Visual inspection of used residential buildings for presale and pre-purchase

Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
Standards Development Organisation:
Bureau de normalisation du Québec
Contact Information:
Bureau de normalisation du Québec
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
BNQ 3009-500
Standard Type:
Consensus SDO Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
ICS code(s):
91.040.30
Status:
Proceeding to development - Duplication Resolved
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
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Scope:

This standard specifies the minimum practical requirements as regards the visual inspection of used residential buildings before selling or buying them. The standard applies to single-family homes, semi-detached houses, as well as to private portions of condominiums or multiple-unit residential buildings with a height not exceeding three floors.

Project need:

This standard falls within the framework of Bill 16, that covers, among other subjects, the supervision of building and devided co-ownership inspections. Existing standards in this domain are considered too difficult to enforce and they do not address Québec’s situation. Moreover, due to the phrasing used in these standards, their application might cause the risk of prosecution for inspectors to increase and the cost of their liability insurance to increase as well. The standard seeks therefore to close those gaps.

Details of Resolution:

Standards Council of Canada is allowing the development of BNQ 3009-500 to proceed following SCC review through the Duplication Resolution Mechanism.

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