NEWS photo Chris Cameron

Home Inspector Bill Hopen offers a comprehensive attic to basement inspection service for

home buyers on the Lower Mainland.

HOME INSPECTION porated Allied Home Inspec-

should be one of. the tors Inc in January, 1984,
: bring a wealth of expenence

most important aspects to the job.

of home buying, but McKeever, a former army

it’s too often overlook-

engineer, also worked as an
ed by potential buyers. inspector for a firm of at

chitects. Hopen, meanwhile,
worked as the
North Vancouver’s building
inspector for 28 years, 19 of
those as chiet. Hopen also
spent time as a home
builder, which is part of the
reason he has entered the
home inspection field

“PT wasn't really ready for
reurrement and | always en-
yoyed) being around con

A new North Vancouver-
based company, specializing
in home inspection, aims to
educate the public about the
benefits of inspecting a
home’s structural, heating,
plumbing and electrical con.
dituon before actually in
vesting.

Partners Bill Hopen and
-E.J. MchKeever, who incor

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Checking it out

struction,’ he says. “tL telt
this was the best use of my
expertise.""

What the pair basically do
is inspect homes from attic
to basement, then submit a
written report to the poten-
tral buyers. Among the
things they check during an
inspecnion are cracks in the
foundation, the types of
pipes used (the basement 1s
the best place to check the
plumbing), insulation (the
attic is the easiest place to
check insulation), and the

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