Termite Inspection in Kendall Green, FL

The postwar slab-CBS housing stock that shapes Kendall Green inspections

Kendall Green is a quiet, low-density residential subdivision in the northwest quadrant of Pompano Beach. The housing stock is decisively postwar — single-story slab CBS ranchers built between roughly 1962 and 1978, on small 5,000- to 7,000-square-foot rectangular lots with chain-link or stucco-block fencing, attached single-car or two-car garages, and asphalt-shingle hip or gable roofs over engineered truss systems. Most homes have drywall-finished ceilings over the truss bottom chord, no usable crawl space (slab construction throughout), and minimal original wood interior trim. Ownership is long-tenure, the streetscape is dominated by 40- to 50-year-old shade trees, and a meaningful share of homes have never seen a full renovation since the original build. That demographic and construction fingerprint is what drives the Kendall Green inspection scope — and it makes the scope materially different from the historic-housing pockets like Old Collier or the canal-frontage industrial corridors like Canal Point.

The dominant finding in Kendall Green inspections is native Eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) activity at the slab-to-frame interface, garage stem wall, and bath-trap penetrations. Roughly 45% of Kendall Green inspections find active subterranean evidence somewhere on the slab perimeter, 15% find Formosan subterranean activity tied to mature banyan or ficus root systems on multi-tree lots, 10% find drywood activity in older added wood elements (Florida-room framing, wood storage-shed components, original window trim where it survives), and 30% are clean — typically homes that have been on a long-running rotating bait or liquid-barrier warranty.

The slab-edge subterranean pressure

Kendall Green's defining inspection feature is the continuous slab-edge subterranean approach. The original 1960s and 1970s slabs in this corridor were poured before modern pre-treatment standards, so the soil-to-slab contact runs the full perimeter of the home without a chemical or physical barrier between the soil profile and the foundation. Over five decades the original perimeter sealing has weathered, AC condensate lines and bath-trap penetrations have been cut and patched multiple times, and the soil moisture under shade-tree canopy keeps the foundation interface damp through most of the year. The inspector walks the full perimeter probing the slab edge at the stem-wall return, lifting any decorative landscape edging that conceals the soil-to-slab line, and documenting any active mud-tube material or soil shelter tube on the FDACS-13645 form.

What the FDACS-13645 typically captures in Kendall Green

Section A (active activity) most often documents subterranean mud tubes at AC condensate-line penetrations, at the garage stem wall, or at the bath-trap rear access. Section B (previous activity) captures the multi-cycle warranty history common to long-tenure owner-occupied homes — most Kendall Green properties have been on at least one prior treatment program, and many show evidence of soil-injection-era prior work. Section C (damage observed) is typically localized to specific stud bays at the slab line or to any added Florida-room wood framing. Section D (prior treatment) records the home's current warranty status if a rotating program is active. Section E (obstructed areas) routinely lists garage-storage stacking against the stem wall, dropped-ceiling installations in renovated Florida rooms, and any landscaped flower bed running tight to the slab line.

The FHA/VA closing-format scope

A high share of Kendall Green inspections run under FHA-203 or VA loan closing-inspection clauses. Long-tenure owners in this neighborhood frequently sell to first-time buyers using government-backed financing, and the lender's WDO requirement is a hard gate on closing. The FDACS-13645 report is delivered in the format accepted by FHA underwriters and VA loan officers — inspector's license number visible, photographic record of any active or previous activity, treatment-recommendation summary in plain language, and a separate seller-side narrative if a treatment has to be completed before closing. Title companies receive copies on request, and the report is structured so the buyer's lender can drop it directly into the underwriting file without reformatting.

Construction and operations profile

Kendall Green lots run 5,000 to 7,000 square feet with most homes in the 1,200 to 1,800 square-foot range. Construction is single-story slab CBS with concrete-block exterior walls, stucco finish, and asphalt-shingle hip or gable roofs over engineered wood-truss systems with drywall ceilings. Bathrooms typically have access panels at the tub-trap rear. Garages are attached, single or double bay. Most lots have either a screened Florida room or an enclosed back porch added at some point in the home's life — these additions are the most common drywood-finding location since they're frequently framed in wood rather than CBS.

Local context

Kendall Green sits in the northwest residential quadrant of Pompano Beach adjacent to Kendall Lakes, Highlands, Northwest Pompano, and the wider NW residential corridor. Within Tier 2 within-48-hours range are Coleman Park, Blanche Ely, Ely Estates, and Liberty Park.

Who calls us for a Kendall Green inspection

Long-tenure homeowners scheduling annual maintenance under a rotating warranty. Sellers running pre-listing FHA/VA WDO inspections before listing the property on the open market. Buyers and their agents ordering closing-condition inspections inside the contract contingency window before the lender's underwriting deadline. Homeowners after a subterranean swarmer event on a screen door, garage threshold, or window sill in late spring. Estate executors handling property turnover in long-held family homes during probate administration. Long-distance heirs ordering remote inspections with photographic documentation when the home is held out of state.

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Adjacent inspection coverage

NW Pompano residential pockets share the FHA/VA closing-format scope and slab-edge inspection pattern: Kendall Lakes, Highlands, Northwest Pompano, Coleman Park, Blanche Ely, and Ely Estates. All Tier 2 within 48 hours.