Is radon common around Denver, CO?

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I am from out of state and buying a house around Denver, CO and the radon came back at 6.2. Mitigation will be done.  Does it affect the resale of the house in the future?

Joe Garretson · Answer

Yes, radon is common around the Front Range. If you're putting in the mitigation system now, you shouldn't have any issues in terms of resale value in the future. It's roughly a $1000 fix and if a home doesn't have the mitigation in place, it'll likely come up on the inspection and the buyer would request the system be put in. Common "issue" around here for buyers/sellers. Not a value problem at least from my experience.

Kayla Givens · Answer

@Pauline Choi echoing what Joe shared - it is quite common in the Denver area. I've only seen one home come in in the safe threshold while others have had radon in the 12-25 range. Like Joe said, it's not a huge cost and in my opinion, is worth it for peace of mind and if you have tenants living in your property, for their safety as well.

Best of luck!

Nathan Gesner · Answer

It's very common, it's very inexpensive to fix, and adding mitigation will only help the resale value.

Ben Rhodin · Answer

Hey @Pauline Choi! As pretty much everyone here has said, yes radon is very prevalent here in the front range. I tell clients to just expect it unless the home has already been mitigated. I have seen a handful of homes that are safe (my rental being one of them) but it is rare. It does not affect the resale value either way, if you choose to not mitigate for whatever reason, the worst you will look at is a $1000 fix down the road. Now without knowing the property (but since it came back at 6.2), there are cases that the cost increases. If it is an excessive amount of Radon, or the property has an expansive basement or complicated layout that cost can increase, but I have never had one cost more than $1k.

Pauline Choi · Answer

@Joe Garretson

@Kayla Govier

Thank you for taking the time to provide the information. Very helpful.  We submitted the inspection proposal and will go forward with it.  Thank you BP community. The best!

Adam Macias · Answer

Great feedback from everyone. Thank you!

Michael Baum · Answer

Awesome stuff @Joe Garretson.

Is radon common around Denver, CO?

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