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Asbestos Survey in Hungerford Green
Buildings in Hungerford Green built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. We offer asbestos surveys before work, sale or management.
- Community buildings and halls
- Purchases of older homes and buildings
- Workplaces built before 2000
Need an asbestos survey in Hungerford Green?
Asbestos survey in Hungerford Green
We survey the whole building or just the areas you’re working on, whichever fits your plans in Hungerford Green. We agree the scope with you before we start, so you know exactly what’s covered. Whether it’s planned refurbishment work and purchases of older homes and buildings, we deal with soffits, floor tiles and textured ceilings.
Village houses like those in Hungerford Green have often been extended and altered over time, so a refurbishment survey before work checks every part being touched. Nothing is removed until it’s been identified, as the right approach depends on the material.
- Where
- Hungerford Green (RG8)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Service
- Asbestos surveys with lab-analysed samples
- Afterwards
- A written report with lab results
- Price
- A written quote before work starts
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Options to consider in Hungerford Green
It can be tempting to start work without a survey. Finding asbestos halfway through a job means stopping work, extra cost and possible exposure, which is why surveying first tends to save money. Dealing with asbestos before building work is typically cheaper than finding it mid-job, when the whole project can be held up.
Why people choose us
- Samples analysed by an accredited laboratory
- Condition assessed for every material
- The right survey for your plans
- Honest advice, even when the answer is to leave it
Take a look at our prices page or published price ranges.
How we work
A refurbishment and demolition survey is fully intrusive: we look behind panels, under floors and above ceilings in the areas being worked on, so the rooms must be cleared. If anything unexpected turns up, we stop and talk to you.
- 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
- We inspect the areas in scope and sample suspect materials
- Each sample is analysed by an accredited laboratory
- The report comes to you, and we explain anything that is not clear
Getting ready
- Have any previous surveys or test results ready
- Make sure pets and children are elsewhere
- Warn neighbours if needed
How to get a quote
Photos and a postcode help us quote quickly: just fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
Related guides
Materials, one by one
Textured coatings
Textured coatings such as Artex were used on ceilings and walls, and older ones can contain a small amount of asbestos. Left alone they’re low risk; sanding or dry scraping is the problem.
Asbestos cement
Garage roofs, sheds and flues made from asbestos cement are common in surveys of older homes. How weathered and damaged it is affects what to do.
Limits to be aware of
Before booking, note that:
- The rooms in a refurbishment survey need to be cleared, so timing needs planning
- The survey tells you what’s there; removal is a separate job
- Inaccessible areas are recorded, and should be presumed to contain asbestos
If in doubt, ask: we will recommend a test, a survey or removal before booking.
Materials we see
- Floor tiles and adhesive
- Water tanks and flues
- Boiler cupboards and panels
- Soffits and porch canopies
- Ceiling tiles
- Pipe lagging
- Garage and shed roofs
- Roofing felt and bitumen
- Artex and textured coatings
- Cement sheets and cladding
What we deal with in Hungerford Green
Older buildings have often been altered many times, so asbestos may be in later alterations as much as the original structure, which is why surveys look everywhere in scope, not just at the obvious places.
These are the materials and situations that most often lead to surveys:
- Common parts of flats and HMOs
- Shops, offices and industrial units
- Pre-purchase checks on older properties
- Pre-work surveys for trades
Non-domestic buildings, The Downs School among them, come under the duty to manage asbestos.
Questions to ask before you book
- Insurance appropriate to asbestos work
- What the report or result will contain
- The scope of the job, in writing
- VAT, clearly stated
Duty holders and landlords in Hungerford Green
For managing agents and freeholders in Hungerford Green, the asbestos register for common parts should be kept up to date and shared with contractors, and condition checked regularly.
If you own a block of garages or outbuildings that you let should find out whether the roofs are asbestos cement, before anyone carries out repairs.
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Questions from Hungerford Green
Can you deal with asbestos on rural buildings in the North Wessex Downs National Landscape?
Yes, the same rules apply there, but access to farm and rural buildings can take planning.
Do you come out to small villages like Hungerford Green?
Yes. We cover villages and hamlets as well as towns. Just tell us how to reach the property.
What if asbestos is found during building work?
The builder should stop and close off the area. We will identify it and advise on removal.
Is asbestos dangerous?
Asbestos is a hazard when its fibres get into the air. Diseases linked to it, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis, can appear many years later, so the aim is never to disturb it unknowingly.
When can you start?
It depends on the job and our diary. We will give you dates when we quote, and notifiable work needs notifying before it starts.
Does someone need to be there?
Someone needs to give us access to the areas involved, and to be available for questions.
What will I get after the survey?
Every suspect material in the agreed scope: location, laboratory result, condition, photographs and our recommendation.
Will my homebuyer report check for asbestos?
No. It may flag possible asbestos, but it does not usually take samples for analysis. A pre-purchase asbestos survey does.
What happens next
Duty holders use the survey to build an asbestos register and management plan, which need reviewing regularly.
Going forward:
- Survey first, then book the trades
- Keep pets and children out of the way on the day
- Make sure we can get into the loft, garage and cupboards
- Describe the work you’re planning, so the scope matches
Things not to do
Don’t take samples yourself before the survey: sampling is part of the survey, done with controls to keep dust down.
Please do not break off pieces for us to look at: we take samples with wetting and sealing to limit any release.
Can I do it myself?
Found something mid-DIY? Stop: leave the area, don’t clean it up, and ask for advice.
Fragile roofs are a serious falls risk, quite apart from the asbestos, so never climb onto one.
Surveying buildings in Hungerford Green
Hungerford Green is about 7 miles south of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. We work across Hungerford Green and the surrounding area, on everything from houses and flats to workplaces and garages. We work in 443 places across Oxfordshire, from the larger towns to small villages. Our area stretches from Hungerford Green to Reading (about 10 miles away).
Altering an older house in Hungerford Green, wherever it is? Get the work areas surveyed before anything is opened up. If you let flats or houses near Goring & Streatley station, it helps to know what’s in the building before repairs. Hungerford Green is within about 2 miles of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape, and rural properties there often have outbuildings worth including in a survey.
We carry out surveys all over the RG8 postcode area. That could mean a property on Bell Lane and The Glebe, wherever it is in Hungerford Green. If your property is just outside Hungerford Green, we also cover Streatley (2 miles east), Goring (3 miles east), Lower Basildon (3 miles east), Moulsford (3 miles north-east) and South Stoke (4 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also work in Didcot (7 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles north), Wantage (11 miles north-west), Henley-on-Thames (13 miles east), Grove (12 miles north-west) and Benson (9 miles north-east).
A little further out are Hampstead Norris Castle (2.8 miles south-west). Open spaces near Hungerford Green include Churn Hill and Withymead Nature Reserve.
- Nearby, you will find The Bell Inn (less than half a mile north-west)
- Identify it first: we test or survey before planning removal
- Work planned to the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and HSE guidance
- Paperwork for your records: reports, lab results and consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site