Radon affected area

[livethislifetoday]

Hi,
I'm buying a property in north surrey - and the property report has indicated elevated levels of radon. 3-5%.
Is this something I should be worried about? Reading about it online is terrifying!

Any advice welcome. I'm buying on my own and don't have anyone sensible to ask!
Thanks

Ha - I'm near there and just searched and mine is 3-5% - I never knew!

Seeing what Cornwall looks like I think 3/5% risk is just fine - have lived here 17 years and never even realised so clearly not much of an issue

The area in general, or the property has tested at 3-5% radon?

The area in general is probably fine. You can get a test kit where you leave little boxed around the house for a while and send off to be analysed. If they record radon you can get something to ventilate - usually a positive pressure fan to continually suck air into the property and force the radon air out. (it comes from the ground, or sometimes the walls if it's built of granite).

Thanks for your replies. It's the area that's affected, and it looks like it's similar in neighbouring towns so clearly nothing too serious! Was a little spooked by googling and it saying that it could affect the purchase price.

Look at cancer rates in the affected area v national cancer rates. You might be surprised.

Where I live (USA) Radom mitigation is common and isn’t particularly expensive. Having learnt about it, I’d definitely check any property for it in future. I think mitigation is recommended at 4.

Testing is easy enough but Unless you have sole access to a property, the results are easily fudged by the owners (or unscrupulous realtors) opening doors and windows. Can also be affected by weather conditions.

our house got a reading of 3.something so we couldn’t insist on mitigation by the seller. Was not surprised when we picked up much higher levels when we took further readings later on. We paid for mitigation ourselves.

Agree with PP about looking at cancer rates vs National average.