Mold
Investigative Home Inspection provides complete indoor air quality testing and inspections
for Homes, Schools and Commercial Buildings in the greater Atlanta area.
Maggi the Mold Dog
If you are planning on moving out of your house or are purchasing a new, foreclosed or resale home, it is always wise to have either the home your purchasing or sold to have a Atlanta mold inspection completed by a certified Atlanta mold inspector. When a thorough Atlanta mold inspection has been completed by a mold inspector, it then becomes easy to determine any issues that should be fixed before moving out or moving in. These issues found in a Atlanta mold inspection completed by a Atlanta mold inspector often relate to repairs that need to be completed in order for the home to be in good enough condition to live safely in.
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There are a number of elements that determine the cost of having a Atlanta mold inspection completed by a Atlanta mold inspector. Many times a Atlanta mold inspector will base their fee cost of performing a Atlanta mold inspection on how big a home or building is; the larger the property, the larger the Atlanta mold inspector will charge for the Atlanta mold inspection.
Complete, though and cost-effective
Investigative home inspection is the only Atlanta inspection company that can provide a full-service mold inspection along with a thorough home inspection at the same time saving the home buyer both time and money. In 2010 over 80% of the home inspected by this Atlanta home inspection company were foreclosure, it of the 80% almost half had mold growth somewhere within the home.
This nose knows (watch 11 alive news video w/ Brenda Woods) and Gwinnett Sunday Post
In 2005 a company name K-9 Mold Detection was created to help assist home and business owners with the growing issue of mold. The certified and trained K-9 is brought into the home or business to determine with mold could be growing in hidden locations such as walls, floors, basement or inside the HVAC system. At that time K-9 owner Rob Donahue didn’t want to confuse clients with this home inspection business and mold inspection business. But just the last few years the requests from mold inspection during the home inspection had increased over 75%.
The accurate see and the reliability of the K-9 suits well with homeowners because of the trust they have and animals. inspection company received more and more calls asking for the K-9 to come out and see if they had a mold problem in their home. We were not only getting calls from homeowners but also from mold remediation company as well.
Best of both worlds
In January 2010 Investigative Home Inspection bought out the rights of K-9 Mold Detection and became one company, so instead of calling two different companies provide two different services now one call does it all!
more and more professional real estate agents are recommend the services to their home buyers because of the concern that they have would’ve vacant home that has been sitting vacant for months or even years.
An Atlanta mold inspector also usually determines their fee amount based on how detailed of a Atlanta mold inspection a property owner would like to have conducted. If the home owner wants a detailed report of everything found in the inspection then the fee price is typically higher. Many times a detailed report will include not only writings of the inspection, but also pictures too. A brief and not so detailed inspection usually takes about 2 hours to complete and most times only includes a written report of what was inspected.
It is very advantageous to hire a professional mold inspector when having a Atlanta mold inspection performed because they fully understand how to complete a thorough inspection. A professional Atlanta mold inspector also has a deep knowledge on maintenance and mold safety, which allows for defects in a property to be easily identified.
Having a Atlanta mold inspection is most important for those people who are purchasing molds. It is very stressful when buyers purchase a house only to find out afterwards it needs many repairs. A real estate agent may sometimes leave out defects found within a home; however, a Atlanta mold inspector will be completely honest as to whether a person should buy a home because they do not profit one way or another if the home sells.
An Atlanta mold inspection is a wonderful way to discover the reality condition of a home. An inspection report should include any repairs that need to be completed. It is important to remember that these types of inspections are not home appraisals and they do not verify as to whether a home meets local rules and regulations.
Foreclosures:
Foreclosure notices in the 13-county Atlanta metro area set a record last year (2010), as 127,140 ads were published by lenders. Gwinnett, which topped all counties in the state last year, is still leading the pack. There were 2,133 notices there in January, followed by Fulton with 1,841. DeKalb was third with 1,572, followed by Cobb with 1,254 and Clayton with 864. (AJC Jan 2011)
“As home sit and the utilities turned off, moisture and relative humidity developes allowing mold to set and grow”, Says Rob Donahue an Atlanta Home Inspector. 
Over 80% of the homes I inspected in 2010 were foreclosures and almost half had mold issues. Homes were built to be lived in, not closed up.
One Solution
Buyers should have their home inspected for both structural and mold issues! Investigative Home inspection is certified to perform both services in one appointment for one LOW price!
