**I strongly recommend getting a second opinion before relying on AWA Environmental.**
I paid AWA Environmental **over $4,000** for mold inspections, testing, protocols and reports. AWA recommended **Steffan/Five Star Restoration** to perform my mold remediation. Five Star performed the work, and AWA subsequently issued a post-remediation clearance. AWA's own verification document identifies **"Client: Five Star Restoration."**
**I did NOT accept AWA's clearance.** I questioned whether the remediation was actually complete and paid additional money for a second independent mold assessment.
Thank God I did.
The second assessment documented **visible mold growth on my HVAC air handler, evaporator coils, inside the air-handling unit and HVAC ducting.** The inspector recommended professional cleaning of the HVAC system and replacement of mold/water-damaged ducting.
Even more disturbing, the second assessment identified **Fusarium mold upstairs in an area that had not been included in AWA's remediation protocol.**
Without this second opinion, I would not have known that these mold conditions remained after AWA had cleared the remediation.
I am also deeply concerned about AWA's relationship with Five Star. **AWA recommended Five Star, Five Star performed the remediation, AWA's verification names Five Star as its client, and AWA then cleared Five Star's work.** I rejected that clearance because I believed substantial remediation remained unfinished.
As a **disabled U.S. Army veteran** who has already spent years fighting my insurance company to properly repair my home, this was heartbreaking. I paid professionals thousands of dollars because I needed my home properly remediated. Instead, I had to spend even more money obtaining an independent assessment to discover mold conditions that remained.
I am attaching supporting documents so consumers can review the evidence themselves.
**My advice: GET A SECOND OPINION.** Had I simply relied on AWA's clearance, these conditions could have remained undiscovered and potentially worsened.
Based on my experience and the subsequent independent findings, **I would not use AWA Environmental again.** read more