“Asbestos-containing materials may be present” is the most common, and least useful, sentence in Croydon transactions. Level 2 and 3 surveys flag the possibility but rarely test anything. A pre-purchase survey replaces that with lab-confirmed facts you can negotiate with.
We survey the property, sample the flagged materials, and return a report pairing each finding with removal or management costs. Your solicitor gets evidence; you get leverage, or peace of mind, which is worth just as much.
Turnaround built around exchange deadlines, not our diary
Findings costed with fixed removal prices you can act on
From arranging access to delivering a costed report before your exchange date; every step is built around the transaction timeline.
We arrange the visit via the estate agent or vendor directly; buyers rarely have keys, so we handle the choreography.
Every flagged item plus the era-typical suspects inspected and sampled; UKAS-accredited lab analysis on each distinct material.
Findings, photographs, lab certificates and a fixed price against each item needing action; formatted for your solicitor to deploy.
Choose to proceed with any works and the survey rolls straight into removal at the quoted figure, scheduled around your move-in.
A lab certificate plus a fixed quote beats a surveyor's hedge every time.
We work to your exchange date and tell you upfront if it can't be met.
The survey fee isn't repeated in the removal price if you proceed with us.
Plenty of "asbestos problems" turn out to be minor, managed items; knowing that saves purchases too.
FAQS
It’s a flag, not a finding. Building surveyors note the possibility and recommend specialist investigation; they don’t sample or price anything. Our survey is that specialist investigation; the difference between “may be present” and “is present, here, and costs this much to fix.”
Yes, with the vendor’s consent, which agents arrange routinely for this exact purpose. Vendors who refuse access to a reasonable pre-purchase inspection are telling you something too.
That’s workable in most cases: survey within days, priority lab analysis, costed report to you and your solicitor before the deadline. Tell us the exchange date when you enquire and we’ll commit or decline honestly.
That’s a negotiation call, but our report supports either route: a fixed removal quote gives you the exact figure to seek off the price, or a specification the vendor’s contractor must match. Most buyers prefer the price reduction and controlling the works themselves post-completion.
Then you’ve bought certainty; a document that neutralises the homebuyer report’s warning for your lender, your solicitor and your own peace of mind. A clean result is a good outcome, not a wasted fee.
Frequently. Compressed timescales and unmodernised stock make auction and probate purchases exactly where these surveys earn their keep. Access and turnaround are tighter; we plan for both.
Almost always. The fee is a fraction of a typical asbestos-related price reduction, and even a clean result buys the certainty that keeps a lender and a nervous buyer moving. It’s the cheapest leverage in the transaction.
It’s yours; you commissioned it. Most buyers share the findings-and-costs pages through solicitors as negotiation evidence, which is exactly what the format is built for; whether and when to share is your call.
Every district and the bordering streets; terraces, semis, flats, conversions and ex-council stock alike. Give us the address and the exchange date; we work backwards from the deadline.
Questions about a job or a quote? Email the team directly.
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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.
