Detailed Inspections | Home & Commercial Inspections in Kamloops BC

Lead Story · Top of the Fold

An Honest Set of Eyes,
From Foundation to Roof.

Tracy Smith walks Kamloops homes and storefronts with a single working principle: report what you find, plainly, and let the client decide.

By Tracy Smith · CTech / CHI / EA · Kamloops Bureau

Providing objective, independent and unbiased house inspections. We thoroughly examine the electrical, heating and cooling systems, plumbing, attic, roof surface, insulation, structure, and foundation. Each home inspection comes with a 1-hour "walk-through" with the client plus a report that is a written narrative which is not overly technical and easy to understand. Digital copy of all photos.

That walk-through matters. It is the part of the job that does not show up in the report, the part where the client gets to ask the difficult questions in plain language and hear the answer in plain language. The narrative report follows, and the photographs travel home with the file.

Off the job site, Smith volunteered on the ASTTBC Property Inspectors Certification Board from 2017 to 2021, served on its Practice and Audit Review committee until 2024, and is now a director of TechPro BC. She has provided materials as an expert witness in court, is a member of the Building Officials Association of BC, and has performed third-party inspections for the Mike Holmes Group's Holmes Approved Homes program.

Tracy Smith, owner and inspector at Detailed Inspections in Kamloops BC — **From the Bureau** Tracy Smith, CTech / CHI / EA, on assignment in the Thompson-Nicola.

Section A · Inspections

Residential & Commercial

House and Storefront, Read the Same Way.

A single-family bungalow and a six-unit strip mall both deserve the same patient eye. Here is how the assignment unfolds, in two passes.

Residential · The Home File

"A written narrative which is not overly technical and easy to understand."

Commercial · The Mixed-Use File

As a Certified Technician - Building Engineering Tracy is qualified to do up to 8 single level commercial units, store front retail strip mall units, multi-unit buildings with 3 businesses on bottom and 3 residential units on top, multi-unit house conversions or apartment complex/buildings. Each commercial inspection provides a 2-hour 'walk-through' with client plus written report and all photos.

The two-hour commercial walk-through reflects the simple fact that commercial buildings have more systems, more tenants and more questions. The deliverable still arrives in the same form, with the same photographs, written in the same plain narrative.

The Standard, Either Way

A rancher on the North Shore and a strip mall in Sahali get the same framework: walk every system, photograph what matters, narrate the findings, and sit down with the client at the end.

Reports are written in a plain narrative, not a checklist of red flags. Photographs are delivered in full so the client keeps a record of the building on the day it was seen.

Kamloops area house photographed during a residential pre-purchase inspection by Detailed Inspections — **On Assignment** A residential pre-purchase file, photographed by Detailed Inspections. Each report includes a one-hour walk-through with the client and a full set of photographs.

Section B · Feature

BC Energy Step Code · Part 3 & Part 9

Special Report

New Construction, On the Record.

Airtightness testing and energy modelling for the residential buildings being framed right now across the Thompson-Nicola.

Part 3 - New Residential Buildings on-site airtightness testing and Part 9 - New Residential Buildings energy modelling and airtightness testing. These services are needed to demonstrate compliance under BC Energy Step Code for both Part 3 and Part 9 residential buildings. Energy Advisors are registered with Natural Resources Canada and licensed through a Service Organization.

Tracy is an Energy Advisor registered with Natural Resources Canada through the licensed Service Organization Home Tech Energy Solutions, which means the modelling, the field testing and the compliance paperwork are handled end to end.

Insulation and framing photographed during a new construction inspection — **Field Notes** From a new construction inspection file: insulation and framing, photographed on site.

Readers' Choice · Two Years Running

Kamloops Voted. Twice.

Kamloops This Week readers chose Detailed Inspections in back-to-back years, a quiet vote of confidence from the community the practice serves.

Kamloops This Week Readers' Choice 2023 winner Detailed Inspections — **Readers' Choice 2023** A second consecutive year of community recognition from Kamloops This Week readers.

Kamloops This Week Readers' Choice 2022 winner Detailed Inspections — **Readers' Choice 2022** The first Readers' Choice win, voted by Kamloops This Week readers.

Section C · Classifieds

Services Offered

Five lines of work, posted in a single edition. Inquiries handled directly by Tracy.

Residential

House Inspections

Full system walk-through of electrical, HVAC, plumbing, attic, roof surface, insulation, structure and foundation. One-hour client walk-through, plain-language narrative report and full set of photographs.

Commercial

Building Inspections

Up to eight single-level commercial units, storefront retail strip malls, mixed-use buildings, house conversions and apartment complexes. Two-hour client walk-through, written report and all photos.

BC Energy Step Code

Energy Advisor Consulting

Part 3 on-site airtightness testing and Part 9 energy modelling plus airtightness testing for new residential buildings. Registered with Natural Resources Canada through the licensed Service Organization Home Tech Energy Solutions.

Federal Program

TFW Housing Inspections

Qualified to conduct housing inspections for the Temporary or Seasonal Foreign Workers programs across the Kamloops region.

Indigenous Housing

First Nation Technical Services

Experienced in assisting Housing Managers with project management plans including physical condition reviews and familiar with ISC and CMHC renovation programs.

Section D · Photo Desk

From Recent Files

Every inspection travels home with its photographs. A selection from the working files, as published on detailinspection.ca.

Condominium interior during an inspection that covers the whole building, not just the unit — **Condominium File** Condominium inspections include an overview of the whole building, not just the unit being purchased.

A-frame cabin in the trees during a seasonal dwelling pre-purchase inspection — **Seasonal Dwelling** A seasonal dwelling pre-purchase inspection, out where the driveway ends.

Rural BC house and acreage during a pre-purchase inspection — **Rural Property** A rural property pre-purchase inspection file.

Residential home inspection in Kamloops BC — **The Home File** A residential file in the Kamloops region.

Section E · Letters to the Editor

Correspondence from clients, as published on detailinspection.ca

"I have worked with Tracy Smith over the past several years and consider her services vital to our continued development and success of our housing portfolio and service delivery."

"I trust Tracy's expertise and her credibility. I gladly recommend her to other organizations."

Dan Rodgers Neskonlith Indian Band · June 2021

"Tracy was professional and provided a very detailed report. She went above and beyond the expectations we had. She pointed out several issues within the home as well as with the surrounding area."

"I would happily use Tracy again and recommend her to everyone looking for a quality home inspection."

Sean West Home Inspection Client · February 2021

"I was stuck needing someone very very last minute and not only did she help by shifting her schedule, she was able to meet me in the afternoon so I could be in from out of town too. When I got her report it was like I went through the home with her. I was blown away with her attention to detail without being wordy and lengthy. She was detailed in every corner of the home right down to recommendations to improve savings. She even listed websites for rebates. HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend and I am not one to be overly impressed easily."

Summer Finn Home Inspection Client

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Pick up the phone, send a note. Tracy handles every inquiry directly, operating on all locations within a 2-hour drive of Kamloops.

Telephone

250 574 3449

Correspondence

tracy@detailinspection.ca

Bureau

Kamloops, BC

Hours

8am to 6pm, seven days

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Consumer Protection BC · ASTTBC (CTech + CHI) · Energy Advisor registered with Natural Resources Canada / Home Tech Energy Solutions · Kamloops This Week Readers' Choice 2022 & 2023

An Honest Set of Eyes,From Foundation to Roof.