M3 Real Estate Inspection, LLC
david @m3inspect.com
www.m3inspect.com
Welcome to M3 Real Estate Inspection,LLC a Premier Home Inspection Kansas City Company.
M3 Real Estate Inspection,LLC provides greater Kansas City Home Inspection services with the knowledge and experience gained from inspecting hundreds of homes in Missouri. We help clients by informing them to the conditions of the house which may include hidden problems. M3 Real Estate Inspection,LLC is a trusted Home Inspector Kansas City Company that also provides Radon Testing and Mold Testing.
Choosing the right home inspector can be almost as important as choosing the right home. Why? Because many homes - even new ones - have defects that you may not notice. A skilled Home Inspection Professional such as M3 Real Estate Inspection, LLC has the training and experience needed to look for visual signs of defects in your new home. These defects, if not detected and repaired prior to closing, can cost you, the new homeowner, thousands of dollars in repair bills.
The U.S. Surgeon General’s office, the American Medical Association, the EPA, and the American Lung Association have stated that Radon is the 2nd leading cause of lung cancer in the United States today (2nd to cigarette smoking). If you smoke and your house has high radon levels, your risk of lung cancer is especially high. The EPA and the Surgeon General recommend testing for radon. Testing is not expensive, simple, non-evasive, and can be done in a short term test of 48-72 hours
RADON GETS IN THROUGH:
- Cracks in solid floors
- Construction joints
- Cracks in walls
- Gaps in suspended floors
- Gaps around service pipes
- Cavities inside walls
- The water supply
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Radon is a radioactive gas that has been found in homes all over the U.S. It comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in the soil, rocks, and water buried underground and gets into the air you breathe. You cannot see or taste radon gas. It typically moves through the ground and enters your home through cracks or other openings in the foundation. Your home can then trap the radon inside and long-term exposure can be hazardous to your health.
Sometimes a well-meaning seller, relative, or real estate agent will try to downplay the radon issue by telling you that only old houses have radon problems or that houses on a crawlspace or they say those with a walkout basement, or those with stone basements are so drafty that they don’t have radon problems. That is a myth and just plain not true! **Any house can have a radon problem. **This includes new and old homes, drafty, or well-sealed homes and homes with or without basements. Two houses side-by-side in the same neighborhood can have totally different indoor radon levels. A national study by the EPA has determined that 1 out of every 15 homes in the U.S. have elevated radon levels. **In the Kansas City and surrounding area, it has been established that more like 1 in 5 houses have an elevated radon level, and the only way to find out for sure is by testing.
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There are several ways to test a house for radon, including cheap do-it-yourself kits and canisters that the owner can buy for about $25 at a hardware store and do themselves. However if these do-it-yourself test kits are not handled correctly the results may not be reliable. The most reliable and accurate way of testing in the limited time span of a real estate transaction is by using an “electronic radon monitor.” “Electronic radon monitors” provide hourly readouts and other tamper deterrents that eliminate the false accusations and suspicions of seller or agent interference that can easily occur when using a cheap canister type of test device.
If the results of the radon test do show elevated radon levels, they can be easily and permanently fixed by a Certified Radon Mitigation Contractor. Since elevated radon levels are mainly a health hazed only after long-term exposure, its in your best interest to test the radon level prior to buying a new home. Once the radon situation is corrected, many people also notice the air quality in the home has been improved (no musty odors). The average costs of installing a radon mitigation system typically range from $800-$1200 (considerably less than replacing an older worn out roof or furnace). One final thought about radon; many people that work for large “Fortune 500 Companies” get transferred every few years. In these cases, the company often has a “buy-out program” that will offer to purchase their employee’s house if it doesn’t sell quickly. Most of these companies want a radon test on the house before they offer to purchase it. If you have radon at that time, its your problem and your expense.