Precision handles wood destroying insect inspections and pest work across Houston's spread, from Heights bungalows with a century of settling to new construction going up in Katy and Cypress. We work directly with the timelines that come with buying and selling here, where a termite report can hold up a closing if it isn't done right the first time.


We treat subterranean termites more than anything else in Houston, because the clay soil and high water table here keep ground moisture close to a foundation nearly year round, which is exactly what termites need. Stinging insects build in eaves and old sheds through the humid summer, ants push indoors chasing moisture, and cockroaches and flies follow that same heat and humidity into kitchens and garages. Mice move in when the weather turns in January, and bed bugs turn up in any property with regular turnover, landlords and buyers alike, regardless of how well kept the rest of the house is.
A Houston closing usually has a wood destroying insect report attached to it, and in this market that report almost always comes back to subterranean termites rather than anything else, because the clay soil holds moisture against a foundation for most of the year. We see it most in pier and beam homes around the Heights and Montrose, where a crawlspace can stay damp long after a slab foundation in Katy or Cypress has dried out, and inspectors know to check both differently. A clean report on an older home usually means someone has been staying ahead of it for years, not that termites were never a risk in the first place.
When a report does turn something up, the timeline matters as much as the treatment. Lenders on FHA and VA loans want documentation of both the finding and the correction before they'll clear a file to close, so we write reports that hold up under that kind of review and schedule treatment around the closing date instead of around our own calendar. Sellers get a straight answer about what a repair actually requires, and buyers get a report that reads clearly instead of in inspector shorthand. Either way, the goal is a file that moves forward on schedule, not one that gets kicked back for more information a week before closing.


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