Records to gather
Invoices, warranties, permits, plans, inspections, losses and major-work dates.
Transaction and home record
Turn maintenance into a verifiable record
Invoices, photos, permits, warranties, tests, maintenance and history add context to visible work.
Important: This tool does not replace a home inspection, appraisal, notary/lawyer, broker or legal advice.
Before selling
Fix active leaks and hazards before cosmetics; document repairs instead of hiding problems.
Before buying
Connect inspection findings to future cost, service life and relevant tests.
Post-purchase budget
Turn findings into 1-year, 3-year and 10-year budgets.
Intervention level
Green — homeowner
- Gather records/photos
- Inventory components/ages
- Prepare inspection questions
Yellow — caution
- Price repairs
- Run relevant tests
- Evaluate end-of-life components
Red — professional / stop
- Conceal a defect
- Ignore structural/water issue
- Legal decision from calculator alone
Official sources
Related path
Continue with the right tools
These links connect this page to the next useful checks and decisions without repeating the full content.
Prepare a home purchaseConnect inspection, records, site, insurance and future work to the purchase budget.Open →Screen the property siteOrganize cadastral, zoning, water, slope, utility and natural-hazard checks.Open →Create the address profileKeep the address and relevant official checks locally.Open →Calculate ownership costCombine recurring expenses and planned replacements over five and ten years.Open →Understand the home by eraIdentify typical systems and vulnerabilities by construction era.Open →
Tools related to this issue
V33
Invisible constraints before work
V33 checks electrical, legal, environmental and climate constraints that can block a project before demolition starts.
After the work: money, warranties and records
V37 closes administrative and financial risks that remain after project reception.
- GCR warranty, pre-delivery inspection and warranty start
- GST/QST rebate after a major renovation
- Transition from well/septic to municipal services
- Post-renovation as-built record package
- Property assessment after renovation
- Insurance after renovation and replacement cost
- RBQ contractor licence, bond and client recourse
- Renovation financing and progress advances
- Rénoclimat: post-retrofit evaluation and evidence file
Warranties, disputes and resale
V38 organizes evidence and rules that survive the construction project.
- Installed-product warranty passport
- Defect: manufacturer, installer or contractor?
- Contractor dispute: evidence, formal demand and remedies
- Resale: disclose renovations, events and known issues
- Condo: post-renovation record handoff
- Principal residence and rental: tax change of use
- Major renovations and rent adjustment
- Quick resale after renovation: 365-day flipping rule
- Transfer warranties and records to the next owner
- Recalls for installed products and building materials
Blind spots to verify before proceeding
V40 covers situations that change compliance, safety, project recovery or system design.
- Unpermitted work: regularize without guessing
- Failed inspection or correction notice
- Contractor abandons a renovation
- Construction erosion and sediment control
- Mould remediation: cause, containment and verification
- Existing building: when does renovation trigger an upgrade?
- Air-to-water heat pump and hydronic system
- Hybrid / dual-fuel heat-pump system
- Solar: inverter, interconnection and grid authorization
- Accessible-ready kitchen and bathroom
- Temporary access to neighbouring land for work