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Asbestos Surveys in Compton, Surrey
Asbestos survey across Compton and nearby. Planned to HSE guidance, with written results and paperwork.
- Public and community buildings
- Planned refurbishment work
- Pre-purchase checks on older properties
Need an asbestos survey in Compton?
Asbestos survey for Compton properties
If you’re buying a home or building in Compton from before 2000, a pre-purchase survey tells you what’s there before you exchange, which helps you plan and budget for any work. Common materials are floor tiles, soffits and garage roofs, and people usually contact us about refurbishment, rewiring and new kitchens or bathrooms and public and community buildings.
Village houses like those in Compton have often been extended and altered over time, so a refurbishment survey before work checks every part being touched. You get written paperwork for every job: a report, laboratory results or a waste consignment note, for your records.
- Where
- Compton (GU3)
- Region
- Surrey
- Covers
- Management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase surveys
- Paperwork
- Written survey report
- Price
- Written quote for your job
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Last updated
- 26 October 2026
Compton questions
Do you cover small places like Compton?
Yes. We cover villages and hamlets as well as towns. Tell us about access and parking.
Do older homes in Compton have asbestos?
That depends on when it was built and altered: asbestos was used until the 1999 ban, so older homes and older alterations in Compton can contain it. Garage roofs, Artex, floor tiles, soffits and flues are typical examples.
Can you advise before I buy a property?
Yes. A pre-purchase survey, arranged with the seller’s permission, shows what asbestos is there before you exchange.
Do you need to see it before quoting?
Often we can quote from clear photos and a description; otherwise we will arrange a visit.
How quickly can you come out?
We agree a date when you accept the quote. Notifiable jobs can’t start until they’ve been notified.
How can I get a price?
Call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form. Tell us the postcode, what the material is and where, and send photos if you can.
Do you work in Compton?
Yes. We cover Compton and the surrounding area as part of Surrey. Tell us the postcode and what you need.
Does someone need to be there?
We need access to every area involved in the job.
Surveys around Compton
Compton is about 3 miles south-west of Guildford, in Surrey. In Compton, we hear from homeowners, landlords and businesses. Compton is one of 395 towns and villages in Surrey where we work.
For rented homes close to Farncombe station, asbestos information should be ready for contractors before maintenance. A school such as Loseley Fields Primary School counts as non-domestic premises, where the law requires asbestos to be managed. Compton is within about 8 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, where farm buildings, barns and stables with cement roofs are common.
We carry out surveys all over the GU3 postcode area. Your property could be on The Street, Spiceall and Almsgate, wherever it is in Compton. For properties just outside Compton, we cover Hurtmore (1 mile south), Binscombe (1 mile south-east), Littleton (1 mile east), Shackleford (2 miles south-west) and Onslow Village (2 miles north-east). We also cover nearby towns such as Guildford (3 miles north-east), Woking (7 miles north), Camberley (9 miles north-west), Farnham (7 miles west), Egham (15 miles north) and Walton-on-Thames (15 miles north-east).
A little further out are Charterhouse School Museum (1.2 miles south) and Guildford Castle (2.8 miles north-east). Within reach you will find Farncombe Wood and Frith Hill.
- Schools near Compton include Prior's Field School (1 mile west) and Broadwater School (1.8 miles south-east)
- Local pubs include The Harrow pub (under half a mile west)
Good to know
To be clear about the scope:
- Areas we cannot safely reach are listed in the report, and must be treated as containing asbestos until checked
- A management survey is only minimally intrusive, so it won’t do before building work
- The report describes the building when surveyed; materials can deteriorate, so condition should be checked again over time
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we will tell you honestly before booking.
Materials in Compton
- Cement sheets and cladding
- Pipe lagging
- Garage and shed roofs
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Water tanks and flues
- Ceiling tiles
- Artex and textured coatings
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Floor tiles and adhesive
Step by step
On the day, the surveyor walks through the areas in scope, checks every suspect material and takes small samples, with each sample point damped and sealed afterwards. Before we leave, we explain what we did and what comes next.
- Describe the property, its age and the work you have in mind
- We set out the survey type, the areas covered and the price in writing
- Our surveyor carries out the inspection and sampling
- Each sample is analysed by an accredited laboratory
- You receive the report, with results and what to do next
Getting ready
- Make sure we can get to the area
- Clear belongings, but leave the material alone
- Make sure pets and children are elsewhere
Get a quote
If you have a survey or test result, include it when you send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749.
Helpful guides
What it costs
What drives the price:
- How much there is
- How much sampling is needed
- Access: height, lofts, steps and space
- Location, parking and any London charges
What you pay depends on the job itself: the materials involved, how much there is, access and paperwork. We quote each job individually.
What to photograph
Photos help us understand the job before we visit. Take them without disturbing anything:
- A photo of the whole area
- A clear close-up
- The access route
- Approximate dimensions
Send us the address in Compton, a description and some photos: call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form.
Places near Compton
Responsibilities for owners
If your business premises in Compton were built before 2000, you should have an asbestos register and management plan, and you must tell contractors what’s there.
The duty to manage applies to non-domestic premises and common parts, not to single private homes, but anyone working on the property still needs to know about asbestos.
Which option is right?
An old survey may not be enough. A management survey doesn’t open up walls, floors or ceilings, so refurbishment needs a fresh, intrusive survey of the work areas. Access makes a big difference to cost, so tell us about access.
Why us?
- Covering London and the South East
- Quotes that spell out the scope
- Accredited laboratory results
- Reports and results you can share
Read how we price jobs or our cost guide.
What happens next
The survey ends with a written report: locations, results, condition and recommendations for every material in scope.
Once we’re done:
- Ask for the report in a format you can share with contractors
- Clear access to lofts, garages, cupboards and outbuildings
- In a block of flats, ask for the register of the shared areas
- Describe the work you are planning, so the scope matches
Avoid these
Don’t take samples yourself before the survey: we take samples with wetting and sealing to limit any release.
If a material is damaged before the survey, keep people away from it and tell us, rather than cleaning it up.
Where asbestos turns up
It is not only big projects that disturb asbestos: fitting a socket, a downlight or a new boiler flue can mean drilling into it, so knowing where it is matters.
These are some of the things we deal with in Compton:
- Managing asbestos in workplaces and non-domestic premises
- Demolition projects
- Surveys requested by builders before work
- Community buildings and halls
If you have an older property in Compton, near Church of St Nicholas or anywhere else, a refurbishment and demolition survey of the areas affected should come first.
What to look for in a quote
- The report contents
- What exactly is included: the areas, materials or samples
- If the price includes VAT
- Whether extra samples cost more
Materials we deal with
Pipe lagging
If a survey finds asbestos lagging, the report will say so and recommend what to do, and it shouldn’t be disturbed.
Textured coatings
Textured coatings such as Artex were used on ceilings and walls, and older ones can contain a small amount of asbestos. They’re low risk left alone, but shouldn’t be sanded or scraped dry.
- Nothing removed blind: unknown materials are tested first
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site