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Asbestos Survey for Highstreet Green
Asbestos survey for properties in Highstreet Green and Surrey: asbestos surveys for homes, landlords and businesses.
- Buying a property built before 2000
- Shops, offices and industrial units
- The communal parts of blocks of flats
Asbestos help in Highstreet Green
How asbestos survey works in Highstreet Green
If you are responsible for a non-domestic building in Highstreet Green, or the shared parts of a block of flats, you have a duty to manage asbestos under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The usual first step is a management survey. Whether it’s schools, halls and community buildings and planned refurbishment work, we deal with textured ceilings, garage roofs and boiler cupboard panels.
In a village like Highstreet Green, surveys often include barns, stables, garages and outbuildings as well as the house, since cement sheeting was common on outbuildings. Paperwork is part of every job, which is useful when you sell, let or build.
- Area
- Highstreet Green (GU8)
- Area hub
- Surrey
- Service
- Management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase surveys
- You receive
- A written report with lab results
- Quote
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Highstreet Green buildings and asbestos surveys
Highstreet Green is about 10 miles south of Guildford, in Surrey. Anywhere in Highstreet Green, just send the postcode. We cover 395 places in Surrey. Our area stretches from Highstreet Green to Guildford (10 miles away).
Highstreet Green is within about 6 miles of the Surrey Hills National Landscape, and rural properties there often have outbuildings worth including in a survey.
This part of Surrey takes in GU8. If your property is just outside Highstreet Green, we also cover Chiddingfold (2 miles west), Hambledon (2 miles north-west), Wormley (3 miles north-west), Sandhills (3 miles north-west) and Hydestile (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Guildford (10 miles north), Woking (15 miles north), Farnham (11 miles north-west), Dorking (15 miles north-east), Frimley (15 miles north) and Haslemere (5 miles west).
Other landmarks nearby include Milford Hospital (4.4 miles north). The countryside around Highstreet Green includes Hydon's Ball and Shillinglee Lake.
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Step by step
If we find something that is damaged and could be releasing fibres, we tell you on the day, so you can keep people away. We keep the work area clear of other people while we work, so children and pets should be kept elsewhere.
- Send us the address and what you need the survey for
- We set out the survey type, the areas covered and the price in writing
- On the agreed day, the surveyor inspects, photographs and samples
- Samples go to the laboratory
- The report sets out what was found and what to do next
Getting ready
- Keep the area clear of children and pets
- Clear the way to the work area
- Mention any parking restrictions
How to get a quote
For an accurate quote, tell us what you’ve found, where it is and what you are planning. Send photos through our quote form, or phone 07833 053 749.
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FAQs for Highstreet Green
Can you deal with asbestos on rural buildings in the Surrey Hills National Landscape?
Yes, the same rules apply there, though access to rural buildings may need planning.
How far is Highstreet Green from London?
Highstreet Green is about 35 miles from central London, well within our area.
Do landlords need an asbestos survey?
Anyone with a duty to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises or the common parts of domestic buildings normally starts with one. Landlords of single homes often use one too, so they know what’s there before work.
Does asbestos always have to come out?
Not always. If it’s in good condition and nobody will disturb it, leaving it in place and checking it can be the safer choice.
Does a survey leave holes?
Very little, in a management survey: small samples are taken and the points sealed. A refurbishment survey is intrusive, which is why the rooms must be empty.
Could my home contain asbestos?
Looking will not tell you. A sample analysed in a laboratory is the reliable way to find out, especially in buildings from before 2000.
How quickly can you come out?
Dates are agreed once the quote is accepted. Notifiable jobs cannot start until they’ve been notified.
Do you work in Highstreet Green?
We do: our area includes Highstreet Green and the places around it. Share the postcode and a short description for a quote.
Responsibilities for owners
Landlords of garage blocks and outbuildings should know what the roofs are made of, before repairs are arranged.
Letting agents often ask about asbestos before maintenance work. A test or a survey gives everyone a clear answer.
Typical surveys in Highstreet Green
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 gives them that information.
Get advice if you’re dealing with any of these:
- Community buildings and halls
- Planned refurbishment work
- Contractors’ requests for an asbestos report
- Managing asbestos in workplaces and non-domestic premises
If you manage lettings around Witley station, share asbestos information with trades before work.
What your quote should include
- The scope of the job, in writing
- Whether VAT is included
- The scope, in writing
- Laboratory analysis by an accredited lab
What’s included, and what is not
Here’s what an asbestos survey covers, and what it doesn’t:
- Areas we cannot safely reach are listed in the report, and should be presumed to contain asbestos
- The report describes the building when surveyed; condition can change, so recheck it
- A refurbishment and demolition survey needs the areas to be empty, so plan it around the building’s use
Not sure what you need? Send us photos and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we deal with
- Ceiling tiles
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Cement sheets and cladding
- Water tanks and flues
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Artex and textured coatings
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Garage and shed roofs
- Pipe lagging
DIY and asbestos
HSE’s advice to the public is not to try to repair or remove asbestos yourself. Higher-risk materials such as lagging, sprayed coatings and most insulating board must only be dealt with by an HSE-licensed contractor.
With a professional job, you get a record: results, a report or a consignment note, which buyers and builders may ask for.
How we price an asbestos survey
The price of an asbestos survey depends mainly on:
- Location, parking and any London charges
- The number of samples or the size of the building
- How many outbuildings are included
- How much sampling is needed
Every quote says whether VAT is included.
Photos that help
For a quick quote, include:
- Where we could park
- The route in: gates, steps, stairs or the loft hatch
- An idea of size
- An overall view
Share the postcode, a short description and photos: fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
Looking after things afterwards
Duty holders use the survey to build an asbestos register and management plan, which should be kept up to date.
Staying safe afterwards:
- Make sure you can pass the report to your builder
- Survey first, then book the trades
- Let us know about locked rooms or unsafe areas
- Describe the work you are planning, so the survey covers the right areas
Don’ts
Before the survey, leave suspect materials alone.
If something has been damaged already, close the area off and let us know.
What it might be made of
Insulating board
Insulating board turns up in panels, ceilings, soffits and boiler cupboards. Most work on it is licensed, so it’s important to know if it’s there.
Roofing felt and bitumen
Bitumen felts and mastics can contain asbestos, normally bound in the bitumen.
- Survey or test first when it isn’t clear what a material is
- 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