Asbestos

We got the survey back last night on the house we are buying. Guess what came up? Asbestos. Wahey. So now (from what I can tell) we are looking at 2 possible outcomes.
1. We pull out of the sale. We have spent £350 on a survey which we will have to spend again on whatever house we find next. Also we have to find another house. This will take time and so will all the motions etc so this has almost certainly pushed back the completion date.
2. We stick with the sale. There is no way we can pay for the asbestos removal so this option only works if the current owner is willing to pay for the work. This is highly unlikely. The only thing that might make them do it is the fact that they will probably get the same response from everyone who has a survey done on their house. Even if this does happen though it will still mean delays on the completion date.

Not good. Not good at all.