Terms and Conditions

New customers of Safe Asbestos Removal Ltd (S.A.R.) will be subject to a credit reference check before terms can be agreed upon.

On contracts with a duration of LESS than four weeks, full payment of our invoice, without any deduction for retention, must be made by you within 30 days of the invoice date unless stated otherwise or agreed in writing between both Parties.

On Contracts with a duration of MORE than 4 weeks, interim invoices will be raised at the end of each calendar month and payment in full, without deduction for retention, must be made within 30 days of the date of the interim invoice.

Should a contract be cancelled, suspended (temporarily or permanently) or halted for any period by the client, the total value of any works completed to date will become due in line with our standard terms and without deduction or penalty. All valuations are to be determined by Safe Asbestos Removal Ltd only.

If these terms are exceeded, we reserve the right, at our discretion, to charge interest under Section 69 of the County Court Act 1984 at a rate of 3% over the bank base rate on overdue amounts and recover any costs incurred in obtaining payment of monies due to us.

Quotations are exclusive of VAT.

Quotations are based upon our being given/having reasonable continuity of work on site. We reserve the right to review our prices if site conditions dictate otherwise.

Unless specifically included within the quotation, no allowance has been made to act in a Principal Contractor capacity.

No allowances have been made to remove any ACM not identified within any documentation provided.

Our quotation will remain 'Fixed' for 30 days, subject to any Government increases and will remain open for acceptance for 30 days.

No allowance has been made for reinstatement/make good works unless specifically itemised within this quotation.

Site security will be the responsibility of the purchaser.

To ensure adequate control measures during removal works, we may be required to “fix” existing surfaces, i.e. walls, ceiling etc.. However, although all due care will be taken, we cannot be held responsible for damage to decorations due to our need to segregate working areas.

S.A.R. cannot guarantee the complete removal of any asbestos-containing adhesive/bitumen from any surfaces unless stated otherwise.

Subfloor ducts with soil bases - S.A.R. quotations have been based on removing any soil base to a maximum of 50mm only, and depth beyond this will be charged on a pro-rata basis.

Where Square or Linear Metre measurements have been provided to us and used as a basis for quotation, we reserve the right to re-measure and adjust our pricing on a pro-rata basis.

Any scaffolding forming part of an asbestos removal enclosure must be supplied and erected as per S.A.R.’s requirements and may require a licensed contractor. No allowance has been made for this within this quotation unless specifically itemised.

S.A.R. quotations are based upon completing works per the scope of works detailed in the quotation and our agreed work plan. Should it be necessary to amend the work plan due to any change in site conditions, we reserve the right to review our prices.

In the event of an abortive visit, S.A.R. shall levy a standard charge to compensate for unproductive time/use of plant and materials.

Where a contract is cancelled within 24 hours of site commencement (non-notifiable or notifiable-non-licensed works), S.A.R. shall levy a standard charge to compensate for unproductive time/use of plant and materials.

Where a contract is cancelled within 13 days of site commencement (notifiable works), S.A.R. shall levy a standard £1,150.00+Vat charge to compensate for lost contract management time during the statutory ASB5 notification process.

Independent analytical works are booked at the time of receipt of orders, if for any reason there is a need to cancel / re-arrange the date of the works, we reserve the right to counter-charge the full cost of the analytical works if we are unable to avoid any such charges being levied on us by the analytical subcontractor.

Method statements/risk assessments will not be drawn up or notifications sent to the HSE if we do not receive an official order confirmation.

No retentions on any contracts.

Placement of orders is deemed acceptance of our terms and conditions.