Hi, my wife and myself are doing a knock down rebuild for our property that we purchased 1 year ago. During the process they team found out large amount of asbestos underneath the ground.
We were initially quoted $13596 for 20 tonnes of soil contamination including labor fees. ($430 per metric tonne, the rest labor fees).
However the next day after some work, they gave us a new quote saying it'll be $22271 because there are more.
There's no way we could tell whether how legit that is based on photos and we are kind of "hold hostage" of the situation given we can't delay their progress. So we can only say yes to whatever $ or information they said.
Can anyone let us know how you dealt with this?
We've tried to ask our previous solicitor (who helped with house contract) and the council, it seems that it's hard to get compensation from the previous owner as you can't tell who actually bury those asbestos. It's a very old house.
*UPDATE:
Eventually we stopped work with the first demolition company and went with another one. There's about 150sqm2 contaminated soil needed to be removed. However the 2nd demolition company is able to give us a fixed price for the job so it's more manageable.
Price for first = $33k
Price for second = $35k
In total about $70k for the job.
It stinks and it's way above our expectation but well, count us unlucky.
Thanks for all the suggestions and help!