Tests & prices

Four tests. They answer different questions.

The cheapest test that answers your question is the right one. The trouble is that the cheap tests answer narrower questions, and paying for the wrong one usually means paying twice. Here is what each one does, and what it does not.

Prices on this page are placeholders. They are stand-in figures for layout and are not what we charge. Ring us for a real price until this notice is gone.

Presumptive screen

$249per propertyIndicative only

Result on site, same visit
On-site reagent test — no laboratory

A reagent test done on the spot. It tells you whether methamphetamine residue is likely present while we are still standing in the property.

Best for: A gut-check before you spend real money — a pre-purchase walk-through, or a landlord deciding whether this is worth escalating.

What you get

You have an answer in minutes, not days
The cheapest way to get any information at all
Good at ruling a property in as needing a proper look

What it will not do

It indicates presence. It is not a number and not a lab result
No use for a tenancy dispute, an insurance claim or a sale disclosure
Both false positives and false negatives are possible
A clear screen is not a clean bill of health

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Whole-property composite

$395per property, up to 4 roomsIndicative only

Lab result in 3–5 business days
NATA-accredited laboratory analysis

Swabs taken from several rooms, combined into one sample and analysed by a NATA-accredited laboratory. One number for the whole property.

Best for: Pre-purchase, or a first proper look where the question is simply whether there is a problem at all.

What you get

A lab-grade result at the lowest lab price
Covers the whole property in a single sample
Accredited laboratory and documented sampling, so the method stands up

What it will not do

Combining rooms dilutes: a hot spot in one room is averaged across all of them, so a real problem can come back under the threshold
A positive tells you the property is affected but not where
Not enough on its own to scope a clean-up — you will usually be paying for a second round

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By-room composite

$650per property, up to 6 roomsIndicative only

Lab result in 3–5 business days
NATA-accredited laboratory analysis

A separate composite sample for each room, analysed separately. Every room comes back with its own result instead of sharing one.

Best for: Anyone who already suspects a problem, or who will have to act on the result — scoping a clean-up, ending a tenancy, or arguing about either.

What you get

Tells you which rooms are affected and which are not
Avoids the dilution problem that makes a single whole-property composite miss things
Detailed enough for a hygienist to build a remediation plan from
Rooms that come back clear are ruled out, which usually costs less to clean up

What it will not do

Costs more, and the price climbs with the number of rooms
Still an average within each room — it will not pinpoint the surface
Takes longer on site, so the visit needs a wider window

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Detailed sampling

$950from, scoped per propertyIndicative only

Lab result in 3–5 business days
NATA-accredited laboratory analysis

Individual swabs at individual locations, each analysed on its own. No combining, no averaging.

Best for: Disputes, insurance, clearance after a clean-up, and anywhere a decision of consequence rests on the number.

What you get

The most defensible result available — every sample stands on its own
Pinpoints specific surfaces rather than whole rooms
The expected standard where a result is likely to be challenged

What it will not do

The most expensive option by a wide margin
Overkill if the question is only whether there is a problem
Every extra sample adds a lab fee, so the cost climbs quickly

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Which one do you need?

Pick the row that sounds most like you. If two rows fit, take the lower one — it is the cheaper mistake.

Your situation	Start with
You are at an open home and want a quick indication before you go further	Presumptive screen
You are buying, and want a lab answer before the contract date	Whole-property composite
A tenancy has ended and you suspect a problem	By-room composite
You need to work out what a clean-up would involve	By-room composite
The result is going to a tribunal, an insurer or a solicitor	Detailed sampling
You need to confirm a clean-up actually worked	Detailed sampling

Not sure? Ring 1800 638 483 and describe the property. It takes about two minutes to work out and we would rather send you to the cheaper test than sell you the dearer one.

The thing nobody mentions about composites

A whole-property composite is a genuine laboratory result, and for a lot of properties it is all you need. But it works by combining swabs from several rooms into one sample, and that means the number you get back is an average.

If one bedroom is badly affected and three other rooms are clean, the average across all four can land under the threshold. The report is accurate — the property really does average out to that number — but the bedroom is still a problem, and you have a piece of paper suggesting otherwise.

It cuts the other way too. A positive composite tells you the property is affected but not which room, so you cannot scope a clean-up from it. Most people who get a positive composite end up booking by-room sampling next.

So: if you already suspect a problem, start at by-room.The composite is the right first test when you genuinely do not know and the property has no history pointing either way. When there is history — a bad tenancy, a police visit, a neighbour's account — you are probably going to end up at by-room regardless, and doing it first is cheaper than doing it second.

What the price covers

Included

Travel anywhere in our service areas, the site visit, sampling, laboratory fees, and a written report you can hand to someone else.

Charged separately

Extra rooms beyond the count listed on each test, return visits, and island access in the Redlands. We will tell you before the visit, not after.

Not included

A remediation plan. If a result comes back positive and you need a clean-up scoped, that is a Certified Occupational Hygienist's job and you engage them directly.

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Pick a test, pay online and choose a time that suits. Or ring 1800 638 483 if you would rather talk it through first.

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