Radon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. We signed a contract where the condition is that the seller will not be doing any fixes. Home inspection and radon measurement was for our own knowledge. But we are trying to ask for a credit from the seller for radon mitigation plus some other issues in the house. Not major issues but several minor ones. We haven't heard back.

Why would you ask them to pay then? I don’t understand.

Exactly, OP needs to pay for it as they are buying the house as-is.

It sounds like OP has a home inspection contingency, but also a clause that the seller won't be paying for any repairs. That's how I bought my house also. So OP can't insist on the seller paying for repairs, but can back out of the deal entirely based on the inspection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put in a system. We did. It fixed it within hours.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. We signed a contract where the condition is that the seller will not be doing any fixes. Home inspection and radon measurement was for our own knowledge. But we are trying to ask for a credit from the seller for radon mitigation plus some other issues in the house. Not major issues but several minor ones. We haven't heard back.

Why would you ask them to pay then? I don’t understand.

Exactly, OP needs to pay for it as they are buying the house as-is.

It sounds like OP has a home inspection contingency, but also a clause that the seller won't be paying for any repairs. That's how I bought my house also. So OP can't insist on the seller paying for repairs, but can back out of the deal entirely based on the inspection.

OP wrote: This is OP. We signed a contract where the condition is that the seller will not be doing any fixes. Home inspection and radon measurement was for our own knowledge. But we are trying to ask for a credit from the seller for radon mitigation plus some other issues in the house. Not major issues but several minor ones. We haven't heard back.
Right. So why would you expect a credit?

[Anonymous]

Try leaving a basement window open or cracked first. Depending on how airtight the house is hat might be enough to solve the problem without installing a system. If you install a radon fan, make sure it has variable settings for the cfm. That way you can adjust the speed if needed.

[Anonymous]

Very common in this area (and SUPER common in the Midwest). Not a big deal. Just put in the abatement system. The system needs to be (inside) near an exterior wall or vented to the exterior wall. Costs $1000 - $1500 and it solves the problem. Easy fix for a common problem - not a deal-breaker, IMHO