New England Properties

Who Should Pick Up A Radon Test?

I have just spent a half hour on the phone with Roger Perras in the MA Dept. of Public Health Radiation Control Program. His phone number is 800-723-6695 (or 800-Radon95). This conversation was informative.

My question to him was in reference to the issue in my previous blog about home inspectors passing off the responsibility of picking up a radon test. Roger said he has been getting more inquiries like mine. However, currently this is an unaddressed part of the radon testing industry.

Roger said that he suggests:
- using a certified radon tester or testing company
- understanding the testing procedure and protocol
- understanding the variability of radon test results

Here is a link to useful information for home buyers from the EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/hmbyguid.html

I'll explain the three parts of his response in future bogs.

 

Heath Coker, Associate Broker
Robert Paul Properties
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0 comments • Heath Coker, Real Estate Broker, Cape Cod • June 24 2010 12:41PM

Radon Test Liability - Are You Being Asked To Take It On?

Some inspection companies are asking real estate licensees to be responsible for picking up a radon test, sealing it, and mailing it.

There are some inexperienced people who will do this, not understanding the liability it creates.

Other more experienced professionals are more aware of the liability that this creates for a person who handles the test, other than the inspector or the buyer.

Returning to the property to pick up the test seems to be too time consuming for some inspectors.

Causing an person to get involved in the test who is not the inspector or the buyer seems unprofessional to me.

Hearing from the company owner, "Your state MLS would probably advise against your handling the test from a liability point, but someone has to do it, and we aren't going to do it for free." I responded that other companies are willing to, and do, return to complete this as part of the service to their inspection clients. He said his company does, too, for a fee.

Do you take on this liability? What are the problems you see happening? Should the buyer take on the recovery of the test? If a fee is reasonable, how much should it be?

Heath Coker, Associate Broker
Robert Paul Properties
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508-274-5613  Licensed in MA
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2 comments • Heath Coker, Real Estate Broker, Cape Cod • June 23 2010 01:44PM