Asbestos in questionnaire but not in home report (Scotland)

HampshireH

I can't edit on this phone. Im going to have to start using a laptop.

Here is the link [URL="http:///asbestos/essentials/loosefill.htm"]http:///asbestos/essentials/loosefill.htm[/URL]

Eels100

Problem is this is an executry sale so the house is vacant and info is coming via the owner's son, via the estate agent. It would be much easier to just talk it through with them - current info is vague. Surveyor also couldn't access the loft for some reason so might also be a problem to get in there before purchase. Hmm.

Eels100

Just to update - the builder looked at the house today. We've yet to get numbers but it's very strange, good, news. The original roof was a dome of asbestos sheets (think nissen hut). A two room extension was added in the eighties, and to accommodate this a steel frame was erected on top of this, to make a standard pitched roof. It's strong enough to tile. The interior walls are chipboard though, all done on the cheap! We'd need to insulate the rooms internally. He's going to give us figures next week. Cross fingers it's affordable - the house itself is a shoddy job but looking fairly easy to make good. Thanks for the advice above :beer:

Eels100

Spoke to an asbestos surveyor today (not affiliated with any remediation companies, an independent guy) who guesstimated £8k to sort out what's in the roof space plus warned me that the tiles may well contain asbestos too. He did say we could buy the house and then plan to deal with the asbestos down the line, but in the meantime we'll be in trouble if we needed to sell up for any reason.

Even if we can buy the house for less, doing the work will swallow a lot of our deposit and modernisation budget. Plus, a mortgage surveyor might value it at less (assuming they make more effort to actually look at the property than the home report surveyor did!), thereby losing us any LTV advantage we might gain by a lower purchase price.

We're waiting to hear from the builder. I'm gutted that we might not be able to buy this house now - really thought this could be an opportunity to have a fabulous family home

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

OP. Use your legs, walk.

Eels100

I fear you might be right. Wish there was more choice round here

Asl77c

We had an asbestos survey of our house when we bought it. Have it in the kitchen and garage. Leaving it til later to deal with quoted 5k to sort it as an estimate. Didn't negotiate as we expected it from the time it was built. It's a non issue until you want to change anything.