Termite Inspection & WDI Report

A wood-destroying insect inspection is a written examination of the accessible foundation, sill plate, crawl space, basement walls, and exterior perimeter for active termites, old damage, mud tubes, and conducive conditions. Beltsville sits in a heavy pressure zone for eastern subterranean termites, the species responsible for nearly all structural termite damage in Maryland, and April swarms are the most common way homeowners first find out. Real estate WDI inspections cluster with the spring and summer selling season here, so allow extra lead time from April through August.

The report is $250 to $375 and states what was found, what was not accessible, and what conditions — mulch above the siding line, a leaking hose bib, wood-to-soil contact at a deck post — invite the next colony. An inspection is not a treatment, and we do not upsell one into the other on the same visit without showing you the evidence first.