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This is not how radon tests are carried. This is very horrible advice coming from a real estate professional.
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Originally Posted by MikeJaquish
Crawlspace or basement or slab?
If on a crawlspace, are the vents opened or closed?
5.3 is easily remedied by opening closed crawlspace vents. If it falls to you to remediate, I would do a 90 day test before overreacting on a 48-72 hour test.
None of your list is "massive repairs," but, you may be able to get the relo company to remediate and repair anyway.
Crawlspace or basement or slab?
If on a crawlspace, are the vents opened or closed?
5.3 is easily remedied by opening closed crawlspace vents. If it falls to you to remediate, I would do a 90 day test before overreacting on a 48-72 hour test.
None of your list is "massive repairs," but, you may be able to get the relo company to remediate and repair anyway.
Eh. For the small sum of money that a radon mitigation system costs, I would just put it in and not worry about doing a 90 day test. Especially if you can get the relo company to pay for it.
Eh. For the small sum of money that a radon mitigation system costs, I would just put it in and not worry about doing a 90 day test. Especially if you can get the relo company to pay for it.
On a 5.3?
If this is a home on a crawl space with vents closed and has been vacant for some period of time, venting the living area and opening the vents will probably reduce the reading below 4 without further mitigation.
And my input was predicated on the possibility that mitigation might fall on the OP's shoulders.
Generally, I would not own an active mitigation system unless there was a demonstrable need for one. The OP is in my market and they really are not all that common here.
Thanks. The house has a basement. Waiting to talk to our agent and I will look through our papers to see if there is anything about radon. I'm hoping it will work out we actually offered over listing (due to multiple bids) so even though one post was about the fact that it doesn't cost much to repair-I think the seller should repair things. I know we did when we sold our house.
Thanks. The house has a basement. Waiting to talk to our agent and I will look through our papers to see if there is anything about radon. I'm hoping it will work out we actually offered over listing (due to multiple bids) so even though one post was about the fact that it doesn't cost much to repair-I think the seller should repair things. I know we did when we sold our house.
Basement. Check.
Good luck with your purchase!
Hope it all works out for you.
1. Do you want the house or not?
2. Are you going to let a $200 garbage disposal destroy the deal?
3. Radon mitigation is about $1K
4. Water and rot can mean $1K or $100K. You need to know how bad it is.
It depends in the house, but radon mitigation can sometimes be closer to 2k. We were quoted $1500 to remediate radon and that was the cheapest quote we got out of several. The estimate went up to $1800 when the came over and saw the funky way they would have to install it.
On a 5.3?
If this is a home on a crawl space with vents closed and has been vacant for some period of time, venting the living area and opening the vents will probably reduce the reading below 4 without further mitigation.
And my input was predicated on the possibility that mitigation might fall on the OP's shoulders.
Generally, I would not own an active mitigation system unless there was a demonstrable need for one. The OP is in my market and they really are not all that common here.
Ahhh. I wasn't sure where the OP was located. In my market, mitigation systems are paid for by the seller traditionally. Radon is also incredibly common in this area. Having a mitigation system around here does not stigmatize your property in any way IMO.
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