Hampshire · London and the South East
Chimney Survey in Brambridge
We take a careful look at the chimney stack at your property in Brambridge, and put it all in a report with photos.
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Mortar washing out of the joints
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Brambridge
For buyers, a chimney survey before exchange can flag work you may want to raise. On older stacks, we often find cracked flaunching, loose flashings and worn pointing. You get photos and findings you can take back to the seller or agent. It works alongside a RICS home survey, not instead of one. If you are worried about a chimney out of line and bricks with flaking faces, a survey will tell you what’s going on, on chimney pots and cowls, flaunching and shared and party-wall stacks alike.
In a village or hamlet like Brambridge, older cottages and farmhouses often sit alongside barns, outbuildings and a few newer houses. Roofs there can be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, and chimney stacks are often old. We report on everything that’s safely in view, and thatch is a specialist material. On older roofs, it’s normally the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
Nothing in the report is left vague: where something needs attention, it says so plainly, and where it can wait, that is said too.
- Where
- Brambridge (SO50)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
How the survey works
Safety comes first on every visit. We inspect what can be seen safely, and if part of the roof can’t be seen, the report says so. The survey typically takes about one to two hours at most homes, and longer for a large or complex roof. Rural addresses near Brambridge can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions, or a note of a nearby landmark, help us arrive on time. After that, the survey runs as it would anywhere.
- First we talk through the stacks, their history and any problems.
- We look at every stack from wherever it can be seen safely.
- We photograph and record the pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- We look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft space.
- The report, with photos and recommendations, is emailed to you.
Before we arrive
- If it isn’t your property yet, arrange access through the agent
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Unlock side gates and any roof access doors
How to book
Chimney survey starts from £150, including VAT. The exact figure depends on the roof and the package, and you can ring 07833 053749 or send us an email to find out.
Related advice
Common roof problems in Brambridge
Where a chimney meets the roof, lead flashings keep water out. They can lift in wind, crack with age or pull out of the mortar joints. When flashings fail, water often shows up in the loft or on the chimney breast. Lead is also a target for theft.
People usually book a survey after spotting something like this:
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Disused chimneys trapping moisture
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
- Cracked or missing flaunching
Anyone responsible for a site like Colden Common Primary School will know that long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- Is VAT included in the price?
- Whether the loft is part of the inspection
- Their report turnaround times
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
Places near Brambridge
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Your questions about chimney surveys in Brambridge
Can a landlord with a rental near Shawford station book a roof survey?
Yes, that is a common request. We just need to know who will give access, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
How do I find out if my home in Brambridge is listed?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it’s in a conservation area. Listed building consent is needed for changes that affect a listed building’s special interest, and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material.
What do you check on a chimney?
Every part of the stack we can see from safe positions: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and flashings. We also note leaning, redundant stacks and damp inside.
What happens after the survey?
You’ll get the report by email. With Standard there’s a follow-up consultation; with Premium, an in-person consultation, so you can talk the findings through.
What’s the best way to book?
Just ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address. We will ask a few questions, confirm the price and agree a date, weekday or weekend.
Do you climb onto every roof?
Only when it’s safe. Most of what we need can be seen from safe viewpoints, the loft and, where it applies, a drone.
How much is a survey?
Prices start from £150, including VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on its size, height, access and the package, and it is agreed before booking.
Why act early in Brambridge
A small amount of repointing or new flaunching is typically a modest job. Left for a few winters, frost and water can loosen pots and bricks and the job gets bigger. Where a roof is exposed, as many are in small places like Brambridge, driving rain gets into any weakness, and damp in older walls is slow to dry out.
One thing that affects the price is the package: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 or Premium from £400, all including VAT. Size, height and access can affect the price too.
Why book us in Brambridge
- Every finding written up with photos
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- 98% customer satisfaction
- 5,000+ roofs surveyed
See our cost guide or two real surveys.
Local roofs in Brambridge
South Stoneham House, about 4.5 miles south-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Brambridge. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Thatch survives on some older buildings in Hampshire’s villages. In this part of the South East, older roofs are mostly slate or clay tile and many newer ones concrete tile. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
If you live in an older home near Church of the Holy Trinity, corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs. If you let a flat or house near Shawford station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at.
Brambridge is about 2 miles north-east of Eastleigh, in Hampshire. In Brambridge, as across Hampshire, every roof gets the same careful survey. Brambridge is one of the places in Hampshire we cover for chimney surveys. There is also a page for Southampton.
We survey roofs across SO50 for chimney surveys. If you need a chimney survey at a property on Brambridge, Bishopstoke Lane and Kiln Lane or anywhere close by, we can survey it. Close by, we survey roofs in Colden Common (1 mile north-east), Highbridge (1 mile south-west), Lord's Wood (1 mile south-west), Nob's Crook (1 mile south-east) and Fisher's Pond (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include Winchester (5 miles north), Gosport (15 miles south-east), Fareham (11 miles south-east), Horndean (15 miles south-east), Totton (9 miles south-west) and Chandler's Ford (3 miles west).
Near you in Brambridge
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Thornden School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Shawford station, roughly 2 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Wolvesey Castle (4.6 miles north) and Eastleigh Museum (2.1 miles south-west). For a walk, there is Shawford Down and Twyford Down.
What this survey cannot tell you
Without opening up the roof, some things stay hidden, and that sets some limits:
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- Structural calculations for a leaning stack
- Gas safety checks, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If you’re not sure which survey you need, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and does not.
What we check
- Flaunching
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Brick chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Chimney breasts
Landlord and commercial surveys in Brambridge
Freeholders and residents’ companies use a roof report to plan and budget.
An agent can book and manage the survey for a landlord, with the report sent to whoever needs it. Access is agreed with the tenant ahead of time.
What affects the price in Brambridge
When we price a survey, we consider:
- How tall the building is and how easy the roof is to see
- The size of the roof
- How many separate roofs there are, like extensions, dormers and garages
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
Every price we give includes VAT. Our price is from £150, including VAT. We confirm the price for your survey before booking.
Helping us price your survey
There is no need for technical words. Just let us know:
- The kind of building and roof involved
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Your timetable, such as an exchange date
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
To book a survey, call 07833 053749 or send us an email and tell us the address and what’s prompted the survey. You will know the price before anything is booked.