Pest Inspections in Cupertino, CA

Local Context

What a WDO Report Finds in a Cupertino House Built in the 1970s

Most Cupertino houses date to the 1960s through the 1980s. On a house that age we are usually reading three things at once: original framing that has never been treated, one or two remodels that changed how water moves off the structure, and landscaping that has grown into the building over decades. Section 1 findings here tend to be drywood termite galleries in fascia, rafter tails and window headers, plus fungus decay where a deck ledger or a planter box holds moisture against siding.

Section 2 is where Cupertino's specifics show up. Wood-to-soil contact at fence posts and trellises tied into the house, earth-to-wood at raised planters against a stucco wall, irrigation spray hitting siding daily through a dry summer, and the shallow or absent crawl-space clearance on some of the older Monta Vista construction all get written up. None of those are active infestations. All of them are how the next one starts.

Construction type changes the inspection itself. Slab-on-grade houses in Fairgrove and Rancho Rinconada have no crawl space to enter, so the readable evidence moves to the perimeter, the stem wall, the garage sill and any point where wood meets grade. Split-levels bring stepped foundations and transitions that hide contact points. We state what was and was not accessible, because a report that does not say what it could not see is of limited use to a buyer.