Boxelder Bugs Do Not Belong in Your Albuquerque Home
Precision Pest Control handles wood-destroying insect inspections and general pest work for homes across Albuquerque, from older adobe properties in the North Valley to newer construction out on the West Mesa. Buyers and sellers call us most often in the weeks before closing, when a lender is waiting on a clean report. We know what a typical Albuquerque inspection turns up and what holds up a sale.
Boxelder bugs are the call we get most in fall, when they gather by the hundreds on sun-warmed stucco walls looking for a way into a warm attic or wall void before winter. Clover mites show up in spring on window sills and light-colored siding, usually on homes with grass or heavy landscaping close to the foundation. Crickets and earwigs turn up in garages and window wells, especially near properties backing to open desert or an irrigation ditch. House centipedes and millipedes prefer damp bathrooms and utility closets where humidity collects, and indian meal moths show up in pantries once a package of grain or pet food goes unnoticed.
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A wood-destroying insect report is a routine part of almost every closing in Albuquerque, whether it's an FHA loan on a starter home out past Paseo del Norte or a cash sale on an older adobe in the North Valley. The two properties do not inspect the same way. Older adobe and territorial-style homes often have stucco applied directly over wood lath or frame walls, which hides moisture and insect activity that a visual check alone can miss, so we probe suspect areas rather than relying on a walk-through. Newer stucco-over-frame construction on the West Mesa tends to be more straightforward, but garages and exposed wood trim still take weather damage from the intense high desert sun.
Timing matters as much as the findings themselves. Most lenders want the report within a set window before closing, and a flagged item, even a minor one like old boxelder staining mistaken for something worse, can stall a file if nobody clarifies it quickly. We write reports sellers' agents and buyers' agents can both read without a follow-up call, note what is cosmetic versus what needs treatment, and turn documentation around fast enough that a closing date does not slip because of a pest report. That turnaround matters more in a market where a lot of Albuquerque sales are on a tight lender deadline.
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