HHAST general surveys are designed to locate, identify and manage Asbestos containing material in residential tenancies and usually around 30 – 50 pages long. In general Asbestos surveys, surveyors can “presume” an item is Asbestos without analysing samples. There are many Asbestos containing materials that the surveyor would have seen many times and on previous projects may have had these items analysed.

Any material presumed to contain Asbestos effectively becomes Asbestos unless it is analysed and proven not to be Asbestos. If any threat to human health is recognised by friable Asbestos whilst conducting the survey, sample would be acquired and analysed at extra cost to the landlord. Generally, HHAST Surveyors try to avoid taking samples to keep costs down for landlords and add some predictability to a fair pricing model.