Long story short, I'm in the process of buying a nice house close to where I work now and in the course of the home inspection I payed for, it came out that it has high radon readings.
Now I'm not the type to fear every little thing that comes along, but I've heard and read enough about this stuff and plan to be in the house about 15-16 years so I'm concerned. The guy who did the inspection gave a rough estimate of between $900-$1250 on fixing the problem if I hire someone out to do it. As I understand it, it really is drilling into the gound and installing a vent fan and pipe to kind of create an overpresure to route this stuff out of the house which seems straightforward enough.
Does the cost estimate sound about right? The owner has offered to put up $600 against the cost of doing it (quite frankly, I could afford to do it and like the house well enough that I most likely would), but I seriously doubt he's gonna get it sold with the problem, in fact, the VA still needs to do their appraisal and a high radon reading if they test for it would most likely be a show stopper.
Thoughts? I've only ever bought one house in my life and that was 18 years ago. I'm not in the construction line of work and really don't know a lot more about this than just what a few quick google searches has revealed.