Cascades was built almost entirely in the 1990s — which means almost every home's original termite treatment has expired. Most homeowners don't know it.
📞 (703) 804-7057Cascades is one of Sterling's largest planned communities — several thousand homes built primarily in the 1990s along the Route 7 and Cascades Parkway corridor in northern Sterling. Its uniform construction era, Broad Run wooded northern edge, and the established tree canopy of a 30-year-old community create a specific set of pest pressures.
Cascades' 1990s construction means uniform termite pretreatment age — all expired. This is the most common unaddressed pest vulnerability in the community.
Broad Run's wooded corridor along Cascades' northern edge is deer habitat. Tick pressure in the northern-facing properties is among the highest in Sterling.
Cascades' 30-year-old trees have developed the moisture damage and decay conditions that carpenter ant colonies prefer for nesting.
Properties backing up to the Broad Run buffer see consistent fall rodent migration toward structures as temperatures drop.
Broad Run and internal community common areas with stormwater features sustain mosquito populations through the full Northern Virginia active season.
Universal in Cascades kitchens — the sandy loam soil of the community supports large surface-nesting populations near foundation perimeters.
Virtually every home in Cascades was built within a few years of each other in the early-to-mid 1990s. The termite soil pretreatments from that construction period had a 5–10 year effective life. Those treatments are now 25–30 years old. Most Cascades homeowners have never had a professional termite inspection since the home was built. We treat multiple homes in this community every season — often after the homeowner assumed they were still protected.
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