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Asbestos Survey for Great Shefford
Asbestos survey in Great Shefford, from older homes to workplaces. You get a written quote before anything starts.
- Demolition and strip-out
- Pre-purchase checks on older properties
- Pre-work surveys for trades
Asbestos survey near Great Shefford
What affects the price in Great Shefford
We base our quote on:
- The building’s size and layout
- Access to the area
- The survey scope
- Lofts, voids and outbuildings to include
Identifying asbestos early is cheaper than stopping work later, when everything has to stop.
What to photograph
Photos often save us a visit:
- Cracks or breaks
- The parking area
- A picture of the whole area
- A closer photo of the material, without touching it
Photos taken from a safe distance are fine: don’t touch the material, just send them through our quote form.
Asbestos survey near Great Shefford
HSE’s guidance describes two main survey types. A management survey is for a building in normal use; a refurbishment and demolition survey is for before building work. We will tell you which suits your plans in Great Shefford. We often deal with water tanks, pipe lagging and garage roofs, and typical jobs are demolition of garages, extensions and buildings and workplaces built before 2000.
Village houses like those in Great Shefford have often been extended and altered over time, so we survey each part the work will disturb. Nothing is added to the job that you do not need.
- Area
- Great Shefford (RG17)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Covers
- Surveys for homes, landlords and businesses
- Afterwards
- A written report with lab results
- Price
- A written quote before work starts
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Duty holders and landlords in Great Shefford
If your business premises in Great Shefford 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 contractors still need to know about asbestos before they work.
Great Shefford: your questions answered
Do you survey schools and community buildings around Great Shefford?
Yes, working with whoever is responsible for the building. The duty holder should hold an asbestos register.
Do older homes in Great Shefford have asbestos?
Homes built or refitted before 2000 can. The only way to know is to test suspect materials. Garage roofs, Artex, floor tiles, soffits and flues are typical examples.
What will I get after the survey?
Every suspect material in the agreed scope: location, laboratory result, condition, photographs and our recommendation, plus any areas we couldn’t reach.
Can you help a business or landlord?
Yes: homeowners, landlords, managing agents, businesses and contractors. Tell us about the property and what you need.
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
No, they’re different: a homebuyer report can flag suspected asbestos without testing it. A pre-purchase asbestos survey gives you that answer.
Can you help with a shop or office?
We do, alongside homes. Non-domestic premises have a duty holder who should hold an asbestos register.
I think I’ve damaged asbestos. What now?
Stop work, leave the area and don’t try to clean up. Then get advice.
Can asbestos go in my bin?
Never: it’s hazardous waste. When we remove it, it’s taken to a permitted site with a consignment note.
Where asbestos turns up
Many buildings have been extended, refitted and repaired over the years, so asbestos can turn up in later additions as well as original features, which is why surveys look everywhere in scope, not just at the obvious places.
Asbestos can be in a lot of places in buildings from before 2000. Typical situations are:
- The communal parts of blocks of flats
- Buying a property built before 2000
- Rented homes between tenancies
- Demolition and strip-out
Altering an older house in Great Shefford, wherever it is? The rooms being worked on need surveying before the builders arrive.
Before you book anyone
- Which areas and materials are covered
- If the price includes VAT
- Survey methods in line with HSG264
- The scope, in writing
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Step by step
Our surveyor inspects each area in scope and samples suspect materials, with each sample point damped and sealed afterwards. We begin by confirming exactly what we are doing.
- Describe the property and the reason for the survey
- We set out the survey type, the areas covered and the price in writing
- The surveyor inspects and takes samples
- The samples are analysed by an accredited laboratory
- The report comes to you, and we explain anything that is not clear
Getting ready
- Clear access to the area, loft or garage
- Let us know where we can park
- Mention any damage before we arrive
How to get a quote
Every job is quoted in writing. Just call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form with the details, including any survey or test you already have.
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DIY and asbestos
With a professional job, you get a record: a record that buyers, insurers and builders may want to see.
Sanding, drilling, cutting and jet-washing are the worst things you can do to asbestos materials.
Choosing the right option
An old survey may not be enough. If it was a management survey, it won’t have looked inside the fabric of the building where you’re about to work, so planned refurbishment usually needs a refurbishment and demolition survey of those areas. Access makes a big difference to cost, so photos of the area and the way in help us quote accurately.
Why us?
- Practical recommendations
- Jobs planned to HSE guidance
- Plain-English advice, including when to leave things alone
- London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond
Read our prices page or our cost guide.
Materials, one by one
Textured coatings
Older textured ceilings can contain asbestos. They’re low risk left alone, but shouldn’t be sanded or scraped dry.
Roofing felt and bitumen
Felt on flat roofs and outbuildings is sampled where it’s in scope.
Asbestos surveys in Great Shefford: local notes
Great Shefford is about 8 miles north-west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Great Shefford is within our West Berkshire area, for surveys of every size. Great Shefford is one of 155 places in West Berkshire we cover. Our nearest city page is Reading, about 20 miles away.
Schools such as Shefford C.E. Primary School are non-domestic premises, so whoever runs them has a duty to manage asbestos and keep a register; we survey non-domestic buildings by arrangement with the duty holder. Parts of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape are within about 5 miles of Great Shefford, where farm buildings, barns and stables with cement roofs are common.
Wherever your property is in RG17, we can help with an asbestos survey, from busy streets to quiet lanes. Your property could be on Station Road, The Mead and Miller's Field, wherever it is in Great Shefford. We also carry out surveys in East Shefford (1 mile south-east), Weston (1 mile south-east), East Garston (2 miles north-west), Shefford Woodlands (2 miles south-west) and East Garston Woodlands (2 miles west). We also cover nearby towns such as Newbury (8 miles south-east), Thatcham (10 miles south-east), Speenhamland (7 miles south-east), Hungerford (5 miles south-west), Lambourn (4 miles north-west) and Shaw (7 miles south-east).
Open spaces near Great Shefford include Sole Common Pond.
The scope of an asbestos survey
Every job has limits; these are the usual ones:
- The survey tells you what’s there; removal is a separate job, though we can quote for that too
- A survey reflects the building on the day; materials can deteriorate, so condition should be checked again over time
- A management survey does not open up walls, floors or ceilings, so it won’t do before building work
If in doubt, ask: we’ll recommend a test, a survey or removal.
Materials we see
- Artex and textured coatings
- Pipe lagging
- Water tanks and flues
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Garage and shed roofs
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Ceiling tiles
- Cement sheets and cladding
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site