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Sledge.....don't worry too much about wells unless you're planning on buying a plot of bedrock. In normal places they cost around $2000. I just had to replace mine a few months ago after it ran for 19 years.



Soil tests....It could be for the well but only to see if there was too much rock maybe. Other soil tests are used to check fertility and acidity. You don't want to get something that won't grow grass. They could be talking about a perc test (percolation test) which is the test you have to do before installing a septic tank. This test checks the soil's permeability so that your sewer system doesn't back up on you. If they have done other soil tests, what are they saying? What are the results? That might help in figuring out what kind of test it is.