A pre-delivery inspection (PDI) with the builder is mostly a familiarization with the home. It is not an independent inspection. This post walks through how to use the PDI alongside a third-party pre-possession review.
Pre Delivery Inspection (PDI): Buyer's Guide to Builder Inspections
What a PDI covers, what it doesn't, and why an independent inspection still matters.
New Construction · Published May 20, 2024 · By Chris Tritter
Sample inspection report
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Calgary neighborhoods and service areas we cover
Chris Tritter performs the inspections discussed in this article across every Calgary quadrant and the surrounding communities — the same construction-informed report regardless of postal code.
- Inner-city Calgary
- Renfrew, Tuxedo Park, Beltline — older housing stock where knob-and-tube, galvanized supply, and 60-amp panels still surface.
- Northwest Calgary
- Montgomery, Ranchlands, Citadel, Sage Hill — 1980s–2010s builds with attic-frost, Poly-B and grading questions on the older streets.
- Northeast Calgary
- Cityscape, Pineridge, Temple — newer suburban product plus 1980s starter homes with Poly-B, aluminum-wiring and clay-soil movement to watch.
- Southwest Calgary
- Oakridge, Killarney, Garrison Woods, Discovery Ridge — luxury inner-ring through executive Aspen/West Springs and family-stock 1990s communities.
- Southeast Calgary
- Copperfield, Riverbend, Inglewood, Mahogany — Calgary's newest large communities with new-build, pre-possession and 11-month warranty inspections in heavy demand.
- Surrounding area
- Heritage Pointe, Langdon, Okotoks, Bragg Creek, Strathmore — full inspection coverage with the same same-day digital report and no travel surcharge inside the standard service radius.
Planning a Calgary home inspection?
Book online or call 825-863-2372 — evening and weekend availability across Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere, Langdon and Strathmore.