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An asbestos survey is a structured inspection that locates asbestos-containing materials in a building, identifies them and assesses their condition. Surveys follow HSE guidance HSG264 and are carried out by a competent surveyor. There are two main types: a management survey, which supports safe day-to-day occupation and produces an asbestos register, and a refurbishment and demolition survey, which is fully intrusive and required before any building or demolition work.
Which survey you need depends on what you are doing. If you are simply managing a building, a management survey is usually enough. If you are refurbishing, converting or demolishing, a more intrusive survey is needed to find asbestos hidden in the fabric before work starts. Samples of suspect materials are sent to a laboratory to confirm the type of asbestos present.
Agree the type of survey you need, management or refurbishment and demolition, based on how the building is used and any planned work.
A competent surveyor inspects the property to HSG264, recording the location and condition of suspect materials.
Representative samples are taken and analysed by a laboratory to confirm whether asbestos is present and which type.
You receive a survey report with an asbestos register and a risk assessment, so you know exactly what is where.
The findings feed your management plan, or the removal scope if work is planned.
Most domestic asbestos surveys are £180–£800, depending on type and property size. What you pay depends on the survey type — a management survey for day-to-day occupation, or a fully intrusive refurbishment and demolition survey before building work — and the size of the property. These are typical UK guide prices to help you budget.
| Job | Typical guide price |
|---|---|
| Management survey — flat or 1–2 bed | £180–£300 |
| Management survey — 3-bed house | £200–£450 |
| Management survey — 4–5 bed or larger home | £395–£695 |
| Refurbishment and demolition survey — domestic | £400–£800 |
| Commercial or larger premises | from £400, priced by size and number of samples |
| Extra samples / lab analysis | from around £30 per sample |
These are indicative UK guide prices for 2026 — not quotes — and exclude VAT. Your exact price depends on the material, quantity, whether the work is licensed, access, your region and disposal, and is confirmed after a free, no-obligation survey.
See the types of asbestos survey explainedStoke-on-Trent and the wider Staffordshire area are covered in full for asbestos survey. We cover the full range of local postcode districts, ST1 to ST4 and ST6. Stoke-on-Trent is home to around 258,000 people, in housing and commercial property of every age. We begin with a free, no-obligation quote and always confirm a material by survey or laboratory test rather than by how it looks.
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Licensable asbestos work is carried out by HSE-licensed contractors, as the law requires.
Work carried out by contractors who carry appropriate insurance for the job.
Asbestos disposed of as hazardous waste under a consignment note at a permitted site.
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If your Stoke-on-Trent property was built before 2000, there's a real chance asbestos is hiding somewhere in it. Left alone and in good condition it's usually low-risk. Disturb it during building work, though, and it becomes dangerous, and for many materials it's illegal to handle without a licence.
That's where we come in. The specialists we work with handle asbestos survey across Stoke-on-Trent to the highest safety standards, surveying, removing, testing and disposing of asbestos properly, with full documentation on every job. Licensable work is carried out by HSE-licensed contractors, as the law requires.
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