The pragmatic answer to this question is simply this.
Neighbours asbestos roof.
I m unsure of what to do.
You may live near an industrial area where there are many hectares of asbestos roofs and there may be other asbestos products that we do not know about that is close by.
Homes with asbestos roofs are also likely to be more expensive to insure.
Your neighbour s may have asbestos roofs.
Inform your neighbours of the proposed work and advise them to close doors and windows while the work is being undertaken.
My neighbour two doors down has being doing some diy and for a few weeks now the pieces of his broken up asbestos garage roof have been strewn across his front garden.
It s been ratting around in the current storm.
The more weathered your roof gets the more risk there is of deterioration which might expose your family and neighbours to harmful asbestos fibres.
The question to your neighbour should be whether the contractor is competent.
We ve heard from some property owners that asbestos roofing makes a property more difficult to sell.
We re all aware of the health risks here.
It might be worth discussing this with your neighbour because it is their house garden as much as yours that would be at risk if they use a contractor who isn t competent.