Asbestos in house we're buying

HouseBuyer77

It does seem this is a rather rarer form of asbestos than that normally found in a house. As such I'd say you have a greater chance of succesfully negoiating with the vendor (point out that this is an odd material to find in a house, unlike the far more common chrysotile found in artex/cement materials).

Davesnave

As I said before, if I had them, I might still deal with these tiles myself, but that's because I've already worked with them (and worse!) around me for over 30 years, not always in circumstances where their integrity would have been respected either.

The risks weren't appreciated years ago and what's done, is done. Those meeting them for the first time now may have a different view

OP if I were you, I'd treat this the same way as any other survey result. £2k isn't a huge amount, but with the likely repairs added, you could be looking at £5k, which is certainly worth negotiating around.

Your problem is convincing the seller that they wont easily find someone less diligent, but if you copy the relevant part of the report to them, they may be prepared to listen and come to an agreement.