House Inspection and support woes. Help.

[fitz19d]

New fun. Anyone know about the trustability of Radon sensors and need for calibration?

My house that was a wash due to meth had 2.7 on the radon. It's like 5 houses west of the current one. It was an unfinished basement. New house same model but finished with the crawlspace door in a basement bedroom. Believe meter was left in this bedroom with basement door shut for the few days it was there largely.

It came back as 4.8 with 4.0 being EPA cutoff for remediation required? Possible bad/off sensor? Caused by just less airflow the way the basement is? (Inspector got 0 co results with 10-20 in the flue which was fine but was unhappy with the seemingly smaller/missing or hidden behind furnace combustion air vent or whatever.)

[rbeau30]

New fun. Anyone know about the trustability of Radon sensors and need for calibration?

My house that was a wash due to meth had 2.7 on the radon. It's like 5 houses west of the current one. It was an unfinished basement. New house same model but finished with the crawlspace door in a basement bedroom. Believe meter was left in this bedroom with basement door shut for the few days it was there largely.

It came back as 4.8 with 4.0 being EPA cutoff for remediation required? Possible bad/off sensor? Caused by just less airflow the way the basement is? (Inspector got 0 co results with 10-20 in the flue which was fine but was unhappy with the seemingly smaller/missing or hidden behind furnace combustion air vent or whatever.)

I had put in the contract that the owner would have a professionally installed mitigation system in at their expense. MY DIY kits came back at over 12. The owners had the system put in ... easy peasy.

[MarkCO]

They do need to be calibrated, but they are pretty accurate. There is a prescribed test methodology that has to be followed. Radon remediation is ALL about airflow. All the systems do is pump air out. Readings will change over time due to many factors, including water table. If you don't have a slab on grade, the remediation system should be around $1k.

[fitz19d]

Believe it is slab on grade....

I have inspection report if I can attach pdf here somehow? Also can upload my terrible phone video to youtube.

[ChunkyMonkey]

All of these expensive hints, you should ask your agent to look outside the neighborhood.

[fitz19d]

We've been looking all over, that's part of why I was saying who market is crazy shit now. Just happened to come up with this one nearby to the other house. (9/10 houses that were new listed in the last week that were possiblities are all under contract in under 48 hours.)

I think I could get a great house if she'd look at Milliken/Jtown, but is a very far drive and there is no way I'd want to transfer back up to the retard site that was my old location.

[ChunkyMonkey]

We've been looking all over, that's part of why I was saying who market is crazy shit now. Just happened to come up with this one nearby to the other house. (9/10 houses that were new listed in the last week that were possiblities are all under contract in under 48 hours.)

I think I could get a great house if she'd look at Milliken/Jtown, but is a very far drive and there is no way I'd want to transfer back up to the retard site that was my old location.

Yes, thats the pre spring rush. I have 8 home buyers floating around trying to get under contract currently. My advice to them is to be patience. Once the weather get warmer, more sellers will list their homes, market will stabilize a bit. We had a pretty long winter this year, many of my sellers are delaying listing their homes.. because lets face it, who wants to move in the snow. Furthemore, there is not much REO currently, because most banks won't foreclose during the holidays. We should see more foreclosure listings starting this month.

Nevertheless, as far as volume, we are still way DOWN compare to pre 2008. Rate isn't going anywhere either. i just closed one yesterday at 3.9% 30 year fixed FHA. If time is on your side, you'll most likely will get a good deal. Dont buy just because there is no 'other' option in the market.

Best of luck to you.

[Jamnanc]

Firestone or Frederick? Have you looked at the new construction at candelas?

[Great-Kazoo]

We've been looking all over, that's part of why I was saying who market is crazy shit now. Just happened to come up with this one nearby to the other house. (9/10 houses that were new listed in the last week that were possiblities are all under contract in under 48 hours.)

I think I could get a great house if she'd look at Milliken/Jtown, but is a very far drive and there is no way I'd want to transfer back up to the retard site that was my old location.

Ok, time to deal with the issues at hand. This is not the 1st time you have mentioned "banging heads" so to speak with your spouse. You need to sit down with her and discuss the realities of house hunting, expectations, pros / cons, of certain areas. Cost of housing vs. cost and time of commute. You are not the only one who commutes a distance every day 25 , 70 , 76 can confirm that.
The number of concerns with this house say, Walk Away. Take the time to look on your own instead of a realtor doing the leg work. Realtors, good, bad, indifferent tend to steer folks towards certain areas. It seems everything is being done based off what your spouse wants, instead of what both of you can compromise on.

[MarkCO]

Damn old wise men talking truth...enough to piss you off, especially when you ignore them.

There will be enough "very close" homes to get you what you want. We lived in an apartment for 3 years, shopping weekends for almost 2 of those. Our first house, we skipped it the first time we looked at it. Too many issues. We looked another 6 months, then bought that same house for less money after they had taken it off the market and fixed the issues. Still had about $4k in seller paid fixes before we closed. It was not a money pit and served us well for 10 years. We spent 2 years looking for our current house and given it is in the Metro, we could not be happier. Patience is profit.