When it comes to selling your Long Island home, there are numerous factors that can influence its marketability and value. While aesthetics, location, and size are often at the forefront of consideration. There’s one silent culprit that can significantly impact a home’s saleability, mold. Mold is not only a health hazard but can also sabotage […]
The Recent Heavy Rains left many Long Island homeowners with water damaged basements. It’s important to understand the risks of performing your own mitigation and how it pertains to mold growth in your home.Cleaning up flooding yourself can lead to mold growth for several reasons: INCOMPLETE WATER REMOVAL: When you attempt to clean up flooding […]
A FLORAL PARK HOMEOWNER reached out to me for a mold remediation in his basement. An area, from what i saw, was left in the past. Loads of contents collected from over the years filled most of the standing room. With no cleaning happening and no dehumidifier in operation, that mix of excess dust and […]
THERE ARE MANY TOOLS for finding mold in your home. In my latest video segment of, “Whats In My Bag” i share with you one of my favorites and something that everyone has. The Flashlight is a device that many homeowners have available. With many functions and uses it really is very important. Its multi […]
RECENTLY, I WAS INVITED OUT to Coach Realty in Stony Brook NY. If you have never been to the area it is quite nice. This visit was set up to discuss mold, mold remediation and the various situations the agents may find themselves in when involved in the buying and selling of homes. Not wanting […]
Ride along with me as I visit homes in South Hampton NY and Farmingville NY to provide homeowners with estimates for mold remediation. I also stop at a famous Long Island landmark! At the first home I check out a basement storage area with 2 crawl spaces. A dehumidifier was never used in the area […]
Long Island winters are notoriously cold, which means we want to turn up the heat. As we all know, heat rises and prompts the question, is there mold in your attic? If there happens to be an attic in your house, that’s where it will rise to. If you have inadequate insulation you may end […]
A medical issue for a commack homeowner turned into a moldy situation An elderly property owner became ill due to Covid-19 and was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Obviously during his stay the focus was on his health and not necessarily his home. While being treated the water heater in the home began leaking. […]
The mold i saw when i walked into the basement of this Shelter Island home amazed me. Heavy growth on all the sheetrock! What happened here to cause this? With the home unoccupied, the boiler in the basement malfunctioned causing a water damage. It sat for sometime before being discovered and as time went on […]
CLEANING AND DISINFECTING YOUR Long Island home and business during the Covid-19 pandemic has taken off just as fast as the virus itself. Maid services, restoration companies and facility management companies are among those offering these services. I have seen hundreds of posts on sites like Linkedin, Facebook and Instagram showing people spraying with everything […]