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Asbestos

Clacko
Clacko Posts: 1 Newbie
Fourth Anniversary
in House buying, renting & selling
I've recently purchased a house with a very overgrown garden. I've been clearing it out and found several bags with asbestos warning tape behide a shed.

It's been 5 weeks since we completed, is it worth contacting the seller's solicitor to find out exactly what's in the bags and to recover potential costs to remove it?

Thanks

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,373 Community Admin
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    No, not their problem. Contact your local council.
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  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Clacko wrote: »
    is it worth contacting the seller's solicitor to find out exactly what's in the bags and to recover potential costs to remove it?
    Not in the slightest. If it's already bagged up appropriately then just take it to wherever accepts asbestos waste.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    It might be tricky to dispose depending on council.

    Round my way you call the council to get the bags, they print the reg number of the car and the person named on council tax on the bag. If that car and that person doesn't turn up then they don't take them.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Deleted_User wrote: »
    It might be tricky to dispose depending on council.
    Not all councils take them. Mine doesn't, needs to go to somewhere like Biffa.
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