While true, domestic use is super problematic and balloons any bill.
E.g. our house in germany is from 1968. We where lucky and the builder did not use any asbestos so I could do most renovations myself.
If you have asbestos, you need specialized equipment and procedures or involve experts. That is really expensive and can easily double or triple your estimated cost.
You can ofc ignore it, but especially with small children it seems ill advised to do so. NTM there are fines if you expose the public.
In The Netherlands you can remove asbestos yourself and bring it to the local trash collection and recycling center for free. You do have to get a permit (free, but takes a few days) and follow some simple guidelines for handling and packaging. But, this applies only to private homeowners.
In my case, my house had a facade made of aluminium frames with prefab slabs slotted in. The slabs had a layer of asbestos on the inside. I just slotted the slabs out, packaged them in two layers of plastic and took them to the recycling center.
If you involve a specialised removal firm it's super expensive and stalls your project by weeks. I was advised by the builder I could just remove a few plates of asbestos myself, about half a day of work, most of which was spent getting the right plastic bags and then driving them to the correct dump, the actual removal of the asbestos plates took minutes. Used mask etc, but really a single exposure was a very acceptable risk for me to save on cost and time. (There's different types of asbestos, some more dangerous than others, so you should do a bit of research into what you're doing)
Meanwhile in America I am allowed to self-remove asbestos as a homeowner no verifications required. Whereas a commercial builder is required to have certifications.
Another “fun fact,” when the asbestos ban went into place builders were still allowed to use any remaining stock they held in their warehouses. No new product could be purchased. So homes could still be built years later with a now banned substance.
