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I got the full survery done and paid for by the seller. Our house was built in 1969 so had a high probability of its use in construction, which was raised by the survery. I asked them to prove it wasnt used, they said they couldnt, I said pay the £275 for the survery then.
They didnt poke any holes but they did lift carpets to find the old tiles under it (the house was unoccupied though.)
Once the survery came back positive I got a quote for safe removal and got them to take it off the agreed price.
We got the keys tuesday and all the material was removed by wednesday.
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We can't do the proper invasive survey (presumably more expensive) until we own the place because it involves holes in walls etc.
With this more expensive one it still specifies certain areas (which came up from our building survey).
But there are two main areas: Artex walls and ceilings (almost certainly asbestos) and polystyrene ceiling tiles (hopefully not).
We want that survey ASAP really because I want to rip the ceiling tiles off as soon as we get the keys.