Hi
We have gone sale agreed on our ideal house. The survey came back good, bar minor repairs / improvments. It suggested to do an asbestos survey considering the age of the house (60s). Which we had done, and which came back with findings around an old pipe (no longer used which goes from bottom to the top of the house), behind the esb box, and some void in the loft. All low to very low risks, but which will need to be either removed or encapsulated and certainly monitored.
We don't want to pull out from the sale, we hope the costs of removing / treating the concerned areas will be lower than paying extra rent and further surveys on another house (which could very well have the same problems). Not sure whether we are completely deluded about the removal costs, we are waiting on a quote.
The question is whether we could negociate the price of the house due to the costs we will incur? The owners knew about asbestos, above all that previous buyers pulled out for the same reason (I only found out because our surveyor was the one they had used. The estate agent said it was because they hadn't got their mortgage). And how do we do this, through our solicitor?
Last but not least... Are we crazy to buy a house with asbestos? I read that it is not necessarily dangerous if managed properly. But could we end up with a house no one will want to drill a hole in or fix pipes due to this?
Thanks
We have gone sale agreed on our ideal house. The survey came back good, bar minor repairs / improvments. It suggested to do an asbestos survey considering the age of the house (60s). Which we had done, and which came back with findings around an old pipe (no longer used which goes from bottom to the top of the house), behind the esb box, and some void in the loft. All low to very low risks, but which will need to be either removed or encapsulated and certainly monitored.
We don't want to pull out from the sale, we hope the costs of removing / treating the concerned areas will be lower than paying extra rent and further surveys on another house (which could very well have the same problems). Not sure whether we are completely deluded about the removal costs, we are waiting on a quote.
The question is whether we could negociate the price of the house due to the costs we will incur? The owners knew about asbestos, above all that previous buyers pulled out for the same reason (I only found out because our surveyor was the one they had used. The estate agent said it was because they hadn't got their mortgage). And how do we do this, through our solicitor?
Last but not least... Are we crazy to buy a house with asbestos? I read that it is not necessarily dangerous if managed properly. But could we end up with a house no one will want to drill a hole in or fix pipes due to this?
Thanks