Radon Testing
Whether you are buying, selling, or just maintaining your
current residence, you should consider tesng your
home for radon.
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non smokers and
the second leading cause of lung cancer in smokers. ts a silent
killer but it can be idened. here are soluons that can be put
into place, hich ill protect you and your loved ones and the
long term value of your home.
Radon is an odorless, tasteless, naturallyoccurring gas that
comes from the soil. t is produced by decaying uranium in
the soil and can be found in granite rock, hich is common in
eorgia.
he EPA recommends tesng for radon every to years, either
through home kits hich can be purchased at a big bo retailers
or by using a radon specialist company to test using dierent
shortterm or longterm tesng methods that track for possible
radon leaks over me.
he kits are a shortterm test hich can take hours and give
you an immediate anser. he age of the home or construcon
materials have lile impact on radon levels, unless your home
builder specically applied prevenon measures.
Even if your neighbors are radon free, its recommended that
you test your home.
f radon is detected in your home, contact a radon specialist
company. hey can provide dierent opons for remediaon,
hich can range from $1,500 to $2,500 on average. hey may
seal the basement and create an air circulaon strategy to keep
the air clear in your home.
e recommend to our buyers that all homes are inspected for
radon during their home inspecon process to ensure that there
are no issues that need to be addressed during the due diligence
period.
ith simple tesng, you can prevent long term health
concerns before they happen. ou can also protect your
investment, in perhaps one of your largest nancial purchases.
26 | February 2020 | Real Hero Report
Hero Rewards Georgia
In 201, our mission as to help as many eorgia heroes and
their families obtain savings through our serviceconnected
reards program, Homes for Heroes. am ecited to announce
that e successfully helped 0 eorgia hero families purchase
homes andor renance eisng home loans ith a total savings
of $225,75.61. hese numbers should earn us a top spot
naonally ith the Homes for Heroes organiaon hich ill be
announced in the arch or April issue of
e are very pleased ith our eorts to have reached 0
eorgia heroes and help them and their families obtain the
dream of homeonership by oering them a poron of my
commission that euals 1 of the loan amount the hero
borros. For eample if they have a $00,000 loan then e
ould oer the hero a $,000 lender credit. his ulmately in
most instances is the determining factor of hether they can
aord to purchase the home. e also have others involved ho
oer discounts, such as Realtors ho are aliated ith the
program and friends of the program such as closing aorneys,
home inspectors, homeoners insurance providers, alarm
companies, etc., compounding the overall savings that the hero
can receive. n average eorgia heroes save anyhere from
$2,000 to $5,000, hich varies from transacon to transacon.
Ninety is a very small poron of the number of heroes ho
purchased and or renanced in 201, here in eorgia. need
your help to spread the ord about this amaing service reards
program to as many heroes as you can. y mission is to double
our total heroes served and double the amount of money e can
help them save. n 2020, plan to reach more than 10 Heroes
and save them more than $50 from my on commissions
alone.
his program as created based on the events that took place
aer 11 in order to honor our local heroes. ur local heroes
include all military acve duty or rered, all la enforcement
categories, all rst responders ES, Fire ghters, 11
centers, etc., all those ho ork in educaon and all medical
professionals. hese brave people are the backbone of our
society and deserve to be honored each day for the sacrices
they make to help keep us safe, educated and healthy. ts my
mission to be able to reach as many local Heroes, so e can
honor them ith a reard if they intend to purchase a home or
renance an eisng loan in 2020.
f you ould like more informaon about this program or have
any other uesons, please contact me directly at 0 21
66 or email me at gcerretanihomebridge.com.