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Asbestos Surveys in New Addington, Greater London
Buildings in New Addington built or refurbished before 2000 can contain asbestos. Our asbestos survey service covers asbestos surveys before work, sale or management.
- Workplaces built before 2000
- Pre-purchase checks on older properties
- Pre-work surveys for trades
Asbestos survey in New Addington
Asbestos survey for New Addington properties
The type of survey you need in New Addington depends on what happens next: managing the building, refurbishing it, knocking it down or buying it. We will match the survey to the plan. Typical materials include soffits, garage roofs and water tanks, and typical jobs are rented homes between tenancies and contractors’ requests for an asbestos report.
Properties in areas like New Addington have often been refitted and extended over the decades, so we look at every alteration, not just the original building. Every job comes with paperwork, because buyers, landlords and builders often ask for it.
- Location
- New Addington (CR0, CR9)
- Area hub
- Greater London
- What we do
- Asbestos surveys with lab-analysed samples
- You receive
- Survey report and lab results
- Quotes
- Quoted individually, in writing
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
Surveying buildings in New Addington
New Addington is about 4 miles south-east of Croydon, in Greater London. Wherever your property is in New Addington, tell us the postcode and what you need. New Addington is one of 764 towns and villages in Greater London where we work. Our nearest city page is London, about 11 miles away.
For a school like Rowdown Primary School, the duty holder must manage asbestos and keep an asbestos register, and a management survey is generally where that starts. For rented homes close to Hayes (Kent) station, share asbestos information with trades before work.
We cover surveys across CR0 and CR9. Whether your property is on Bothwell Road, Windham Avenue and Gascoigne Road or a nearby road, we can help. For properties just outside New Addington, we cover Forestdale (1 mile west), Fickleshole (1 mile south), Addington (1 mile north-west), Farleigh (1 mile south-west) and Selsdon (2 miles west). We also cover nearby towns such as London (11 miles north), City of Westminster (13 miles north-west), Marylebone (13 miles north-west), Kensington (14 miles north-west), St Pancras (13 miles north) and Shoreditch (13 miles north).
New Addington is in London, inside the Ultra Low Emission Zone, where parking and loading can be restricted: tell us about parking, permits and access when you ask for a quote.
Well-known places in the area include Warlingham Park Hospital (1.8 miles south) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (3.3 miles north-east). The countryside around New Addington includes Nore Hill and Hutchinson's Bank.
- Local schools include Meridian High School (0.9 miles south-east)
Which option is right?
A management survey or a refurbishment and demolition survey? A management survey suits a building in use; a refurbishment and demolition survey looks behind and under surfaces before building work. Our guide explains which you need. Our quotes are clear about VAT.
How we work in New Addington
- Paperwork you can show your buyer, landlord or builder
- Clear advice on your options
- Inaccessible areas listed clearly
- Covering London and the South East
See how we quote and published price ranges.
What affects the price in New Addington
What drives the price:
- Access: height, lofts, steps and space
- Lofts, voids and outbuildings to include
- Which survey type fits your plans
- The size and age of the building
How easy the material is to reach affects the price, so photos of the area and the way in help us quote accurately.
Helping us quote
To help us quote quickly, send:
- A clear close-up
- An idea of size
- Any damage, cracks or broken pieces
- A wide shot showing where the material is
Tell us about the material, its location and your plans. Call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form.
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Duty holders and landlords in New Addington
If your business premises in New Addington were built before 2000, you should have an asbestos register and management plan, and contractors must be told what’s there.
Landlords of single homes do not have the same duty to manage as non-domestic duty holders, but contractors still need to know about asbestos before they work.
How it works
If a material is damaged, we will say so before we leave, rather than waiting for the report. 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
- On the day we inspect, sample and photograph
- Samples go to the laboratory
- The report sets out what was found and what to do next
Before we arrive
- Keep children and pets away on the day
- Dig out previous surveys
- Don’t disturb the material before we get there
How to get a quote
Photos and a postcode help us quote quickly: just use our quote form or call 07833 053 749.
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New Addington questions
Do you work near Hayes (Kent) station?
Yes, we cover New Addington and the area towards Hayes (Kent) station, about 2.6 miles north-east.
Can you survey a school or hall near New Addington?
Yes, working with whoever is responsible for the building. The duty holder should hold an asbestos register.
What if my house is newer?
Buildings from after 2000 shouldn’t, because of the 1999 ban, although older materials can sometimes be reused or left in extensions.
Do you survey commercial buildings in New Addington?
Yes, commercial and community buildings as well as homes. Send us the details of the building.
How quickly can you come out?
We agree a date when you accept the quote. Notifiable jobs cannot start until they’ve been notified.
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
Not really: a homebuyer report can flag suspected asbestos without testing it. For an answer, you need a pre-purchase asbestos survey.
Which asbestos survey do I need in New Addington?
That depends on what you’re planning: managing a building in use means a management survey; building work means a refurbishment and demolition survey. Describe the work and we will recommend one.
Does weather affect the work?
Indoor work is not affected. Outdoor removal may be postponed in strong wind or heavy rain, for safety.
Afterwards
If it finds asbestos that work would disturb, the report explains what needs removing before work starts, and what kind of work that is.
Going forward:
- Keep pets and children out of the way on the day
- Describe the work you are planning, so the survey covers the right areas
- Ensure we can get into the loft, garage and cupboards
- Have any old surveys or plans ready
Don’ts
Do not take samples yourself before the survey: sampling is part of the survey, done with controls to keep dust down.
Before the survey, leave suspect materials alone, and keep trades away from them.
What it might be made of
Asbestos cement
Asbestos cement was used for garage and shed roofs, gutters, downpipes, flues, soffits and water tanks. It contains a relatively low proportion of fibres bound in cement, but it releases fibres when broken, cut or abraded.
Pipe lagging
Lagging found in a survey is flagged clearly, and it shouldn’t be disturbed.
Should you do it yourself?
Fragile roofs are a serious falls risk, quite apart from the asbestos, so never climb onto one.
A professional job comes with paperwork: results, a report or a consignment note, which buyers and builders may ask for.
What we deal with in New Addington
Materials age: a board or coating that was sound years ago may now be cracked or crumbling, which a survey records.
Typical jobs in New Addington include:
- Demolition projects
- Checks on rental property
- Community buildings and halls
- Kitchen, bathroom and rewiring projects
Planning work on an older building in New Addington, whether near St Edward King and Confessor or elsewhere? The rooms being worked on need surveying before the builders arrive.
Before you book anyone
- Suitable insurance for the work
- Which laboratory analyses samples
- The survey type, as defined in HSG264
- The report contents
- Identify it first: we test or survey before planning removal
- Planned to HSE guidance and the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
- Everything in writing: quotes, reports, results and waste notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site