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Schedule a mold test Call (703) 450-6398 Find your community
One community in the county has a page of its own with local detail. The packages, the prices and the laboratory are the same across the county, so you can book from either page.
Neighborhoods here range from colonial-era village lots to recent subdivisions, so the visit starts by confirming the specific community and foundation type.
Stafford County has no independent cities inside its boundary, but many of its neighborhoods, including historic Falmouth, carry a Fredericksburg mailing address. The independent City of Fredericksburg itself sits across the Rappahannock River and is not part of this county.
Four options, depending on how much of the home you need looked at. Not sure which one fits? Start with the thirty minute visit and a technician will tell you what is actually worth testing. Decide to test while they are there and the visit is written up as a Mold Plus.
No sampling
"Something feels off and I do not know if testing is worth it."
$175
30 minutes on site
One area, tested
"I can see it, or I know exactly where to look."
$345
One targeted area, 1 to 2 hours
One area, plus the source
"There was a leak and I want to know where the water went."
$495
One targeted area, 1 to 2 hours
The whole home
"It could be anywhere, or it keeps coming back."
From $550
Priced by home size, 1 to 2 hours
* Prices shown are for Virginia and Maryland. In Washington DC, Mold Basic is $425, Mold Plus is $575, and Mold Advanced starts at $630. Mold Walk & Talk is $175 everywhere.
Stafford County sits between the Rappahannock and the Potomac, directly north of the independent City of Fredericksburg. Its oldest ground lies along those rivers, at places such as Falmouth and Aquia, settled long before Interstate 95 reshaped the county into a Washington commuter suburb. The courthouse area and Garrisonville filled in with that later growth, so a house's age in Stafford depends far more on distance from the old river settlements than on distance from the interstate exit nearest it.
Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation describes the Crow's Nest peninsula, where the Potomac and Accokeek creeks meet on the county's eastern edge, as holding 956 acres of tidal and non-tidal wetlands that make up 60 percent of all the marshes in Stafford County. Ground like that sits low and stays wet, and a crawlspace nearby holds water differently than one built on the sandier rises further from the rivers. Away from the tidal creeks, the usual causes are more ordinary: a downspout aimed at the foundation, a grading slope that was never corrected, or a sump installed without a battery backup.
Local background: Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve.
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The Potomac and Accokeek creeks meet in tidal marsh on Stafford's eastern side, and homes built near that low ground sit closer to the water table than most of the county. A technician asks about the elevation of a crawlspace or a lower level relative to the nearest creek, and photographs any staining at the foundation before sampling.
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The county's oldest houses sit at its river settlements, where additions and repairs have been layered onto original framing for well over a century. A visit there separates the original structure from later work before deciding which side of a wall or a floor a sample belongs on.
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Subdivisions built during Stafford's growth as a commuter suburb sit on more uniform, more recently graded ground than the county's river settlements. A musty smell in one of these houses is more often traced to a plumbing fixture or a roof detail than to the soil itself, and the report says which it found.
We do not remove mold, so we have nothing to gain from your results. If your report shows a problem, you choose who fixes it. Once the work is done, we can test again and tell you what we find.
Virginia's residential disclosure statement advises buyers to exercise due diligence, including considering a mold assessment conducted by a business following EPA guidance. Confirm the scope and timing with your agent before settlement. A laboratory sample documents a selected place and time; it does not certify an entire home as mold-free or replace advice about your transaction.
Va. Code section 55.1-703. Current as of September 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Yes. The same team, packages and prices cover the whole county, from the river settlements at Falmouth and Aquia to the newer subdivisions near the courthouse and Garrisonville. Give the full street address when booking so the report names the right jurisdiction.
Often, yes. Many Stafford County neighborhoods carry a Fredericksburg mailing address for postal purposes even though they sit in the county, not in the independent City of Fredericksburg across the river. Confirm the county on a deed or tax bill, or give us the full address and we will confirm it before the visit.
Not by itself. The state's description of that peninsula's marshland explains how the ground there holds water, not how any particular house is built or maintained. A house on that low ground with good grading and a working sump can test clean, while a house on higher ground with a leak does not. Sampling measures the specific property, whatever the surrounding terrain looks like.
Yes. Mention any addition or renovation when booking so the visit can account for more than one construction era in the same house. A technician looks at where an addition meets the original structure as a matter of course, since that seam is a common place for a small gap to let water in.
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46179 Westlake Dr, Ste 200, Sterling, VA 20165
(703) 450-6398
