Inspect the House While It’s Still Empty
The week between closing and the moving truck is the best pest-inspection window this house will ever have. Bare floors show droppings, empty cabinets show frass, and nothing’s pushed up against the sill plate yet. Once the couch arrives, evidence disappears for years.
- Full move-in inspection: attic, sill plate, cabinets, under the deck, foundation, before furniture hides it
- An honest read on what the seller’s disclosure and your buyer’s inspection likely missed
- Identification of inherited problems, from old mouse runs to carpenter ant frass on the rim joist
- A prevention plan matched to this specific house: its gaps, its grading, its tree line
- Licensed, bonded & insured
- Free inspections
- Same-day service
- Re-service guarantee
- Eco-friendly methods
Why the smartest call happens before the moving truck
The empty-house advantage
Every baseboard visible, every cabinet open, without moving a thing. That level of access won’t exist again until you sell.
Find what you bought
Sellers disclose what they know, or what they choose to. Droppings behind the water heater tell the truth either way.
Start at zero
Sealing gaps and setting a baseline in an empty house means you’re preventing instead of chasing. Cheaper, cleaner, and done once.
The Ankora guarantee
The move-in inspection costs nothing. Walk the house with us, keep the findings, and owe us nothing even if you never call again. If we do treat something we found and it comes back, covered pests get re-treated free. New house, no surprise invoices.
- Same-dayscheduling available
- $0re-service between visits
- 25+Twin Cities communities
- Freeinspections, always
Questions people ask before booking
A WDI report answers one narrow question: visible evidence of wood-destroying insects on inspection day. It doesn’t cover mice, wasps, or roaches, and a January inspection misses most insect activity entirely. We look much wider, though honestly, we can’t see inside closed walls either. Nobody can without opening them.
Often the same day you get keys, if the route allows. Spring and early fall calendars fill quickly, so call (651) 556-2666 once you have a closing date rather than after you’ve moved in. Worst case, we’re out within a few days.
You get photos, a plain explanation, and a written price before anything happens. No scare tactics, no signing on the spot. Fair warning, though: some inherited problems, like an established carpenter ant colony in a wall void, take more than one visit to resolve, and you’ll hear that from us up front.
Ready when you are
Book your free inspection online or call now. We confirm every appointment and handle it fast.
On the job
Ankora Pest Control in action
