Have been chasing up demolition quotes and investigating the murky world of asbestos surveys which most firms want, some think they need (although I'm not sure its a legal requirement for a domestic property from the HSE website), and some can live without by looking the other way (hopefully not when they've just come across the stuff, though).
I've had one quote from a company which will demolish without a survey: "Quotation to provide plant, labour and disposal associated with the demolition and clearance of the bungalow including foundations and concrete driveway..."
So I email back to ask whether this is a quote regardless of whether they come across asbestos, or on the basis of my understanding that there is no asbestos in which case they down tools and renegotiate the price if they do find any. They come back to me with the slightly cryptic one-liner: "The quotation is for a survey only". Some clarification needed there, I think.
They did, however, point out the need to get the ball rolling on service isolations asap, which will be today's specialist subject.
In other news, today is the day that Potton deliver their sketches and examples. Watch out for the irritated posts in the next day or so when nothing appears...
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