Horizon: Our comprehensive web-based reporting system

Introducing HORIZON – Unique web based report writing software!

Home inspections, like the real estate market have changed dramatically in the past 20 years. As technology advances and consumers become more web-savvy, there is a greater need for products and services that can keep pace.

We now offer a comprehensive web-based reporting system that produces an exceptional report, published and posted on the web exclusively for the buyer or seller. The report includes fantastic benefits such as color photos and illustrations, and links to relevant reference materials.

Why are we switching to web reporting?

Electrospec has long been one of the most successful home inspection providers in east-central Ontario, having served the area from Port Hope to Napanee since 1994. We moved to the Home Reference Book in 1997, which used the best technology and information available at the time. The HRB quickly became the industry leader and agents and homeowners raved about our reports. It's been a great report writing tool for us and a fantastic report and reference tool for our clients ever since!

Today, almost 80% of all Home Inspectors use an electronic report writing system. As a leader in our field and a prime source of information for both homeowners and real estate professionals, we wanted to provide a system good enough for Electrospec and more importantly, good enough to meet the exacting standards and expectations of our customers.

How will a HORIZON inspection and report benefit me?

Horizon takes everything that’s great about the Home Reference Book, adds all the things that the Home Reference Book does not have and delivers the information in a permanent and easy to use format!

To view one of the exceptional HORIZON home inspection reports that customers and agents are raving about click here.

A HORIZON home inspection report will provide you with…

An easy-to-read format
No more handwriting issues
No more big comments squeezed into a small area
No more legends or symbols to decipher
Color photos and illustrations
No codes or symbols
No extraneous information included
Quick links to reference materials
Simple navigation to any section of the report through the tabs at the top of each page
Easy to send copies to others
Easy storage
A great pre-listing report (the whole report can be integrated into an online listing)
A report that is more customized and less generic

The benefits to you are stronger than ever with HORIZON!

A time-proven Electrospec quality home inspection
Your inspection report delivered quickly to yours, or your Realtor's desktop
Up-to-date, comprehensive reference material included with inspection
A Bottom Line summary of the important issue
Ballpark costs for repairs

HOW DOES IT WORK?

How Horizon Works - it's a seamless recording, reporting and sharing of important information.

1. If need be, at the end of the inspection, an on-site report or summary can be printed. This report provides a prospective purchaser or seller with everything they will need to make an informed decision.

2. A more elegant report is published and posted on the web. The web report includes color photos and illustrations, and links to relevant reference materials. A link to the report is delivered by email, most often the same day.

Home inspection reports produced on the web are in PDF format. They can be downloaded and printed easily without a loss of quality. They can be stored on a hard drive or removable media and we commit as well, to keeping them available online for at least 12 months.

As always, the inspection reports are your property, you can choose to share reports with friends and family, real estate agents, lenders, insurance companies and other interested parties. The duplication and transmittal of reports is effectively free, since the reports are available on a web page, and the link to the web page is simply e-mailed to the recipient.

We hope that you find our new reporting system as exciting as we do. As always we still have our Home Reference Book report available. We will always ask which report is preferred, so there is no need to worry about being surprised on site.

We are always working to ensure we are providing the highest quality reporting system, and as always, we welcome your feedback and comments.

Commonly asked Questions:

Here are some of our most common questions from Realtors and homebuyers. To view our full list of Frequently Asked Questions please click here.

1. But I have already promised my client the Home Reference Book.
Answer: No problem, we will give your client a Home Reference Book if preferred.

2. But I like the Home Reference Book better.
Answer: No problem, we will use the Home Reference Book if preferred.

3. But my great-aunt doesn't have Internet access.
Answer: No problem, we will print and deliver the report to her, or she can pick it up at her Realtor or lawyer's office. Anyone provided with the emailed link can pick up the report almost anywhere.

4. Is the inspection fee different if you use the Horizon report writing system?
Answer: Our fees are based on the inspection process and the information you receive. Although a Horizon report provides much more information and presents it more clearly, due to production costs the Home Reference Book carries a slightly higher fee.

If you have any questions regarding our report writing systems, or home inspections in general, please feel free to contact us at any time.