Inspection & Assessment
in Metrotown, BC

The Metrotown area of Burnaby is predominantly high-density residential and commercial development, but the surrounding streets include significant numbers of older single-family homes and low-rise residential buildings on crawlspace foundations. These homes — largely from the 1950s through the 1970s — occupy the relatively flat terrain of central Burnaby, with clay-loam soils and drainage conditions typical of the region.

Most homeowners never see what is happening in their crawlspace. It is the part of the house that is easiest to ignore — until something goes wrong. A professional inspection gives you an accurate, documented picture of your crawlspace's current condition before small, addressable issues become large, expensive ones. Our inspections are not cursory walkthroughs; they are systematic evaluations of every component of the subfloor environment, conducted by technicians who know what to look for and can explain what they find.

Structural assessment is a particularly important component in older Lower Mainland housing stock. Homes built in the 1960s and 1970s often used dimensioned lumber that has since been regraded downward by modern standards, and original pier heights and spacings that were adequate for the original floor load may be marginal after decades of deflection. We look for center beams that have settled below their design elevation, posts sitting directly on soil (rather than on concrete footings), and joists that show signs of notching or damage from trades work over the years.