buying a house with radon?

Most purchase and sales agreements have an inspection contingency, which gives you the right to inspect the property and if anything comes up that wasn's disclosed to you and whiich affects the health of the purchaser or the overall value of the property you can get out.

Check with your real estate agent or a lawyer, or read the agreement carefully and find out what your rights are.

I'm sure the Seller didn't know the radon levels were high, after all it's an odorless, tasteless gas. You'll be fine as long as you let the house breathe, that is open windows and doors from time to time to let your house air out. It depends on how your contract and addenda are worded, but there are radon abatement systems if you are really concerned about it. I don't think radon is that big a deal though.

Radon is a naturally occuring gas that seeps into your house due to the radioactive decay of elements that are normally in bricks, blocks, or concrete that was used to build the house. There is no way to prevent it in an existing building. Good ventilation will help control it, but as long as the elements in the building keep decaying, Radon will keep coming into your house.

If this was not disclosed prior to the sale, and the owner knew about it, then you can probably fight them because of that. Otherwise I would figure out how to sell the place, and learn as much about Radon as you possibly can, so you can figure out ways to control it.

One of the bad things about radon, is that there are virtually no short term side effects. Long term side effects could include cancer, and other healt problems. In my opinion it's not worth risking your health if you can't figure out a way to control it.

If the examined tiers come lower back decrease than 4pC/L then the home is secure and additionally you haven't any longer any concerns. era. meaning the mitigation equipment is working exact. in case you pass forward and purchase the area, you will choose for to get complete instructions approximately examining and keeping the mitigation equipment. If the examined tiers are severe, you have a pair suggestions: wave off and shop finding or ask for a alleviation in the acquisition fee to make advancements to the mitigation equipment and get the tiers interior of limits. It relies upon on the broking however if or no longer they had choose for the 2d selection. quite in the event that they have submit-mitigation attempt comments that say the activity replaced into finished precise. briefly, i does not evaluate a severe Radon point an computerized tutor stopper. working occasion: i would be working with my niece mitigating her new abode - it examined at 6 and eight workstation/L.

I don't know how you make a gas disappear, so I don't know how the seller would rectify this. So that you are armed and dangerous if it becomes a litigious situation, educate yourself on the causes and effects of radon. I personally would not want to live there.

You can withdraw your offer but you'll risk loosing earnest money if you put some up. If you have a Realtor they should be able to help you with the legality of how the offer was written and if the seller had prior knowledge and didn't disclose it, then he should be liable. Great Luck!

Everything you ever wanted to know about radon and all the aspects of it as it relates to real estate can be found at:

http://www.epa.gov/radon/realestate.html

Good luck on your research