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Trying to sell our home, buyer’s home inspection found mold in crawlspace on bottom side of subfloor. Help!!
Question : Trying to sell our home, buyer’s home inspection found mold in crawlspace on bottom side of subfloor. Help!!
What should we do to get rid of this problem? How much will it cost? Will this issue cause buyer’s mortgage to not be approved? Are we doomed?
home mold inspection
Best answer:
Answer by Monkey Man
You simply need to find a mold removal specialist in your area. Depending on the amount of mold and molded material that needs to be removed, it could be relatively inexpensive or could cost several thousand dollars. But no one will buy your house with a mold problem. Once you have the removal done by a PROFESSIONAL, make sure you get a certification from them that the issue has been handled. Then you can use that as a selling point in the future. Good luck!
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#3 written by Tucci 1 year ago
Contact your insurance company. Many insurance companies will cover the cost of mold abatement by a professional. As was mentioned above, be sure to have this done by a professional and have all work doccumented. It may not be a bad idea to do something to increase ventilation or decrease water exposure. Even once the mold is gone, a home inspector may still say that the area is likely to develop mold.
If you do not have insurance or if they will not cover the cost of abatement, you can use 50/50 bleach and water. Put the mixture in a chemical spray bottle (you can get one at a home improvement store if you dont already own one). Be sure the area is well ventilated and wear eye protection and a dust mask. Cover the area with a good dose of bleach and water and then vent the heck out of the area. Set up fans and do whatever you can to move the are through the area. It is important to move the air through, not just around in the area. If this is under the house, remove siding or whatever covers the area from the outside to let pleanty of air get in there. If this is in the house, and cross ventilation is not available, break out a section of the drywall to provide temporary cross ventilation. You can usually buy 2′X2′ tiles of drywall at Home Depot to repair the wall. If you can’t move the air, you will never get it dry and free of mold.
Good luck. If you do any of this yourself, becareful not to inhale any mold spores!
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When we purchased our home, the sellers had a similar problem. They hired a mold remediation specialist to come in. In this case, the mold was pretty bad on the bottom side of the sub-floor so the process involved pulling out all of the old insulation, sanding down the sub-floor and beams and then finally, sealing all of the wood with a special paint/sealer. In this case, I believe the sellers paid something like $ 12K to complete it but we would not buy the house without this being done first. Ultimately, we had a French Drain installed around the interior of the crawlspace to make it 100% dry.