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HomeCrafters® Is Calgary's #1 Home Inspection Company

Meet the Team

HomeCrafters® is very proud of it's reputation for having the best qualified, best equipped home inspectors in the city. Inspectors must meet the highest standards in the industry before they can work as a HomeCrafters® Inspector.

Formal Education
All HomeCrafters® inspectors must have graduated as an Engineering Technologist or Journeyman Carpenter and take courses and pass exams in plumbing, electrical, air conditioning, heating, roofing, structure, building envelope & etc.

Experience
All of our inspectors have a minimum of ten years residential construction plus extensive maintenance experience with all types of homes. They have built homes from the ground up and supervised all trades involved in the process of home construction.

Professional Certification
All HomeCrafters® inspectors must become certified by the Canadian Association of Home and Property Inspectors. (CAHPI)
All of the inspectors at HomeCrafters® have the R.H.I. designation (Registered Home Inspector), which means that they have all gone through extensive training and testing and are certified members of the Canadian Association of Home & Property Inspectors.

Professional Communicators
All homes have defects. The only question is, how serious are these defects? Our inspectors understand the difference between major and minor problems and will communicate that difference to you. They will help you in the decision-making process and will have good advice on your future maintenance requirements and renovation plans.

Hugh

H.A.(Hugh) Swinton Jr. - President

I am very proud to introduce you to our team; the best home inspectors in the field and the friendliness of support staff.

Jim

 

Jim Hamilton - R.H.I.
C.A.H.P.I. Certified Home Inspector
ASHI Certified Inspector

Jim received his Journeyman Carpentry certificate from the Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology in 1979 and has spent his entire adult life in the construction industry. Jim is a native Calgarian and has spend time in commercial and residential construction and in the renovation field in Canada and New Zealand.
Jim has performed over 4000 Home Inspections and received his certification from CAHPI and ASHI in 1997, Jim has built many new homes from the ground up, was a site supervisor for commercial construction and in the building of high end custom homes in the Calgary area.

Peter

Peter Spry - R.H.I.
C.A.H.P.I. Certified Home Inspector

Peter Spry has been a Journeyman Carpenter since 1976. Having worked on projects in Australia from major cities to the outback and in Kelowna and Calgary Canada.
Peter has experience in construction supervision , framing and finishing of custom homes and has done a vast amount of renovation work. Peter is continually learning state of the art technologies and has performed thousands of pre purchase home inspections.

Outside of inspecting, Peter enjoys teaching his young family skiing and skating in the winter and enjoys the great outdoors in the summer.

Ken

Ken Beagle - R.H.I.
C.A.H.P.I. Certified Home Inspector

Ken Beagle is a Journeyman Carpenter. He grew up on a farm in Southern Alberta, but now makes his home in Calgary, Ken has done many extensive renovations in and around the Calgary area, and has been in the home construction industry most of his working life. When not inspecting, Ken enjoys fishing, big game hunting, racing his "Vette" and spending time with his grandchildren.

Merv

Merv Stark - R.H.I.
C.A.H.P.I. Certified Home Inspector

Merv Stark is also a Journeymen Carpenter, he has lived in Calgary all of his life. Merv has extensive construction and renovation experience, and has taught construction renovation at SAIT. In his spare time Merv enjoys the GREAT Outdoors and spending time with his family.

Susan

Susan Westgard

Susan joined the team in 2005

Susan manages the office and handles the customer service. Please call her for any thing you may need, she is always happy to be of assistance and to get your needs met.

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