Garage removal (think it contains asbestos)

[chatee]

Hiya

Does anyone have any idea as to the cost for removal of a large garage that could possibly contain asbestos?

we are viewing a property and this is one of the major concerns for us

Hi,
We just had a dilapidated garage removed when we moved into our house. We paid about £500 including VAT. I had a couple of other quotes too, think they were about £600 and £700 inc VAT.

You will need to contact the council to find approved asbestos handlers. I rang a couple of companies before we bought the house and they gave me rough quotes over the phone.

We used these and other quotes for various things to renegotiate our offer.

The price also included taking away all the materials,we didn't have to hire a skip. We are in the North West.

Good luck!

Ps they were done in about 3 hours, wasn't a huge job.

We paid £1k cash to have a triple garage removed but there was no asbestos - dealing with this would bump up the cost of a standard demolition.

Ok. My DH just did this for an elderly friend of ours.

Basically it was a mask and protective clothing job whilst pulling it all down, after warning all neighbours etc to keep windows closed.

Then it had to be bagged and sealed into strong rubble bags, or wrapped up in plastic and sealed. He then took it all down local tip. We checked on the local council site and all he had to do was take a utility bill to prove identity. No charge for disposal.

He did it exactly how local authority website suggested it should be done. No problems at all.

I suppose it depends if you want to do it or not really.

P.S He did ring the tip too to make sure the local authority site info was up to date too.

We absolutely wanted to make sure it was disposed of correctly.

You may also need to get a demolition warrant (at least you do in Scotland) - not difficult to get, just that your LA uses them to keep track of what has been on sites.

We were quoted a lot more to get ours taken down, but it is well concreted in and also backs onto our neighbour's conservatory so I'm not surprised it was seen as a bigger job.

thanks all, decided after the second viewing to let the head win over the heart as hubby thinks it has more potential problems and would be a money pit.......back to rightmove then .....