Listing Agents & Sellers
Document visible and accessible conditions, understand recommendations, and plan inspection or corrective work around the transaction schedule.
Real Estate Termite Inspections & Solutions in San Diego
Paid WDO inspections, clear reporting, and coordinated termite treatment or repair recommendations for San Diego real estate transactions.
Inspection before assumptions
Clear WDO information helps the transaction team plan the next step
Termite evidence, wood-destroying fungi, damaged members, moisture conditions, and inaccessible areas can affect negotiations, financing instructions, treatment planning, repairs, and transaction timing. The useful starting point is a licensed inspection of the visible and accessible areas—not a promise that every property will receive the same report or recommendation.
GC Termite Control works with agents, buyers, sellers, escrow contacts, lenders, and other property professionals throughout San Diego. We document what was observed, identify the scope and limitations of the inspection, and provide recommendations tied to the property. Contract and lender requirements determine which reports or certifications the transaction needs; GC does not approve a loan or guarantee a closing date.
Real-estate inspections currently start at $195. The final fee, included structures, access requirements, and availability are confirmed after reviewing the property and transaction details. Use the dedicated real-estate inspection request to provide the information needed for scheduling.
Starting fee$195
InspectionVisible and accessible areas
ReportingDigital WDO documentation
TimingConfirmed with each request
Have the address and anticipated transaction date ready?
Request an inspection →One property, several stakeholders
Information organized for the transaction
Each participant may need different details. The report remains grounded in the property evidence and the defined inspection scope.
Buyers & Representatives
Review reported WDO evidence, damaged wood, conducive conditions, access limitations, and the scope of proposed corrections.
Escrow & Transaction Teams
Coordinate report recipients, property contacts, anticipated deadlines, authorized work, and the documentation produced after completion.
Lenders & Property Professionals
Receive the reports or certifications required by the applicable contract or financing instructions without treating GC as the loan decision-maker.
Transaction workflow
From inspection request to follow-up documentation
Priority or same-day appointments may be available when the route, staffing, property access, and inspection scope allow. Availability and report timing are confirmed for the individual request rather than promised for every transaction.
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Submit the Request
Provide the property address, contacts, escrow status, target date, included detached structures, and known access limitations.
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Confirm Scope and Fee
We review the request and confirm current availability, the areas to be included, access expectations, and the inspection fee.
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Inspect Accessible Areas
A licensed inspector evaluates visible and accessible exterior, interior, attic, subarea, garage, and specifically included structures.
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Deliver the WDO Report
The report documents findings, damaged wood, conducive conditions, recommendations, inaccessible areas, and other relevant limitations.
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Coordinate Approved Work
When authorized, appropriate treatment or repair work can be estimated and scheduled around the organisms, damage, access, and transaction needs.
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Document Follow-Up
A reinspection, notice of work completed, or applicable certification can document the status of report recommendations and completed work.
Read the document correctly
What the WDO paperwork communicates
California reporting terminology matters. A report, reinspection, work-completion notice, and certification serve related but different purposes.
Complete or Limited Inspection
A complete report addresses the structure and included areas available for inspection. A limited report addresses a specifically defined portion. The report should identify its scope rather than imply uninspected areas are clear.
Initial WDO Report
The inspection report records visible evidence of wood-destroying pests or organisms, damaged members, conditions considered conducive to activity, recommendations, and inaccessible locations.
Reinspection and Work Completed
A reinspection evaluates the items and areas identified in the original report. A notice of work completed identifies which recommendations were performed and which, if any, remain outstanding.
Certification
Certification reflects the inspection report, visible and accessible areas, and the status of listed recommendations. It does not promise that every concealed condition was found or that a transaction will close.
Transaction requirements are document-specific.
Review California Civil Code §1099 →
California requires delivery of the structural pest control inspection report, work-completion notice, or certification when the applicable document is required by the contract or imposed as a financing condition. The parties should confirm their own contract and lender instructions.
Prepare practical access
Help the inspector see the areas being reported
Preparation improves access and reduces avoidable limitations. It does not require dismantling finishes or creating unsafe access before the inspector arrives.
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Confirm included structures
Identify the primary structure, garage, accessory building, deck, or other detached areas that need to be included before the appointment.
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Provide practical access
Make the interior, attic hatch, crawlspace or subarea entrance, garage, exterior walls, and other included areas reasonably accessible.
