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Duxbury & Associates

Building Inspection and Consulting Ltd.

April 2021
Greetings!
This month's newsletter covers a wide variety of topics, full of useful information for our clients, as well as others who you may want to share this with!

In this edition, we cover two main topics: Quality-Assurance Services and Spring Home Maintenance.

First up, we've put together a beginner's guide checklist to explain everything we offer our clients went it comes to quality assurance. Whether it's someone thinking of undergoing a project for their home, a building they manage or a construction project needing oversight, we have you covered! We've also included a real-life story from our Ask the Expert series where we show you how bad things can get if a project is done without proper oversight.

We also have our annual Spring Home Maintenance Checklist for you, full of useful information on how you can take advantage of the good weather and repair anything inside and outsight your home that may have been damaged over the winter months. A big part of that includes your roof, chimney and gutters, so we've added a special deep dive article on that subject as well.

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Enjoy the read!

Sincerely,
Glenn Duxbury
Have you ever been in a situation where you’ve hired contractors to do work on your home or building, but you aren’t sure if the job was done to the proper standard? Are the contractors asking for your money regardless of your concerns to the contrary? Do you lack confidence that the work you’ve already paid for actually meets your needs and expectations?

If any of this sounds familiar, then this beginner’s guide to our Quality Assurance-Services is the perfect tool for you.

We’ve put this checklist together for you to explain the basics of what types of things our Quality-Assurance Services can actually cover.

Quality-Assurance Services Checklist

  1. Development of new quality-assurance programs and services, including oversight of existing projects and follow-up inspections for completed work...Read more.
Glenn was recently sought out by a law firm regarding a client who was extremely unhappy with their home renovation which, being extensive, had them temporarily renting a small condo.

This put them in an uncomfortable situation, but they realized it was necessary for the six-month length of the project, in order to realize their "dream home" outcome.

They had also agreed to and paid out an up-front lump sum amount of many tens of thousands of dollars with not much to show for it except for anxiety.

The problem was, which they could now clearly see, there was no oversight of this contractor...Read more.
We are now well into spring and, as you likely know, we like to make sure our clients are well prepared. With that in mind, we have put together our must-read spring home maintenance checklist for you to get started on.

Spring is usually the time of year to assess how well last year’s maintenance work held up over the cold winter months and to see what other work needs to be done. It is also often the first chance homeowners have to review the condition of their roofs, after the ravages of snow and ice throughout the winter.

So please, check out our list of home maintenance tasks to prepare for the change in season, so you can enjoy the warmer weather without having to keep worrying about your home!

Spring Preparation Home Maintenance Checklist

  1. Using binoculars, if you’re not comfortable looking from a ladder, check for cracked, broken or missing shingles. Any roofer will be able to make any needed repairs....Read more.
Last month, we published our Spring Maintenance checklist to make sure you were all ready for the change in season.

Today, we’d like to build upon that, specifically when it comes to assessing your roof after the cold winter months.

Checking for damage

Winter is the toughest month on your roof due to the snow pile-up as well as ice accumulation. Cracks in your roof covering can easily lead to leaks inside the house as the snow and ice starts to melt, which will result in interior water damage....Read more.
Since everyone across the world is going through anxious times right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we thought we would offer something helpful that homeowners could use since a lot of people find themselves with more time at home.

Duxbury & Associates would like to offer a free gift to our clients in the form of our 100+ Must-Do Home Maintenance Secrets Revealed e-book!
 
Just click here or on the photo to download our e-book for free.
 
Happy reading!
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