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Asbestos Survey for Bashley
Asbestos survey in Bashley: asbestos surveys before work, sale or management. Tell us what you’ve found and we will explain your options.
- Schools, halls and community buildings
- Buying a property built before 2000
- Demolition and strip-out
Asbestos help in Bashley
Asbestos survey in Bashley
What you are planning in Bashley decides the survey: managing the building, refurbishing it, knocking it down or buying it. We will recommend the right one. People often contact us about pre-work surveys for trades and refurbishment, rewiring and new kitchens or bathrooms, involving flues, pipe lagging and garage roofs.
Village properties around Bashley often come with outbuildings, which a survey can include, since cement sheeting was common on outbuildings. Work is planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance, whatever the size of the job.
- Where
- Bashley (BH25)
- Area hub
- Hampshire
- Service
- Management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase surveys
- Paperwork
- Written survey report
- Price
- A written quote before work starts
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Landlords, managing agents and employers
Community buildings count as non-domestic premises, so whoever runs them has a duty to manage asbestos.
Void periods are a good time for asbestos work, when rooms are empty and work can be done without disruption.
Your options compared
A survey or a sample test? Testing tells you about the materials you sample, and nothing else; a survey covers everything in scope, including materials nobody had spotted. The cost of an asbestos survey depends on the job: the materials, the amount, access and what paperwork is needed. We quote each job individually.
How we work in Bashley
- Honest advice, even when the answer is to leave it
- Recommendations in plain English
- London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond
- Condition assessed for every material
Read how we price jobs or published price ranges.
Step by step
A management survey involves minor intrusion: lifting ceiling tiles, opening service cupboards and taking small samples. Sample points are sealed afterwards. When we’re done, we explain what happens next and what paperwork follows.
- Tell us about the building, its age and what you’re planning
- We agree the survey type and scope, and send a quote
- We inspect and sample the areas in scope
- An accredited laboratory analyses the samples
- The report comes to you, and we explain anything that is not clear
How to prepare
- Tell us about anything that’s already damaged
- Move belongings away from the area, without touching the material
- Leave the suspect material alone until we arrive
Ask for a quote
You’ll get a written quote. Ring 07833 053 749, or send the details through our contact page with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
Helpful guides
Questions from Bashley
Do you survey schools and community buildings around Bashley?
Yes, working with whoever is responsible for the building. The duty holder should hold an asbestos register.
Do you cover small places like Bashley?
Yes. We cover villages and hamlets as well as towns. Just tell us how to reach the property.
What paperwork will I get?
Depending on the job, a report, results or a consignment note.
Will the survey damage the property?
A management survey takes small samples, which are sealed afterwards. A refurbishment and demolition survey is intrusive by design, because it has to look inside the fabric of the building.
How do I know if my property contains asbestos?
Looking will not tell you. Laboratory analysis of a sample gives the answer, especially in buildings from before 2000.
What does the survey report include?
The materials found, their locations, the laboratory results, their condition, photographs and recommendations. Areas not accessed are listed too.
What if the weather’s bad?
Indoor jobs go ahead in any weather. Outdoor roof work can be delayed by strong wind or heavy rain.
How dangerous is asbestos?
Breathing in asbestos fibres can cause serious diseases, often decades later. The main risk is from disturbing it, which is why identifying it first matters.
Materials we deal with
Pipe lagging
Old lagging is one of the higher-risk materials. It’s licensed work.
Insulating board
Insulating board turns up in panels, ceilings, soffits and boiler cupboards. Most work on it is licensed, so identifying it matters.
Should you do it yourself?
If you do find something during DIY, stop: keep people away, don’t sweep or vacuum it up, and get advice.
Fragile roofs are a serious falls risk, quite apart from the asbestos, so stay off it.
What else we do in Bashley
Why people call us in Bashley
Contractors working on buildings need to know where asbestos is before they start. HSE regularly reminds tradespeople to check before they start, and a survey report is how they find out.
These are the materials and situations that most often lead to surveys:
- Surveys requested by builders before work
- Demolition projects
- Schools, halls and community buildings
- Planned refurbishment work
If you have an older property in Bashley, near St John or anywhere else, a refurbishment and demolition survey of the areas affected should come first.
Questions to ask before booking
- The survey type, as defined in HSG264
- The report contents
- Whether they’re insured for asbestos work
- Areas included and excluded
The scope of an asbestos survey
Here’s what an asbestos survey covers, and what it doesn’t:
- The report describes the building when surveyed; condition can change, so recheck it
- Inaccessible areas are recorded, and should be presumed to contain asbestos
- A refurbishment and demolition survey needs the areas to be empty, so plan it around the building’s use
If you’re unsure, describe the job and send photos, and we will advise before you book.
Common materials
- Pipe lagging
- Water tanks and flues
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Cement sheets and cladding
- Garage and shed roofs
- Ceiling tiles
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Artex and textured coatings
Looking after things afterwards
Keep the report somewhere safe and share it with anyone working on the building, so nobody disturbs asbestos by accident.
Once we’re done:
- Keep pets and children out of the way on the day
- Ensure we can get into the loft, garage and cupboards
- Book the survey before you book builders
- Ask for the report in a format you can share with contractors
Things not to do
Until the survey is done, don’t drill, sand, cut or break suspect materials, and keep trades away from them.
Until the survey is done, do not drill, sand, cut or break suspect materials.
Bashley buildings and asbestos surveys
Bashley is in Hampshire. Bashley has a mix of older and newer buildings, and anything built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. We cover 683 places across Hampshire. Our area stretches from Bashley to Southampton (about 15 miles away).
Non-domestic buildings, Ballard School among them, come under the duty to manage asbestos; we survey non-domestic buildings by arrangement with the duty holder. If you let flats or houses near New Milton station, share asbestos information with trades before work. Bashley is within about 5 miles of the New Forest National Park, where farm buildings, barns and stables with cement roofs are common. Bashley is within about 6 miles of the coast; porch canopies and soffits on coastal homes can be included in a survey.
For surveys in BH25, just send the postcode and a few photos. From St Johns Road, Ossemsley South Drive and Bashley Road or anywhere nearby, we can help. For properties just outside Bashley, we cover Ossemsley (1 mile north-west), Wootton (1 mile north-west), Ashley (1 mile south-east), Tiptoe (1 mile east) and Mead End (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Totton (12 miles north-east), Lymington (5 miles east), Hythe (13 miles north-east), Ringwood (7 miles north-west), Dibden Purlieu (12 miles north-east) and Marchwood (12 miles north-east).
Other landmarks nearby include Lymington New Forest Hospital (5 miles east) and Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum (0.9 miles south-west). The countryside around Bashley includes Milford on Sea LNR.
- Nearby schools include Tiptoe Primary School (1 mile east) and The Arnewood School (1.7 miles south)
- Nearby, you’ll find The Rising Sun pub (0.7 miles north)
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site