{"id":17,"date":"2025-05-29T15:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saskatoonconstruction.ca\/?p=17"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:43:17","slug":"home-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saskatoonconstruction.ca\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/home-inspection\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a life-long Saskaton resident, I\u2019m finally starting to consider buying a home here. But things have changed so drastically and I\u2019ve never done it before so the whole process seems a bit scary. That being said, my mother bought a house about ten years ago and she didn\u2019t even use a realtor. She just found one on a real estate website and bought it. Or at least that\u2019s how she recounts it. But I\u2019m not quite sure so I did what most millennials would do and consult reddit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So it looks like I should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get my mortgage pre-approved, aka have my financing in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find a house inspector<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe hire a plumber?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use a realtor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a list of my wants\/needs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay so that\u2019s no small feat. But I\u2019m pretty scared of finding a good realtor, it seems like they are a dime a dozen around here and it\u2019s hard to find a good one. So again, I acted my age and went checking online and checking reddit again. That and I needed a good objective house inspector too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reddit had an awesome thread and recommended a fellow named Allan Brezinski.<\/a> Multiple people recommended him from far back as a couple years ago. Which is crazy because he wasn\u2019t in the listed results of my google search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I think I like this guy. We had a brief conversation and I told him about the reddit thread.  I mentioned that he did such a great service that he needs his webpage to be higher up in the rankings because if I didn\u2019t consult Reddit, there\u2019s no way I would have ever found him. He\u2019s an old school guy and doesn\u2019t like to spend a lot of time online, so he was a bit hesitant. But I mentioned that he should check out this site, which does affordable SEO in Toronto<\/a> to help him out. Long story short he didn\u2019t know anything about Seo or websites in general so I think this would be a good idea for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s such an emotional journey finding and buying a home that I really wanted to find people I could trust in the process and Allan really listened to all my fears. Also turns out that he\u2019s a carpenter too? Though I think I saw that online somewhere and didn\u2019t verify that with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I have a home inspector. Now I just need about one thousand other things. This is scary and the fact is that I\u2019ll have to spend what feels like a bazillion dollars really puts me off to buying a home. But ever since my mother retired and then paid off her mortgage I know finally understand the importance of having a place paid off when you reach retirement age and your finances decrease. Okay\u2026. Wish me luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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