TARION HOME WARRANTY

At Magna Homes we back our quality built homes with Tarion's warranty program. For over 40 years, Tarion has provided new home warranty protection to more than two million Ontario homes. Your deposit protection begins the day you hand over your deposit. Your new home warranty begins on the date you take possession of the house and remains in effect, even if the house is sold before the warranty period has ended. 

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ONE YEAR WARRANTY

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• Requires a constructed home in a workman-like manner and free from defects in material;

• Protects against unauthorized substitutions

• Requires the home to be fit for habitation;

• Protects against Ontario Building Code violations; and

• Applies for one year, beginning on the home’s date of possession even if the home is sold.

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TWO YEAR WARRANTY

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• Protects against water penetration through the basement or foundation walls;

• Protects against defects in materials that affect windows, doors and caulking and defects in work that results in water penetration into the building envelope;

• Covers defects in work or materials in the electrical, plumbing and heating delivery and distribution systems;

• Covers defects in work or materials that result in the detachment, displacement or deterioration of exterior cladding (such as brickwork, aluminum or vinyl siding);

• Protects against violations of the Ontario Building Code that affect health and safety; and

• Applies for two years, beginning on the home’s date of possession.

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SEVEN YEAR WARRANTY

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Your home’s seven year warranty covers major structural defects (MSD) and begins on the date you take possession of the home and ends on the seventh anniversary of that date.

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A major structural defect is defined in the The Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act as:

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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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(i) results in failure of a structural load-bearing element of the building,

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(ii) 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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(iii) 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

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The seven year MSD warranty includes significant damage due to soil movement*, major cracks in basement walls, collapse or serious distortion of joints or roof structure and chemical failure of materials. In addition to the general exclusions, the seven year MSD warranty specifically excludes: dampness not arising from failure of a load-bearing portion of the building; damage to drains or services; and damage to finishes.

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