Pest Inspection When Selling or Buying a House
Every homeowner be it in California Los Angeles or elsewhere tends to be rightly concerned about the resale value of their property, and mainly focusing on adding value through home renovations may not be the only option, especially as the years go by and main repairs and timely maintenance become increasingly essential. One aspect of the house’s monetary value that may go unnoticed or given due consideration is pest inspection and or preventative pest control protocols.
Damage by pests accounts for millions of dollars each year especially when you consider havoc caused by pests such as termites, vermin, ants or rats. If timely pest control is not carried out you may find the real estate value of your property will sharply decline and potential customers will be wary of purchasing because of the pest situation or structural damage signs due to pests problem.
If you are considering selling your house, you may find that structural repairs or fresh paint may fall short when you have an ant or cockroach infestation, a termite problem, or even bed bugs. Can you imagine a potential buyer upon a walkthrough becomes itchy scratching their arm. Homebuyers nowadays at times take a white light to analyze every aspect of the house, or hire a professional pest control company to thoroughly inspect the property.
Whether you are thinking of selling or buying your next property around Los Angeles CA, you too can rely on Maximum Pest Control Services (ready to inspect any property in neighborhoods such as Encino, San Fernando, Tarzana, Reseda, Bell Canyon, West Hills, Sherman Oaks, Mission Hills, Chatsworth, Woodland Hills, Sylmar, Calabasas, Northridge, North Hills, Studio City, Topanga, Granada Hills and others in California) professional home inspection for and extermination and controlling of pests such as Rats, Bed Bugs, Ants, Termites and others commonly found pests.
Do keep in mind that there are a few ways in which pests can reduce a house’s value significantly, and we’d like to inform our website visitors about what to look out for.
Beware of Termites
Termites are considered to be the most destructive pests for any home as they feast on wood, furniture, food, drywall, books, and most other materials. Termites are notoriously difficult to eliminate completely for homeowners using do-it-yourself techniques, or for untrained pest control experts especially if an infestation is at an evolved stage.
Not to mention termites can easily go unnoticed for long periods of time in areas such as under the house, porches, attics, basements, and or bookcases. Research shows you may lose up to 25% of your home’s value if you have a existing termite problem. Learn how to slow Termites spreading and about termites here.
Inspection and Maintenance Around the Property
The external condition in a home is vital for making a good sale, usually, almost all property sellers first think of a new fresh paint to give a new lease of life to the property. However, do consider scheduling regular landscaping of trees, bushes, and lawn and make sure there are no piles of leaves, firewood or even small puddles of water where rain water may have gathered or seeped into the soil making it unattractive.
Because regular maintenance contributes towards keeping away mosquitoes especially during breeding season, as well as other insects such as ants, beetles, or pests such as rodents like mice and rats. Inspecting and cleaning of pipes, gutters, vents, and other small entryways can ensure pests do not find an ideal environment to infest.
For both the outside and the inside of the house, be on the lookout for signs of a pest invasion like a unwelcomed odor, mud tubes through wood planks or furniture, scratching or distinct footstep noise in pipes, vents or in-between-walls, as well as any chewed up materials (newspaper, cardboard box, cotton etc.), particularly droppings (rice sized for Rats or smaller for house mouse).
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Plumbing & Disposal Systems
Leakages in pipes, taps or worn out plumbing installation can really attract all types of pests for the breeding and flourishing due to easy water source. Insects and pests like cockroaches, worms, drain flies, and mosquitoes rely heavily on regularly accessible water sources to thrive. A thorough check-up and inspection by a pest control professional to outline these issues may be worthwhile investment to prevent a more costly damage down the road. Furthermore, property inspection by Maximum Pest Control Services experts can also identify and prevent pest problems.
Do Home Remedies for Controlling Pests Actually Work?
Since we are living in digital age, you may have searched online for ‘Do It Yourself Pest Control’ or “how to get rid of pests” and often times may have come across home remedies telling you to mix pesticides or hazardous materials such as turpentine, or paint strippers soaked with rags for warding off termites. Or the use of common natural substances like black pepper, essential oils or even borax to get rid of ants, insects of other types of pests.
Understandably DIY solutions before selling a house may be sound like a great idea for preventative pest control measure due to worries about pest control cost being too expensive, however, not only these types of do it yourself pest control techniques are inadequate, such methods can actually exacerbate the problem due to time sensitive nature of dealing pest infestation costing you even more $$$ dollars in the long run.
The best, and in fact the most cost-effective way to deal with pest infestation is by hiring a professional and licensed pest control company such as Maximum Pest Control Services as soon as you suspect a pest problem. Because as soon as you see a odd cockroach running around the kitchen floor or an ant walking around the backyard usually means that there is already a full-blown infestation somewhere around your property.
Can you imagine seeing a pest at the very property you want to sell or buy? Rodents such as rats can transmit number of diseases that can affect humans as well as your beloved pets. Rats or termites are well known for their destructive feeding and nesting behavior which seriously damages the structure of the property. Ants build their colonies under the soil by creating many complex tunnels and the longer its left unchecked, the more tunnels they build.
Pest Inspection Service for Selling or Buying a House
Whether you are selling or in the market to buy a home, in Los Angeles many of our valued clients usually asks us “Who pays for a pest inspection when selling a home?” and the answer is, whoever is the wiser. Meaning, if you are the home seller, then, consider getting pest inspection as we can provide you with a letter of inspection highlighting our professionals have determined your property pest free.
If you are the home buyer and the home owner hasn’t already provided you with a pest inspection certificate, then, you can still get one of our professionals to inspect the home on your behalf before you make the purchase. In either case, whether you are a seller or a buyer of the property, its only a smart decision to get the property fully inspected for any signs of pest problem.
Maximum Pest Control Services currently serves nearby Los Angeles locations such as Woodland Hills, Encino, Tarzana, Reseda, San Fernando, Bell Canyon, North Hills, Studio City, West Hills, Sherman Oaks, Mission Hills, Chatsworth, Sylmar, Calabasas, Granada Hills, Northridge, Topanga, and others, simply call or contact us to arrange a property inspection.
Protect Your Investment Hire Pest Control Professionals for Thorough Property Inspection for Pests
Surely, its always cumbersome to deal so many factors that are on the to do list when it comes to selling or buying a property, you can simply call upon an expert to take care of such issues and provide you with peace of mind knowing that your property (whether its for sale or not) is better be protected from destructive pests such as Rats, Ants, Termites and other types of pests.
