Is demolition our only option?

[chocobo_ff]

We have a property that we are looking to rebuild on (demo/build new) late next year. The house is a 1970s house in reasonably good condition for the age. I contacted a few house removal companies hoping to sell the current property, but none of them are interested due to asbestos in the ceiling and...

[aucklandn81]

Hi Guys,

It might be a repeated query. Would you buy a property if the seller says that there may be presence of asbestos in one type of external sheets (my estimate of area might be 20-30m long & 1m width)?

What would be the rough costs to remove it? Hope I don't have...

[mj1]

Hi, I have a property under contract which I am currently doing my due diligence on. The exterior is clad with a fake brick type cladding which has been tested and found to contain asbestos. It is in very good condition and actually looks ok, but I am considering whether it would be worth painting...

[theFan]

I've got a house under contract and as part of the due diligence i really want to do tests for asbestos, mainly the stipple on the ceiling.

Is it normal to ask to do an asbestos test given that the standard way is to remove some of the plaster?

Any other ways to test that would...

[chocobo_ff]

We are looking at a 2 bedroom property that has asbestos ceiling, it is in really good condition (pending further investigation), would we be able to rent the property out or would the ceiling need to be encapsulated/replaced first? Thanks

[Rentinglandlord112]

Hi Guys, I am currently getting some renovations (bathroom, toilet and kitchen) done in a 1970s era brick house in South Auckland NZ. I have signed a building contract for the renovation work which has started on the bathroom. After reading on the net it has come to my attention that the vinyl flooring/its...

[deechnz]

Hi all,

I'm taking a beating from all the government rules happening. I'm almost done with insulation (thankful to see the end of that), but now I'm getting emails from PMs telling me that I need to pay $250 per house to get them surveyed for asbestos, and another PM who offered $350 per...

[kiwijunglist]

Hi

We are renovating our own kitchen and laundry in Wellington, it's a 1965 house.

I cut a piece of lino and backing from both our kitchen and the laundry, both samples are postive for Chrysotile (asbestos).

We are replacing everything in both the kitchen...

[flyernzl]

There has been much discussion - and panic - over the new asbestos testing and management of asbestos in residential tenancies requirements that are in force from 4th April.

Information from Worksafe is difficult to extract, but there are a number of commercial operators that are stating...

[snobilo]

Hello again all,

What are some points to consider when removing "suspected" (1960's) Asbestos Brick veneer from a weatherboard home.

We have a 130 square metre house where the cladding was added on top of the white weatherboard to "modernise" it. We have...

[Auckolangi]

Tēna koutou, looking for advice re removing textured plaster ceiling designs. Chips off easy enough in places. Worth the effort or just repaint? I note it's a 1930's house and so will show flaws if removed.

[Frezzinghot]

I have a 2 bedroom unit that I am renovating, just wanting to know what I should expect to pay to have the ceiling removed of the popcorn effect. It has been tested and it cam back with asbestos. Has anyone had it done recently.

The unit is about 70sqm.

Thanks
FH

[Wildwoods]

Hi there,

I've put in an offer on a 1939 fibreboard cement clad railway cottage in Auckland conditional on being tested for asbestos. Being clad of this time however means there is a very good chance that it IS asbestos.

Does anyone know how much the removal of asbestos and...