Home Buyers

Don’t Let Mold Compromise Your Investment

You’re taking the exciting step of buying a home. Whether it’s your first or fifth home, and whether you’re buying it to live in forever or buying it to resell, you want to make sure that the investment you’re making in a house is worth it. An important step in the inspection of a potential buy is to check for mold.

Mold, Your Health, & Your Home

If you are moving your family into a house, you want to make completely sure that there is no mold present. Varying types of mold can have dangerous effects on your family’s health, whether they are allergic or not. Mold can cause infections, wreck havoc on immune systems, and cause other long term illnesses. Additionally, because mold feeds on whatever it is growing on, the stability of the house will be compromised. Mold can grow on almost any surface, and will even grow on dirt and debris on otherwise mold-resistant surfaces.

How Porters Can Help

Here at Porter’s Eco Care, we want to make sure that the home you are purchasing is both a safe investment, and safe for you and your family. Therefore, we employ rigorous inspection methods. Our experts are trained to spot not just mold that has already begun to grow, but also areas that may be prone to future mold growth. If mold is detected in the home, we will communicate with you about the level of the problem, and what it will take to address it. Then, we will work with the seller to eliminate the mold issue by removing the mold and mold stains, and preventing future mold growth in the area.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that mold isn’t a big issue. It is. But with Porter’s Eco Care, you can ensure the safety of your family and house from mold before you even close on that house.