Whether buying in Sevenoaks, refurbishing in Maidstone or managing a converted block in Canterbury, every asbestos survey in Kent starts from the same point. It is the document every other decision rests on.
Management surveys and refurbishment surveys are not interchangeable. We confirm which your situation requires before any fee is discussed or any work is scoped.
BOHS P402 surveyors attend every instruction
UKAS-accredited lab analysis on every sample
From scoping the right survey type to delivering a report your solicitor, lender and contractor can all act on. Five working days, fixed fee.
We establish what you are doing, whether that is buying, occupying, refurbishing or demolishing, and confirm the correct survey type, the areas to be covered and the access needed before a fee is quoted.
A systematic room-by-room inspection, intrusive where the survey type requires it, with samples taken discreetly and photographed in position before removal.
All bulk samples are analysed at a UKAS-accredited laboratory. The certificates come appended to your report as part of the document, not abstracted into a summary.
Findings, material condition and priority risk scores, location photographs and clear recommendations, written to be understood and formatted for use by solicitors, lenders and contractors.
We carry £10m public and employer liability insurance as standard on every survey we conduct across Surrey.
Our surveyors hold active BOHS qualifications. We do not subcontract survey work to unqualified operatives.
All laboratory analysis is carried out by an independent UKAS-accredited facility. We do not use in-house testing.
Every report is checked before issue and formatted for use by contractors, solicitors, landlords, and property managers.
FAQS
Asbestos management surveys are non-intrusive. They locate and score the condition of accessible materials so a building can be safely occupied and managed. A refurbishment and demolition survey is intrusive by design: it opens voids, risers and building fabric wherever your works will reach, because workers cannot be protected from materials that were never looked for. Using a management survey to authorise strip-out work is the most common unlawful shortcut in this sector.
There is no general legal duty on private homeowners, but there are three situations where an asbestos survey becomes essential: before refurbishing a pre-2000 property, when buying one, and when something turns up that raises concern. Landlords and managing agents of communal areas carry firmer legal obligations. If that applies to you, a management survey is not discretionary.
The fee scales with the size of the property, the type of survey and the access required. A flat’s management survey and a warehouse refurbishment survey are very different in scope and cost accordingly. Scope is confirmed free, the fee is fixed in writing, and there is no re-survey charge if removal work with us follows.
Survey slots are generally available within days across Kent postcodes and written reports follow within five working days of the visit. Where there is an exchange deadline or a contractor start date to hit, tell us the date and we will commit to it or be honest that we cannot.
Management surveys are deliberately non-intrusive. Sampling is discreet and any openings are made good. Refurbishment surveys are intrusive by definition but only within the areas the works will affect. The opening-up approach is agreed with you before the visit takes place.
In most cases, nothing requiring immediate action. The majority of findings are managed materials rather than items that need urgent removal. The report sets out what was found, what condition it is in and what, if anything, genuinely needs to happen next. Where removal is warranted, a fixed written price follows within 48 hours and the survey paperwork is already in your hands to proceed.
Every inspected area with photographs, each identified or presumed material recorded with its location, extent and condition score, UKAS laboratory certificates for every sampled item, and prioritised recommendations written in plain English. A single document your solicitor, lender and contractor can all read and act on without needing it translated.
Yes, all three on a daily basis. Individual flats alongside the communal parts of their blocks, commercial premises of every type, and residential properties across the county. The survey type adapts to the building. The reporting standard does not.
Every Kent postcode, with same-week slots available throughout the county. Deadline-driven instructions, whether for exchanges, contractor starts or compliance audits, receive priority booking.
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Send us your postcode and a description of the material you’ve found. A surveyor will be with you the same week, and your fixed written price follows within 48 hours.
