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Asbestos Survey in Swift's Green
Asbestos survey for Swift's Green: asbestos surveys before work, sale or management. Send us photos and we’ll tell you what you need.
- The communal parts of blocks of flats
- Shops, offices and industrial units
- Schools, halls and community buildings
Asbestos help in Swift's Green
How asbestos survey works in Swift's Green
We survey houses, flats, commercial buildings and outbuildings across Swift's Green. Every report records the materials found, their location and condition, the lab results and our recommendations. Typical materials include water tanks, floor tiles and textured ceilings, and people generally contact us about community buildings and halls and checks on rental property.
Village houses like those in Swift's Green have often been extended and altered over time, so a refurbishment survey before work checks every part being touched. We identify materials before planning removal, as the right approach depends on the material.
- Location
- Swift's Green (TN27)
- Area hub
- Kent
- What we do
- Management, refurbishment and demolition, and pre-purchase surveys
- You receive
- Survey report and lab results
- Quote
- Written quote for your job
- Telephone
- 07833 053 749
- Page updated
- 26 October 2026
After the job
The survey ends with a written report: locations, results, condition and recommendations for every material in scope.
Once we’re done:
- Ensure you can pass the report to your builder
- Let us know about locked rooms or unsafe areas
- Clear access to lofts, garages, cupboards and outbuildings
- Describe the work you’re planning, so the survey covers the right areas
What to avoid
Tell the surveyor everything you’re planning, so nothing in the work area is left out of scope.
Be clear about the work you are planning, so nothing in the work area is left out of scope.
What it costs
These are the main things that affect the price of an asbestos survey:
- Travel and parking
- Access to the area
- The type of material and its condition
- Lofts, voids and outbuildings to include
We do not publish a price list, because jobs vary so much. Our cost guides show published ranges, with dates and sources.
What to photograph
To help us quote quickly, send:
- The route in: gates, steps, stairs or the loft hatch
- Where we could park
- An overall view
- A rough size or measurement
If you have a survey or test result, include it when you call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form; it helps us quote accurately.
Which option is right?
A management survey or a refurbishment and demolition survey? The first is for a building in normal use and involves minor intrusion; the second is fully intrusive and needed before work. See our guide to which survey you need. How easy the material is to reach affects the price, so tell us about access.
What you get
- London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond
- Practical recommendations
- Reports and results you can share
- Houses, flats and business premises
Read our prices page or published price ranges.
Questions from Swift's Green
Is asbestos common in Swift's Green homes?
That depends on when it was built and altered: asbestos was used until the 1999 ban, so older homes and older alterations in Swift's Green can contain it. Look at garage roofs, textured ceilings, old floor tiles, soffits and flues.
Do you work on properties in the Kent Downs National Landscape?
Yes. The asbestos rules are the same in protected landscapes, though access to rural buildings may need planning.
Do you give written quotes?
Yes, every quote is in writing and says what’s included, including whether VAT is included.
Do you work on commercial premises?
We do. Send us the details of the premises.
Do you work in Swift's Green?
Yes. We cover Swift's Green and the surrounding area as part of Kent. Tell us the postcode and what you need.
Is a homebuyer survey the same as an asbestos survey?
Not really: a homebuyer or building survey may note possible asbestos, but it does not normally sample anything. A pre-purchase asbestos survey gives you that answer.
Can asbestos go in my bin?
Never: asbestos waste is hazardous and cannot go in skips, bins or recycling. It must go to a permitted site.
Do I need a management or a refurbishment survey?
That depends on what you’re planning: normal use and management calls for a management survey, while refurbishment or demolition needs a refurbishment and demolition survey of the areas affected. Describe the work and we’ll recommend one.
Materials, one by one
Textured coatings
Textured ceilings are sampled where they’re in scope, before plasterers or electricians start.
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.
Swift's Green buildings and asbestos surveys
Swift's Green is about 9 miles west of Ashford, in Kent. We work across Swift's Green and the surrounding area, from older terraces and semis to flats, workplaces and outbuildings. We work in 922 places across Kent. You can also see our page for Canterbury, about 19 miles away.
Parts of the Kent Downs National Landscape are within about 7 miles of Swift's Green, and rural properties there often have outbuildings worth including in a survey.
We handle surveys in every part of TN27 and the streets around it. For properties just outside Swift's Green, we cover Smarden Bell (1 mile south), Southernden (1 mile north), Smarden (1 mile south-east), Biddenden Green (1 mile south-east) and Monk's Hill (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also work in Maidstone (9 miles north-west), Ashford (9 miles east), Sittingbourne (12 miles north), Faversham (14 miles north-east), Kings Hill (14 miles north-west) and Davington (14 miles north-east).
Nearby you will also find Kent Firefighting Museum (3.3 miles south-west) and Romden Castle (2.1 miles south-east).
- Pubs nearby include The Bell Inn (0.9 miles south)
Nearby places to Swift's Green
What else we do in Swift's Green
Typical surveys in Swift's Green
It isn’t only big projects that disturb asbestos: drilling for cables, lights or pipes can release fibres.
Typical jobs in Swift's Green include:
- Refurbishment, rewiring and new kitchens or bathrooms
- Rented homes due for maintenance
- Shared halls, stairs and plant rooms
- Workplaces built before 2000
If you let flats or houses near Headcorn station, asbestos information should be ready for contractors before maintenance.
Before booking anyone
- If the price includes VAT
- The scope of the job, in writing
- The number of samples
- Survey methods in line with HSG264
Should you do it yourself?
Asbestos waste can’t go in household bins, recycling or skips. It must go to a permitted site; check with your council about small amounts.
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.
Responsibilities for owners
Contractors working for you need asbestos information before they start. HSE’s campaigns stress this point to building owners and trades alike.
Schools, halls and community buildings are non-domestic premises, so whoever runs them has a duty to manage asbestos.
Step by step
If a material is damaged, we will say so before we leave, so you can keep people away. Before we start, we walk through the job with you and answer any questions.
- Tell us about the building, its age and what you are planning
- You get a written quote for the agreed scope
- We inspect and sample the areas in scope
- An accredited laboratory analyses the samples
- You get the report, and we talk you through it
How to prepare
- Let us know if something’s broken
- Leave the suspect material alone until we arrive
- Clear access to the area, loft or garage
Get a quote
For an accurate quote, tell us what you’ve found, where it is and what you’re planning. Then call 07833 053 749 or use our quote form.
Related guides
- 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
- Written paperwork: reports, results and waste consignment notes
- Waste sealed and labelled, then taken to a permitted site