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Flag access restrictions
Tell us about zero-lot-line conditions, locked areas, tenant coordination, neighboring access, fragile finishes, or other known limitations.
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Secure pets and occupants
Arrange safe access for the inspector and secure animals away from work areas for the scheduled visit.
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Share the property history
Provide prior WDO reports, treatment or repair records, leak history, disclosed concerns, and locations where pellets, tubes, wings, or damage were observed.
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Plan around inaccessible areas
Blocked or unsafe locations are documented as inaccessible. They are not assumed to be unaffected, and additional access may require separate coordination.
Findings guide the recommendation
Treatment and repair options stay tied to the report
The organism, location, distribution, accessibility, damage, construction, and requested transaction documentation determine which options deserve consideration.
Drywood Termite Treatment
Localized treatment may be considered when colonies can be located and accessed. Wider or concealed activity may require a different recommendation.
Explore this serviceSubterranean Termite Control
Soil access, shelter tubes, construction, drainage, and moisture conditions help determine whether soil treatment, baiting, or combined measures are appropriate.
Explore this serviceWhole-Structure Fumigation
Fumigation may be recommended for widespread, concealed, or multiple drywood-termite infestations. It is not the automatic response to every termite finding.
Explore this serviceStructural Repairs
Damaged members are evaluated according to location, remaining sound wood, function, and the report recommendation before repair or replacement is proposed.
Explore this serviceTreatment Method Review
Inspection findings guide the choice between localized, soil, bait, fumigation, physical, repair, or combined approaches instead of using one method everywhere.
Explore this serviceTransaction coordination
Keep the scope, contacts, and documentation aligned
Digital reporting makes it easier to share findings with the authorized transaction contacts. When treatment or repairs are recommended, the estimate should identify the proposed scope so the responsible parties can decide what to authorize. Follow-up documentation is then based on the original report and the work actually completed.
The current real-estate request workflow does not defer payment until close of escrow or bill through escrow. Inspection fees are due under the confirmed service terms, and approved treatment or repair work may require a deposit before scheduling. Confirm billing contacts and payment arrangements before service.
Identify the contact
Provide one primary scheduling contact and the authorized recipients for reports or estimates.
Share the deadline
Give the anticipated close or contingency date while allowing availability to be confirmed.
Approve the scope
Treatment, repairs, reinspections, and additional structures proceed only after their scope is understood and authorized.
Track documentation
Keep the original report with applicable reinspection, work-completion, fumigation, repair, or certification documents.
Before requesting service
Real estate inspection FAQ
These answers explain the general workflow. Property access, report findings, contract terms, and financing instructions can change the details.
Is there a charge for a real-estate termite inspection?
Yes. Current real-estate inspection pricing starts at $195. The final fee depends on the property, included structures, age, size, access, timing, and requested scope and is confirmed before the appointment.
What does the $195 starting price include?
It is the current starting point for the initial real-estate inspection. It does not automatically include detached structures, certifications, reinspections, treatment, repairs, rush scheduling, or inaccessible-area access. The request is reviewed so the actual scope and fee can be confirmed.
What is inspected during a WDO inspection?
The inspector evaluates the visible and accessible areas included in the agreed scope for evidence of wood-destroying pests or organisms, damaged wood, and relevant conducive conditions. Exterior, interior, attic, garage, and subarea locations are addressed when present, included, and safely accessible.
What happens when an area is inaccessible?
The limitation is documented. Stored items, low clearance, locked rooms, unsafe conditions, neighboring-property restrictions, finishes, or missing access openings can prevent inspection. Additional access or a supplemental inspection may need separate coordination.
Does every finding have to be corrected before closing?
Not automatically. The purchase agreement, negotiations, lender instructions, requested certification, and report findings determine what the parties require. GC documents and estimates recommendations but does not decide loan approval or guarantee the transaction outcome.
How do reports, reinspections, completion notices, and certifications differ?
The initial report states the inspection scope, findings, recommendations, and limitations. A reinspection evaluates reported items. A work-completion notice identifies recommendations performed, while certification states the applicable status of infestation, infection, or listed recommendations in the visible and accessible inspected areas.
California consumer resources
Verify reports, licenses, and reporting requirements
Start with the property details
Request a paid real-estate WDO inspection
Provide the address, contacts, escrow status, anticipated deadline, and included structures so scope, fee, and availability can be confirmed.