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With regular inspection you can catch a pest problem early and decide on an appropriate control. What’s the safest action you can take? When the number of pests have outweighed your patience, start with physical and mechanical controls …  read more…

Bugs Bug Me: Stored Product Pests
Sanitation measures (discussed above), along with regular visual inspections usually provide sufficient control of stored product pests. In many instances no pesticides will be needed to achieve good control. Physical Removal …  read more…

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Had a home inspection done, inspector believes there may be problems with ants-haven’t seen any in my home since last spring- what will the pest control do and.  read more…

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What to do if You Suspect a Termite Problem
Your home is one of your most costly investments, but one that can last for years if properly cared for. Unfortunately, homes in areas of high humidity are often more susceptible to pest like the term…  read more…

Organic Certification Process
The following article summarizes the process an organic producer must understand, prepare for and follow to meet USDA National Organic Standards. Organic certification provides third-party consumers c…  read more…

A Guide To Choosing The Right Termite Control Company
Termite damage consistently causes a millions of dollars every year for homeowners. Statistics would indicate that up to 70% of wood structures will have some kind of termite exposure within 10 to 20 …  read more…

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Open Question: Which is the bigger threat: a dictator who refuses to let weapons inspectors into his country? or a…?
…or a food company that refuses to let FDA inspectors into their factory?

“The Nestlé USA plant at the center of a federal probe into an E. coli outbreak involving cookie dough refused to give inspectors access to pest-control records, environmental-testing programs and other information, according to newly released inspection reports covering the past five years…”

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Voting Question: Canceling a Real Estate Purchase Contract?
We were house hunting in North Carolina and found a house that we wanted to purchase. Everything was going well. Our home inspection found a few items but the seller agreed to fix everything. It was a a VA loan. The appraisal was on target and the underwriting from VA came back good. The only thing left to do was the VA directed termite inspection. The inspection came back with a report of active termites in the front of the crawl space behind the front porch and standing water in the center of the crawl space under the duct work. After seeing the termite report we wanted out of our contract. The sellers agent is threatening to sue for performance of the contract since the seller has agreed to fix the condition. The termite report states that there were many inaccessible areas such as the garage and house due to stored items in the house, and that they did not check the crawl space insulation. My issue is this: can we cancel the contract and can we be sued? The sellers realtor is up in arms because the house selling is contingent on them purchasing another property. The disclosure statement stated that there was NO termite infestation present. Earnest money involved is $500. I really don’t want to purchase a house that can have termites anywhere in the house since to really inspect it all you would have to destroy some of the property to accurately check the whole dwelling. Are we stuck? The contract says that if they fix something then we cant get out of the contract, but how do you verify that no more termites exist? Need help. I don’t want to pay a quarter million dollars for a house that can have active termites! The sellers agent says that there are no problems with the foundation of the house, but I have no paperwork to validate that claim, besides pest inspectors are not qualified to inspect foundations. I want out and my money back! Three weeks left until closing.
Talked to an attorney today.He told me to write them a letter stating that I was canceling the contract because of non-disclosure, basically saying I wouldn’t have made an offer on the house if I knew beforehand it had termites. Moreover, he told me that the sellers would be “hard pressed” to sue me for specific performance and didn’t see it really having a great likelihood of occurring. After I wrote the letter and got it to my agent magically the property is back online in an active status instead of “sale pending.” This just happened today, but I need the signed release so I can purchase another property (with no termites!) Can I demand that they release me from the contract since they re-listed the house or may I have to wait three weeks (when closing passes) to get the termination signed?

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Resolved Question: Termites “MICROTERMES” found near the house while inspection?
I just had a building and pest inspection for a property which i am going to buy. While inspection we found some termites (the species is called microtermes) in the back yard under some wooden blocks but there wasnt any sign of termites near the walls. The building/structure report came out to be from “good/fair”. But on the report it says “at the time of the inspection the risk of subterranean termite infestation to the overall property was considered “HIGH”. But the inspector said to me that its not likely the house is infected. Now i want to know what kind of this MICROTERMES can do ? and whether its worth buying the property :NOTE i really like this porperty
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