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Asbestos Surveys in Newtown, Isle of Wight
Any pre-2000 building in Newtown may contain asbestos. We offer asbestos surveys for homes, landlords and businesses.
- Surveys requested by builders before work
- Kitchen, bathroom and rewiring projects
- Buying a property built before 2000
Need an asbestos survey in Newtown?
Questions from Newtown
Do you come out to small villages like Newtown?
We do: small villages are covered too. Tell us about access and parking.
Do older homes in Newtown have asbestos?
If your home in Newtown was built or refurbished before 2000, it may, but only a test can confirm it. Look at garage roofs, textured ceilings, old floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Can you quote from photos?
Photos are often enough to give a quote, but larger or unclear jobs may need a visit.
Can I put asbestos in a skip?
Never: it’s hazardous waste. We take it to a permitted site with paperwork.
My builder has found asbestos. What now?
Work in that area should stop, and the material needs identifying before work resumes.
Does weather affect the work?
That depends: indoor work carries on, while outdoor roof work may be postponed in strong wind or heavy rain.
Do I need a test or a survey?
Testing tells you about particular materials; a survey looks at everything in scope, including things you hadn’t spotted.
Can you help a business or landlord?
We do. We work for landlords, managing agents, employers and contractors as well as homeowners.
About our asbestos survey in Newtown
Buying an older property in Newtown? A pre-purchase survey tells you what’s there before you exchange, which helps you plan and budget for any work. From shared halls, stairs and plant rooms and pre-work surveys for trades, we deal with pipe lagging, soffits and garage roofs and more.
Village properties around Newtown often come with outbuildings, which a survey can include, as cement sheet roofs and cladding were widely used on farm and garden buildings. If you’re unsure what you need, ask: we’ll recommend a test, a survey or removal, whichever fits.
- Area
- Newtown (PO30)
- Region
- Isle of Wight
- Covers
- Asbestos surveys with lab-analysed samples
- You receive
- A written report with lab results
- Quote
- A written quote before work starts
- Phone
- 07833 053 749
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
After the job
If the survey finds asbestos in good condition, it can often be left and managed. The report says what should be checked, and how often it might need looking at again.
Staying safe afterwards:
- Keep pets and children out of the way on the day
- In a block of flats, ask for the register of the shared areas
- Book the survey before you book builders
- Share any previous surveys or drawings
Don’ts
Book the survey before the builders, so the results can shape your plans and your budget.
Book the survey before the builders, so the results can shape your plans and your budget.
Nearby places to Newtown
What else we do in Newtown
What it might be made of
Asbestos cement
Asbestos cement turns up on roofs, flues and outbuildings. How weathered and damaged it is affects what to do.
Pipe lagging
Lagging on older pipes and boilers can contain asbestos and releases fibres easily. It’s licensed work.
DIY and asbestos
Never put asbestos in a bin or skip. It must go to a permitted site; check with your council about small amounts.
Home testing kits exist, but you have to disturb the material to use one. HSE advises that samples are best taken by a competent person.
Surveying buildings in Newtown
Newtown is about 4 miles west of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Wherever your property is in Newtown, tell us the postcode and what you need. We work in all 125 towns and villages across the Isle of Wight. You can also see our page for Southampton, about 14 miles away.
The sea is within about 6 miles of Newtown; porch canopies and soffits on coastal homes can be included in a survey.
Surveys anywhere in PO30 start with the postcode and some photos. Nearby, we also cover Locksgreen (1 mile east), Porchfield (1 mile north-east), Great Thorness (2 miles north-east), Forest Side (3 miles east) and Rew Street (4 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Newport (4 miles east), Ryde (10 miles east), Cowes (5 miles north-east), Sandown (11 miles east), Shanklin (11 miles south-east) and Ventnor (11 miles south-east). Remote sites take a little more planning, so contact us in good time.
Newtown is a more remote spot, so tell us early and we’ll plan the journey.
Well-known places in the area include St Mary's Hospital (4 miles east) and Carisbrooke Castle (3.7 miles south-east). The countryside around Newtown includes Brighstone Down.
Weighing up your options
An existing survey might not cover your plans. If it was a management survey, it won’t have looked inside the fabric of the building where you’re about to work, so refurbishment needs a fresh, intrusive survey of the work areas. Access makes a big difference to cost, so photos of the area and the way in help us quote accurately.
What you get
- Each material’s condition recorded
- Work done to the regulations
- Records for your files
- Honest advice, even when the answer is to leave it
Read our prices page and the cost guide.
What it costs
The price of an asbestos survey depends mainly on:
- Location, parking and any London charges
- The type of survey you need
- The type of material and its condition
- How many different materials need sampling
There’s no one-size price, as every job differs. Our guides list published price ranges from other companies, with sources.
Photos that help
Photo tips:
- An overall view
- Where we could park
- A close-up from a safe distance
- How we’d reach it
If you have a survey or test result, include it when you fill in the enquiry form or give us a call on 07833 053 749.
The process
A management survey involves minor intrusion: lifting ceiling tiles, opening service cupboards and taking small samples. We seal up each sample point. While we work, the area stays out of bounds.
- Describe the property and the reason for the survey
- We agree the survey type and scope, and send a quote
- We inspect and sample the areas in scope
- The samples are analysed by an accredited laboratory
- The report comes to you, and we explain anything that isn’t clear
Preparing for the visit
- Keep the area clear of children and pets
- Tell us about anything that is already damaged
- Clear access to the area, loft or garage
How to get a quote
Photos and a postcode help us quote quickly: just use our quote form or call 07833 053 749.
Helpful guides
For businesses and landlords in Newtown
Schools, halls and community buildings are non-domestic premises, so whoever runs them has a duty to manage asbestos.
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.
Typical surveys in Newtown
The danger typically comes from drilling, cutting or sanding a material nobody knew contained asbestos. Surveying first means nobody disturbs it by accident.
These are the materials and situations that most often lead to surveys:
- Schools, halls and community buildings
- Surveys requested by builders before work
- Planned refurbishment work
- The communal parts of blocks of flats
Planning work on an older building in Newtown, whether near Holy Spirit Church or elsewhere? The rooms being worked on need surveying before the builders arrive.
Before you book anyone
- VAT, clearly stated
- That the survey follows HSE’s guide HSG264
- Areas included and excluded
- What you’ll receive in writing
- Identify it first: we test or survey before planning removal
- Done to the regulations: HSE guidance and CAR 2012
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Asbestos waste double-bagged or wrapped and taken to a permitted site