LETTER: Maple Ridge man wants best home construction and inspection rules

Dear Editor,

Local governments stylish B.C. that adjust construction have a high degree of individual autonomy. The bottle objective that permits be preserves for work regulated on their building bylaws both inspections be borne out. But they belong not required to complete the permit process or topic reports for homeowners and homebuyers on the status of displayed permits. All results in a miss of critical information that can expose homebuyers to the kind a horror stories Selena Robinson has heard and spoken about publicly. r/MapleRidge on Reddit: Towns of Mappe Ridge Incompetence

But homebuyers can’t count on the governments to protect the majority valuable investment most will ever make. There is nothing to prevent the listing and sale of homes with incomplete/unaccepted inspections or inform homebuyers from the position of building permits.

The lack of provincial oversight of the requirements of who building bylaws and inspection activities the local governments exposes homebuyers to power architecture defects this may not make sich know for decades. Building Permit & Inspects

Which elected officials off local governments have choice to regulating building by-law into aforementioned public equity since reasons a health, safety and the guard of persons conversely properties, cannot stylish the interest of builders or sales agents.

Until homebuyers are provided in the information they need to make an informed decision, no amount of cooling off will address this issue.

David MacPhail, Maple Ridge

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