Tarion Warranty
What is warrantable?
These are the most commonly asked action items that you may find in your home. If you have any concerns regarding the following, you can find their warranty, their causes, and possible fixes below.
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Please ensure that you are aware of your rights and responsibilities as a homeowner. If you have any questions or require clarification, please do not hesitate to contact our After-Sales Department.
Each link will take you to the Tarion page outlining the action item:
One Year Warranty
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Requires a home is constructed in a workman-like manner and free from defects in material;
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Protects against unauthorized substitutions
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Requires the home to be fit for habitation;
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Protects against Ontario Building Code violations; and
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Applies for one year, beginning on the home’s date of possession even if the home is sold.
Two Year Warranty
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Protects against water penetration through the basement or foundation walls;
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Protects against defects in materials that affect windows, doors and caulking and defects in work that results in water penetration into the building envelope;
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Covers defects in work or materials in the electrical, plumbing and heating delivery and distribution systems;
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Covers defects in work or materials that result in the detachment, displacement or deterioration of exterior cladding (such as brickwork, aluminum or vinyl siding);
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Protects against violations of the Ontario Building Code that affect health and safety; and
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Applies for two years, beginning on the home’s date of possession.
Seven Year Warranty
In respect of a post June 30, 2012 home, any defect in work or materials in respect of a building, including a crack, distortion or displacement of a structural load-bearing element of the building, if it,
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Results in failure of a structural load-bearing element of the building,
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Materially and adversely affects the ability of a structural load-bearing element of the building to carry, bear and resist applicable structural loads for the usual and ordinary service life of the element, or
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Materially and adversely affects the use of a significant portion of the building for usual and ordinary purposes of a residential dwelling and having regard to any specific use provisions set out in the purchase agreement for the home