Radon Mitigation in Century Hills, Rochester MN
Radon work in Century Hills, done by people who know the basements.
Most of the Century Hills and Cassidy Ridge calls we get are from buyers, not owners. The closing date is already on the calendar, the inspection came back with a number, and the question is what to do with the time between now and the walkthrough.
Where the calls usually come from
Century Hills and Cassidy Ridge sit on the northeast edge of Rochester, off East Circle Drive. The homes are almost all post-2000, and the housing is consistent enough across the subdivisions that the questions we get tend to look similar from address to address.
The typical scenario goes like this. The home inspector hands the buyer a radon number above 4.0. The buyer or their realtor reaches out, usually within a day or two of getting the report. From there it's a real estate timeline question, and that's a conversation we have a lot.
For sellers in these subdivisions, the equation is different. Knowing where the home stands on radon before listing it removes one of the variables from the negotiation. We talk through that scenario with sellers too, and the right move depends on the specifics.
Century Hills at a glance
Northeast Rochester, off East Circle Drive.
- Era
- Built from the early 2000s through the present
- Foundations
- Poured concrete with the post-2009 Minnesota passive radon code roughed in on most homes. The newer builds in Cassidy Ridge are particularly consistent in how they're laid out.
- Era
- 2000s through present
- Common context
- Pre-closing home inspection
- Foundation
- Poured with passive system roughed in
- Rochester median radon
- 3.2 pCi/L Citywide. Tracts range 2.2–5.3 pCi/L. By-tract view.
- Olmsted Co. ≥ 4 pCi/L
- 42.3% of tested homes MDH, 2014–2023
Three steps. On your timeline.
Measure your radon level.
We start with a measurement of what is actually in the air your family breathes. You see the result we see, and we walk through what it means in plain language.
You see the picture first.
Once you have the result, we talk through what your home is dealing with. No scripts, no pressure. You decide what to do next on your own timeline.
A conversation about your home.
If you want to take action, we look at the basement together and talk through what a plan for your foundation could look like. Every home is its own conversation.
Other Rochester neighborhoods we cover.
Manor Woods
Manor Woods and Manor Woods West went up fast, mostly from a small handful of builder packages, and the houses share enough DNA that we usually have a sense of the layout before we pull up to the curb.
Bamber Valley
If your Bamber Valley home was built after June of 2009, the radon prep is already in your slab. Whether or not it's doing what it's supposed to be doing is a different question, and it's the one most owners around here are actually asking.
Quarry Hill and Apple Hill
East Rochester is where the limestone under your house stops being abstract. Quarry Hill Park is named for the limestone that came out of the hill, and the homes around it sit on or near the same rock. That shifts what's happening underneath the slab.
Find out your radon levels with a free radon test.
About 42% of tested Olmsted County homes come back above the EPA action level. The surrounding counties are higher. The first step is knowing where yours sits, and that is the part we do for free.