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Another part of the overall scam. I need to start one of these up soon.

E-man , the inspection report advises to fumigate/tent the entire home becuase termites were found in attic area.

If they are outisde (gazebo, garage,doors, etc ) then it is understandable but right in the attic seems too much.
Looks like they are eating away the entire home

Please help......you are my brethren.

cloud13 says

E-man , the inspection report advises to fumigate/tent the entire home becuase termites were found in attic area.
If they are outisde (gazebo, garage,doors, etc ) then it is understandable but right in the attic seems too much.

Looks like they are eating away the entire home

This is completely standard from our home buying experience near SJ. The termite company has two reasons for suggesting a full tent: 1) make more money, 2) guarantees (as much as the gas can guarantee) that all termites will be eradicated. If they did local termite eradication, they may miss a spot or there may be termites elsewhere that they just didn't notice.

When we were looking at homes to buy, just about every home had some termite damage. The range was typically $2000 to $3000, so your $2000 seems fine. We've heard stories of much worse, $10k+, but have never seen it. And yes, termites do come back quickly (from what we've heard). But you don't want to just let a problem continue. And definitely do it before you move in. Seems like it would be a big hassle to do after all of your stuff is in there.

Thanks robertoaribas, and ch_tah

4 of the homes which i liked so far these past weeks require tenting.
May be it's the norm, May be the price range I'm looking (

We were told (from a realtor, so take it for what it's worth), that unless you buy a new home, you should generally expect some termite damage. Price range didn't have anything to do with it. This is specific to the Bay Area, of course. I don't know about other areas.

I never saw a home fall down from Termites in SoCal. Many many thousands of homes only sold once every 40 years (original owners or heirs selling) and those homes mostly NEVER get inspected and ARE FINE. Other homes sold every 1 or 2 years and im sure they get treated every time they turn over. Those homes dont fall down either.

IMO, Its a legal scam. Once the termite company 'finds' termite damage or any type of rot they file the report with escrow (not with you) and no loan on that property is possible without 'remediating'(=pay the protection money) to the termite companies.

All you can do is bend over and factor in 3k for termite money for every home you are selling - you can't control this unfortunately except to maybe find an honest termite company (rotsa ruck, honest people can't compete anymore in many industries- probably this one too)

If I were selling a home, I would consider getting my own termite inspection before even listing it. This way maybe u find an honest company and not be 'in escrow with crooks who want 10k'.

With transaction volume down 50% I would guess no termite company will let anyone off the hook for a couple hundred $ anymore.... unless you have a condo they cant tent the whole thing so not much $ there for them?