To uncover opportunities to increase professional asbestos assessment when purchasing a home Specifically, the research aims to address the following … Measure awareness of asbestos inspections and reports among different stakeholders Explore general perceptions of asbestos inspections/reports Explore all rational and irrational factors such as price, fear, myths, social norms and any other attitudes raised across cohorts Uncover and explore all in relation to asbestos assessment reports attitudes and behaviours Understand what drives inertia, for example, do home buyers surrounding asbestos know asbestos assessments are available? Are they considered inspections/reports in Australia to be a standard part of building inspections such as those of among priority cohorts Architecture? To what extent does the inertia of banks and insurers drive the inertia of home buyers? Explore perceptions of DIYers regarding asbestos inspections and whether they would have more confidence in renovating had an asbestos inspection been carried out Explore the gap between awareness and action. Is this an extensive gap? Examine all issues How hard would it be to close the gap? What factors would overcome surrounding current barriers to change? What issues might inform strategies to close the gap? consumption of asbestos Does change require communication? If so what messages and themes inspection reports in might be significant? Which authorities might be credible in driving change? Australia among all What emotional factors might drive change, for example, overcoming fear? relevant cohorts What education is needed and where might this learning come from? Understand what drives awareness (or lack of awareness) of asbestos in the home and understand why this awareness does not convert into action in the form of reporting Understand all the Determine the factors that currently drive the consumption of asbestos factors that might drive assessment reports change in relation to the uptake of asbestos Identify the barriers to purchase of asbestos inspection reports reports in the housing Explore the current appetite of all cohorts in terms of purchasing asbestos market assessment reports Do buyers imagine asbestos assessments might affect property values? What other factors drive the current appetite among relevant cohorts?
To uncover opportunities to increase professional asbestos assessment when purchasing a home Specifically, the research aims to address the following … Uncover and explore all attitudes and behaviours surrounding asbestos inspections/reports in Australia among priority cohorts Measure awareness of asbestos inspections and reports among different stakeholders Explore general perceptions of asbestos inspections/reports Explore all rational and irrational factors such as price, fear, myths, social norms and any other attitudes raised across cohorts in relation to asbestos assessment reports Understand what drives inertia, for example, do home buyers know asbestos assessments are available? Are they considered to be a standard part of building inspections such as those of Architecture? To what extent does the inertia of banks and insurers drive the inertia of home buyers? Explore perceptions of DIYers regarding asbestos inspections and whether they would have more confidence in renovating had an asbestos inspection been carried out Examine all issues surrounding current consumption of asbestos inspection reports in Australia among all relevant cohorts Explore the gap between awareness and action. Is this an extensive gap? How hard would it be to close the gap? What factors would overcome barriers to change? What issues might inform strategies to close the gap? Does change require communication? If so what messages and themes might be significant? Which authorities might be credible in driving change? What emotional factors might drive change, for example, overcoming fear? What education is needed and where might this learning come from? Understand all the factors that might drive change in relation to the uptake of asbestos reports in the housing market Understand what drives awareness (or lack of awareness) of asbestos in the home and understand why this awareness does not convert into action in the form of reporting Determine the factors that currently drive the consumption of asbestos assessment reports Identify the barriers to purchase of asbestos inspection reports Explore the current appetite of all cohorts in terms of purchasing asbestos assessment reports Do buyers imagine asbestos assessments might affect property values? What other factors drive the current appetite among relevant cohorts?
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