Their ideal house transformed into a mite nightmare.
A couple who believed they had found the “ideal house” in Arizona was shocked when they discovered a serious termite problem just three days after completing the purchase.
A popular video that has garnered over 2.1 million views shows homeowner Hailey Aguirre entering a chamber of her newly acquired house and closely examining a wall covered in “termite tubes.” These structures serve as pathways for the subterranean termites, allowing them to link their underground habitats with potential feeding grounds above ground.
“I playfully said, I never want to purchase another home because of this,” Hailey Aguirte
told People
of the surprise pestilence.
She and her spouse, having moved from Buffalo, New York to the Grand Canyon State, originally believed they had found their perfect home.
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Aguirre informed the publication that “things were progressing nicely” and “the purchasing procedure went quite smoothly.”
However, just as they were approaching the house to make an offer, the realtor contacted the couple to notify them about termite issues found on the premises.
Fortunately, the seller assured her that the problem had been resolved by exterminators — and the inspection came back clean — so Aguirre and her beau went ahead with the purchase.
Then, just 72 hours after moving in, Aguirre and her hubby realized their wood-gobbling squatters were still at large in the same spot they were originally discovered. “By Thursday night is when I discovered them again, and then realized there were other groups right above where they were,” lamented the distraught Buffalonian.
She tried to get the pest control company to handle the encroachment, but to no avail.
“The termite company that came and treated it was picked by the seller,” she lamented. “So, in order for it to be covered by them, to figure it out, we didn’t really have control over the termite company to come and eliminate them.”
After missing two appointments, the exterminators finally arrived and evicted the termites, only for another issue to rear its head. A pipe reportedly burst in their home, flooding the couple’s floors and adding insult to injury,
per a follow-up video.
As a result, they had to turn off the water and contact the realtor again.
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Aguirre stated that the experience has challenged her optimism, noting that she is now questioning if purchasing the house was indeed “the right choice.”
I’m attempting to maintain a positive outlook and personalize the place,” said the uncertain homeowner. “However, it’s been somewhat challenging to truly settle in since every time I touch something, it feels as though it might break.
Given the challenging experience she went through, the woman is advising other prospective homeowners to take initiative and ensure that their inspections are comprehensive.
She highlighted the significance of having a reliable real estate agent who will advocate for your interests, mentioning that without such an effective representative, they would have had to cover the repair costs themselves.
This tale led others to come forward with accounts of their respective pest problems.
“I just backed out of [a] house because of termites, mold and raccoon damage in attic,” said one.
Another wrote, “Same we had to fumigate the whole house and then found a skunk in the foundation now the house smells like skunk but the termites are gone.”
