Man vs Mold!!

[Laura Pruitt]

Hello BP!

We are considering purchasing a distressed home - it has a pretty bad mold problem. 

We planned on gutting the entire house down to the studs anyway - my question is will this go a long way to solving mold issue. 

Once down to studs - can GC take care of treatment and replacing of neccessary framing or do you need a mold specialist to come in and give "all clear" so to speak in order to resell house.

We have read so many mixed messages about mold - obviously we know it is serious issue, but we also feel it is something people are overly scared of and super concerned because they are not going to gut their homes. 

Any one with experience would be great - even if we dont purchase this home we'd love to hear about experience in case we encounter it for future deals. 

Thanks! 

[Adam Drummond]

@Laura Pruitt

I can only tell my experience on a triplex building i had.  One of the units was partially below grade, and water got in and ruined everything.  I gutted the whole place myself, and hired a waterproofing company to do their thing, and install a sump pump.  I never had a mold specialist look at anything.  I think many times these mold specialists scare the heck out of people, and charge insane amount of money.  If I knew why the mold was there in the first place (leaky roof, water under house, etc), then I would make sure to correct the problem.  If you are going to gut the house anyway, I wouldn't bother with a mold "specialist".  Again, this is just my two cents. 

Adam