It's hard to say goodbye once you've already fallen in love. I knew where the couch was to go and the table. I even had plans for landscaping the backyard and knew where each of my pictures would hang. The lateral sewage line looked good, and I was in hog house heaven. Because the basement was finished, I decided to pay extra for a radon test. The test came back high. That's when I knew I had to walk. I could have mitigated the radon with a tube and fan system. Maybe it would have been fine, but it didn't feel right inside. Now, it's hard to look at the pictures of the house and not feel a bit of pain, but I knew if I would have sealed the deal, I would have been going into a relationship that caused more harm than good in the long run - financially and healthwise. So I am healthy, no lung cancer to speak of, but I am broke and back at square one.
