Your builder has a quality standard. So should you.

Before the first payment, we review the package you are actually signing.

• Scope of work, inclusions and exclusions
• Allowance schedules — genuine allowances, assumed quantity or grade, and likely overruns
• Specification levels for finishes, mechanical, and electrical
• Change order procedure, unit pricing, and markup provisions
• Draw and milestone payment structure against physical progress
• Substitution clauses and the builder's right to alter specification

Most cost overruns on a custom build are contracted for at the outset, not incurred later. An allowance schedule with an unrealistic basis will overrun with complete contractual legitimacy.

Sequenced site reviews at the points where work becomes permanently concealed.

Pre-drywall is the single most valuable review on any build. Every defect corrected before board is a fraction of the cost of the same defect corrected after occupancy.

For builder-delivered homes in Ontario, the PDI is a formal, time-limited event with warranty consequences. Items not recorded on the PDI form are materially harder to claim afterward. We attend with you, or on your behalf:

• Systematic room-by-room and systems review under time pressure
• Real-time documentation with photographic and dimensional records
• Direct dialogue with the builder's site representative
• Guidance on what belongs on the form and what a vague entry costs you later
• Independent record retained on file for your subsequent warranty submissions

You get one PDI. The quality of the record you create at it governs everything that follows.

Ontario's statutory new home warranty operates on fixed submission windows and defined coverage tiers. Each window is an opportunity that does not reopen.

• 30-Day submission support — deficiency identification and written substantiation
• Year-End submission support — the broadest window, and the most frequently underused
• Two-Year review — envelope, water penetration, electrical and mechanical delivery, code compliance
• Seven-Year major structural review — condition assessment and documentation package

Yaktak Solutions is an independent advisory firm. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any warranty administrator or builder.

This is what separates our reporting from a conventional inspection report. Every documented deficiency is priced — costed using the same discipline applied to commercial construction estimating:

• Quantified material and labour, with current regional pricing
• Access, demolition, and reinstatement costs where work is concealed
• Productivity adjustment for occupied-space and remedial conditions
• Clearly stated basis, assumptions, and exclusions

A defensible number gives you a negotiating position, a holdback justification, and a documented basis for a claim — instead of an open-ended argument about what a repair "should" cost.

An enhanced review reflecting our deepest technical specialization.

• Service size and panel capacity against actual and projected load
• Panel schedules, circuit allocation, and spare capacity
• Rough-in workmanship, box fill, support, and protection
• Grounding and bonding arrangement
• Device, fixture, and equipment installation quality
• Generator, transfer switch, and standby provisions
• EV charging readiness — service headroom, conduit provision, load management strategy
• Structured cabling, network distribution, and low-voltage pathway adequacy
• Security, access control, camera, and intercom infrastructure at rough-in

Observations are reported against recognized code and industry practice as a matter of construction quality. Where a condition warrants formal regulatory involvement, we identify it and direct you to the appropriate authority.

Envelope defects are the most expensive category of new-home failure and the least visible at closing.

• Infrared thermal imaging for insulation voids, thermal bridging, and air leakage paths
• Moisture metering at vulnerable assemblies
• Air and vapour barrier continuity and detailing at transitions
• Window, door, and cladding installation and flashing
• Grading, drainage, and water management at the foundation
• Attic ventilation and mechanical system integration

They are also the ones that surface after the shorter warranty windows have closed.

For clients building custom who want continuous technical presence rather than discrete inspections.

• Ongoing progress monitoring against schedule and contract
• Change order review — scope validity, pricing reasonableness, schedule impact
• Progress draw verification against actual work in place
• Allowance reconciliation as selections are made
• Technical liaison with the builder, trades, and consultants
• Deficiency tracking maintained through to resolution and close-out

You retain the relationship with your builder. We provide the technical scrutiny most homeowners cannot apply themselves.

Independent technical documentation where a position is being challenged.

• Independent review where a builder has disputed or declined a deficiency
• Technical assessment and cost documentation for conciliation or warranty escalation
• Review of another party's inspection report or remediation proposal
• Structured evidence packages for use by your legal counsel

We provide technical documentation and cost analysis. We do not provide legal advice or representation.