Would you buy a home with asbestos?

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We’re looking at buying our first home and it appears that buying an old Victorian style house will get us the most living space for our money. I’m really worried about asbestos in them though after all the recent news coverage about it, I don’t really understand whether it’s dangerous or not if it’s in so many buildings.

Would you buy a home that likely has asbestos? Is it likely to be flagged up during the buying process, and do councils or the government do anything if it’s found?

There may be no Gov policy but there is a local council policy where we live. We discovered asbestos during a recent bathroom upgrade - it was tested and results came back as highly dangerous - needed a council license for the removal - we are £4.5k lighter. We were told if you discover asbestos, and you don’t get it removed - you’ll need to declare it when you sell - we wanted it gone anyway.