Rented houses and duplexes
Oregon treats a house, duplex or building of up to four units as residential, so the survey rule applies if it was built before 2004. The allowances for owners who live in the home don’t extend to a rental.
Rental and Apartment Asbestos Abatement in Portland
Typical cost in Portland
- Survey of a small apartment building$1,500 – $4,000+
- Common areas or one section of a building, about 500 to 1,000 sq ft$4,200 – $12,500+
Landlords don’t get the allowances Oregon gives to owners who live in their homes. A rented house or duplex built before 2004, and any building of five or more units, needs a survey by an accredited inspector, licensed crews for friable material and a DEQ notice for the work. We take on unit turnovers, common areas and whole-building projects.
Nearly half of Portland households rent. Landlords in Milwaukie and Gladstone are welcome too.
Rental projects
Buildings of five or more units
A new complex isn’t off the hook. With five or more units, Oregon treats the building like commercial property, and the before-2004 cutoff no longer spares it from a survey.
Unit turnovers
A turnover might mean new flooring in one unit this month and a new tub surround in another next spring. Each of those is its own renovation, with its own survey of the area it touches.
Occupied buildings
With residents next door, we keep the work area sealed, route waste out a planned way, and agree on noise hours and access with your manager.
What owners keep on file
Good records make the next job easier.
Survey reports
File every survey report with the building records, and hand a copy to the next contractor working in those rooms.
Shipment forms
Keep your copy of every waste shipment form in the building file.
Contractor checks
Ask any abatement firm for its CCB number, certified crew list and enforcement record.
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