Moving? What About Mold in the Home?

7/13/2017 (Permalink)

No one wants mold in their home. If you think you have a mold problem in your heartland home, give us a call.

Are you buying or selling a house with mold in it? If so, SERVPRO of Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties can help you remediate that mold.

Selling a Home with Mold

In Missouri, the only required disclosures an owner is required to make about their home is about its criminal history. However, trying to sell a home with mold lessens the value of your home and can make it more difficult to sell. Therefore, remediating the mold prior to selling may be a better option. That’s where SERVPRO of Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties comes into play. We have a procedure and the right chemicals to cleanup mold issues and better prepare your home for the market. Many homeowners decide to fill out the Missouri Association of Realtor’s Seller’s Disclosure Statement for Residential Property that reveals whether the house has had any mold issues. This upfront honesty with the buyer can be valuable, even if the professionals at SERVPRO® have already remediated the mold.

Buying a Home with Mold

Are you looking for your dream home? A first home? A fixer upper? No matter what your motives, know that purchasing a house that contains mold can not only cause health problems, but can prove to be costly either upfront or down the road. If there is visible mold in the house, know that remediating mold can end up being expensive depending on the extent of the issue. So a “cheap find,” might not end up being so cheap after all. When you walk through a potential home, keep your eyes out for various signs and locations of mold:

• Check for water stains on walls/ceilings
• Check for standing water
• Be mindful of a musty odor and/or high humidity
• Check behind/underneath appliances that have water pipe connections
• Carefully investigate basements and crawlspaces
• Any other dark, damp places

Visit our Mold Page for more information to help you identify your situation.

I think I have mold, now what?

If you believe there is a mold problem, call SERVPRO of Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties at 573-339-1948. We can send someone out and give you a free estimate of what it would take to remediate the suspicious growth. We do not perform tests, but we can still follow the standard mold procedures to clean it up. If you want the suspicious growth tested and identified, then you must also call an Industrial Hygienist to come perform a test.

It’s that time of year where the heat and humidity is strong in the Heartland—which means that musty smell may be strong, too! If you suffered from any storm damage from the Perryville Tornado this spring or live in areas like Scott City, Kelso, Benton, or other areas prone to flooding, mold may be an issue. Don’t panic, just give the professionals at SERVPRO® of Cape Girardeau & Scott Counties a call because we are always here to help. Happy House Hunting!