenance inspections, Smart Choice can help you fully understand your property’s safety.

Smart Choice Inspections offers a variety of property inspection services to both residents and business owners of Vancouver Island. We do inspections on both residential and commercial properties, whether it’s pre-sale, pre-warranty or even pre-listing. 

While Smart Choice was established in 2004, we have decades of experience in the field and the skills to show for it. With a journeyman painter and decorator, we are familiar with what potential issues can look like when covered up and can give advice on how to repair these covered up problems if the client requests it. Giving back to the community, our owner Kenneth also used his time-tested skills to teach the Carson Dunlop Property and Home Inspection course at Excel Career College.

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Meet Our Owner at Smart Choice Inspections

Owner and operator, Kenneth Smart has over 30 years of hands-on experience in different aspects of the construction industry, including completely gutting and rebuilding his family’s 1930s home. He is well versed with all aspects of building and safety while providing you with the customer-oriented integrity and work ethic you deserve.

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Services

Woodstove Inspections (level 1), 20 years Inspecting and over 30 years construction experience.

We provide our services for residential, commercial and industrial customers.

Pre-listings

Most people think that Home Inspections are for the home buyers. This is not the case anymore. Pre-inspections are becoming more popular in all real estate markets. More sellers are having their homes inspected before the buyer comes along. Why wait until there is a real estate contract on the line, then find out your home has one or more major defects? If you wait for the buyer to hire a Home Inspector you may find out you have a significant defect and the buyer will try to renegotiate the price of the home or ask that it be fixed before the deal is final. Buyers of pre-inspected homes get the advantage of knowing the condition of the home prior to signing an offer.

Pre-Sale

Having a home inspection done before you buy the home will give you peace of mind knowing that your purchase is sound. Imagine moving in to find that your dream home has one or more major defects, some you may not be financially able to fix. Give yourself peace of mind, make the Smart Choice and have your home inspected.

Commercial

At Smart Choice Inspections we customize every report. For commercial customers our products range from bare bones basic visual inspection up to the full meal deal with all the specialists. Our specialty is in the electrical systems using our infrared camera to find hot spots that can usually be fixed with a simple service call. If the hot spot goes undetected a catastrophic failure can occur as a result.

Lease Hold

When entering a lease agreement, an inspection can serve both parties by describing the conditions at the beginning of the lease period. Often, a second inspection is undertaken at the end of the lease to review the building condition. Knowing the condition of the property before signing a lease agreement can prevent the headaches of getting them fixed after you have moved in and take the chance of disrupting business.

Pre-warranty Expiration

Get peace of mind before the warranty expires. It will save you time and money as we all know that everything goes wrong after the warranty expires.

New Construction Deficiency List

Sometimes contractors miss things in their finishing work or just don’t see it. We are your second set of eyes to make sure everything is done the way it should be.

Maintenance

Most homeowners never look in the attic or crawl in the crawl space until there is a problem. Give yourself the piece of mind by having your home inspected regularly, catching possible problems before they become major issues.

WETT

Insurance companies are requiring WETT inspections before they issue you insurance. Having your wood burning appliances inspected on a regular basis may prevent costly and devastating home fires.

Water Testing

Make sure the water you drink isn’t making you sick. Have your well water tested regularly.

Our service covers Parksville, Nanalmo, Qualicum Beach, Errington, Courtenay, Campbell River, Duncan Lake, Cowichan, Langford, Victoria, Sydney Port, Alberni, Tofino and all Vancouver Island.

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Open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 6 pm

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235 Alberni HWY Parksville, BC V9P 1J7

We accept cash, check, Visa, MasterCard and E-Transfer.

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