Warranty
The Alberta New Home Warranty Program (ANHWP)
Since 1976, customers of Maillot Homes have benefited from our involvement in the Alberta New Home Warranty Program (ANHWP) as a member in good standing. The first program of its kind in Canada, it was created to provide a comprehensive package of warranty protections to reduce consumer worry and risk, while improving performance, accountability and professionalism within Alberta’s homebuilding industry.
Maillot Homes is pleased to provide our customers with comprehensive warranty coverage through this program.
Our Warranty Program meets and exceeds the requirements of Alberta’s New Home Buyer Protection Act. which stipulates that all new homes must include warranty coverage of one year for labour and materials, two years for delivery and distribution systems, five years for building envelope protection, and 10 years for major structural components.
Maillot Homes Extended Protection
Maillot proudly offers the following extended warranted coverage to our clients at no additional cost:
- Two additional years of envelope coverage (7 years total) on every home at no additional cost.
- Pre-Possession Insurance (single-family homes)
YOUR MAILLOT HOMES WARRANTY INCLUDES:
1 YEAR LABOUR & MATERIALS
One years' coverage for defects in materials and labour. It addresses issues with the way your home was built or the materials it was built with, and includes such items as flooring, trim and fixtures. Coverage applies for one year starting on the warranty commencement date (see below).
2 YEAR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Your new home warranty covers defects in labour and materials related to heating, electrical and plumbing systems for two years from the warranty commencement date.
7 YEAR BUILDING ENVELOPE
Homebuilders in Alberta must provide five years’ coverage for defects in the building envelope: the system of components that separate the controlled interior air from the exterior (for example, the wall framing and cladding, roof and window installation). Maillot’s extended coverage provides this service for 7 years: two more than required.
10 YEAR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
This includes the key structural components (eg. the frame and foundation) of your Maillot home for 10 years from the warranty commencement date. Coverage applies to defects in material and labour that result in the failure of a load-bearing part of the new home or cause structural damage that materially and adversely affects the owner's ability to use and safely occupy the home.
LIVING EXPENSES
If a new home is uninhabitable as a result of a defect or while warranty work is underway, the Alberta New Home Warranty Program will pay up to $150 a day (to a maximum of $15,000) for reasonable living expenses incurred by the insured.
WARRANTY COVERAGE LIMITS
- For a single-family home: The lesser of the purchase price (excluding land) and $265,000.
- For a multi-family unit registered under a condominium plan: the lesser of the purchase price and $130,000.
COMMENCEMENT DATES
For a single-family home: the earliest of (1) the date a new home is first occupied; and (2) the date an accredited agency, accredited municipality, or accredited regional services commission grants permission to occupy a new home.
MAILLOT HOMES ENHANCED PROTECTION COVERAGE
PRE-POSSESSION INSURANCE
Pre-Possession Insurance protects a purchaser’s investment in a single-family home from the time a deposit is made until the mandatory warranty commencement date. In the unlikely event of default by Maillot Homes, Alberta New Home Warranty Program will reimburse the purchaser’s deposits up to 20% of the single-family home’s purchase price (excluding land) to a maximum of $100,000.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
In the unlikely event of default by Maillot Homes, the deposits on a multi-family home are covered for up to 20% of the home price (excluding land) to a maximum of $50,000. Deposit insurance begins upon payment of the initial deposit under the Purchase Agreement and ends when the unit’s mandatory warranty coverage commences.
