the numbers are low...so they're not using that as a sales tool...and even if you do find some statistics, how accurate are they...IMHO trying to predict the odds that you'd get termites, is like playing pin the tale on the donkey
I feel like I'm being robbed every time I renew the termite coverage, but I renew because we've had termites (not in TV, but in Ft Lauderdale)
when we lived in Ft Lauderdale it wasn't uncommon to see one house in our area 'tented' about every two-three years....we ended up having termites twice
the first time they came into the house inside a wooden headboard of a bedroom set that we had purchased from a furniture store in Florida (we were told that's quite common, as the warehouses aren't sprayed for termites)...as we were closing up the house for the summer about five or six years later, I noticed 'wings' on the window ledge in the spare bedroom....they had swarmed
the second time they came in inside brand new kitchen cabinets, when we remodeled the kitchen...it took about five years for us to discover them, just after we agreed to a purchase and sales agreement to sell....the buyer's inspector found the evidence of the little buggers, we had no idea. It almost cratered the deal...we had it treated and bought two follow-on years of coverage against them returning to ease the concern the out of state buyers had. Termites is a 4-letter word in the real estate market
so, they are here...and for that reason, I renew, so that when I do go to sell, a buyer won't be hesitant because I hadn't kept the coverage
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