dpb wrote:
wrote:
I am currently in the process of selling my home. A radon test
revealed that my radon is at a level of 6.9 pCi/L. The buyers
interested in my home are requesting that a mitigation system be
installed.
...
I don't actually know law/requirements but the EPA radon site should
help.
But, this is one I'd try to get out of by buying the potential buyers
off -- let them deal with it to whatever level they're comfortable. If
go ahead and do something yourself, then I'd want a contractual
agreement up front that what it is you're going to do is going to be
acceptable irrespective of the outcome of any further test, otherwise
you're in an open-ended loop.
Are you for real? What prospective buyer is going to enter into an
agreement where if the seller just does X, they then have to buy the
house whether it corrects the radon problem or not? The radon is
above the acceptable limit. The seller owns this problem period.
Plus, now that he knows about it, he has to disclose it to future
buyers as well.
Any buyer with less than **** for brains is going to insist that this
be corrected properly, by a professional company, not the homeowner and
that a further test shows that the radon is now at an acceptable limit.
As noted, it would be far simpler for
you to take a small hit and be done, but whatever you decide, don't
just do something just hoping it will be accepted by a potential buyer.
A piece of carpet replaced or similar cosmetic/structure is one thing,
something like radon remediation _could_ escalate into a real hassle
depending on the situation. You just want to make it a closed-ended
deal.