The real estate market is certainly in tatters. We work every day with realtors and home owners who are trying to sell their precious property. After you finally get an offer, you want nothing to go wrong that might hurt the deal. But they told you that you had to have a “termite inspection” for closing, right? And what if we find something, like evidence of termites, or carpenters ants? Will the buyers run away screaming in fright? The answer is, no. Termites and carpenter ants in northern Ohio are just a fact of life. We have often heard the saying that most homes either have had, or will have one or the other.
If termite evidence is found, it is not the end of the world. State Termite has the knowledge, skills, and technology to treat your home effectively and in an enviromentally sound manner. Termites can be eliminated, and the property can be placed on an annual program that will insure that any future termite incursions will be quickly controlled. And in the meantime, the house will not fall down. It is very seldom, and usually only in the most extreme cases that any serious structural damage is found.
Carpenter ants are even more prevalent than termites in our area. Those “one or two black ants” are often an indicator of a much larger ant colony somewhere in the structure. Carpenter ants are considered a “wood destroying insect” because although they do not actually eat wood, they hollow out wooden boards in an effort to create living space for their colony.
Again, if we find evidence of carpenter ants, rest assure that the deal will go through. We will not only treat for the ants – we will also place your property under a full year protection program, so that if takes more than one treatment to fully eliminate the ants (which it often does), the new homeowner can rest assured that the problem will be taken care of.
