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Maida Vale Chimney Survey
Get a clear view of the chimney stack at a property in Maida Vale from an independent roof surveyor. Visits run on weekdays and weekends, in the daytime.
- Worn or missing pointing
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Gaps where the stack meets the roof
What a survey costs
Survey packages start from £150, including VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on:
- How many separate roofs there are, such as extensions, dormers and garages
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
- The size of the roof
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: its size, its height, how many sections it has and how safely it can be seen. Prices start from £150, including VAT.
What to tell us when you get in touch
The more you tell us, the easier it is to price the survey. When you get in touch, it’s useful to mention:
- What kind of property and roof it is
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- Any stains, drips or damp patches you’ve seen indoors
- Dates you are working to, such as exchange
To arrange a survey, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email and let us know the address and what’s prompted the survey. You will know the price before anything is booked.
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Maida Vale
Redundant chimneys are common, especially where fires have been replaced by central heating. Even when it is not used, a stack has to stay weathertight. If it has been capped without ventilation, damp can build up inside it. We check how redundant stacks have been capped and look for damp in the chimney breasts. The report sets out what we found and what we recommend. If you are worried about a stack that appears to lean and staining on walls around the chimney, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, where the roof is normally a shared part of the building. Whoever looks after the building needs a clear picture of the roof, chimneys and gutters. A defect on a shared roof can reach more than one flat. A report gives everyone the same picture to plan from, with photographs.
How fast the report arrives depends on the package: Basic within 48 hours, Standard in 24–48 hours and Premium the same day.
- Where
- Maida Vale (W9, NW8, NW6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Your questions about chimney surveys in Maida Vale
Is my home in Maida Vale listed or in a conservation area?
The council and Historic England’s list are the places to check. It is worth checking before planning roof work, as both can affect what’s allowed.
I let a flat near Kilburn High Road station. Can you check the roof?
Yes. We survey roofs for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as owners. Just ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the details.
Do you need to get into the loft?
Typically, if there’s one and it can be reached safely. From inside, the underside of the roof often shows damp, staining or daylight that cannot be seen from outside.
Which days do you carry out surveys?
We carry out surveys seven days a week. To find a day that suits you, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email.
What happens next?
You receive the written report by email, with photographs and recommendations. It is yours to share with a seller, insurer, roofer or managing agent, whichever applies.
Do you inspect shared chimneys?
Yes. Many houses share stacks with a neighbour. We survey what we can see safely, and note anything that seems to involve next door.
What does a chimney survey cover?
We check the pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, brickwork and flashings. We also check chimney breasts and the stack in the roof space where we can reach. You get a written report with photos.
Maida Vale homes and their roofs
Close to the centre of London, a great many houses are Victorian or Edwardian terraces, many of them roofed in Welsh slate. Behind many of their parapets sit butterfly roofs and valley gutters that can’t be seen from the pavement. Lead flashings, party-wall upstands and shared chimney stacks are typical of these houses, if yours is one of them. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. Historic houses like Winfield House, about 1.1 miles east, show how far back building in the area around Maida Vale goes. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
If you live near a park such as Emslie Horniman's Pleasance, or anywhere with mature trees, autumn leaves can block gutters and valleys, and blocked gutters overflow and soak walls. If you own a rental within reach of Kilburn High Road station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at.
Maida Vale is about 2 miles south of Hampstead, in Greater London. Whether the building in Maida Vale is a house, a flat or a commercial unit, we can survey the roof. Maida Vale is one of the places in Greater London we cover.
All of W9, NW8 and NW6 is within our area for chimney surveys, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We offer chimney surveys to properties on The Lane, Hall Road and Hill Road and the roads around them. Maida Vale sits on or near the A404. Other places close to Maida Vale include Westbourne Green (1 mile south), Little Venice (1 mile south-east), Paddington Green (1 mile south-east), Westbourne (1 mile south) and St John's Wood (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns like London (5 miles south-east), St Pancras (3 miles east), Shoreditch (5 miles east), Walthamstow (8 miles north-east), Hoxton (5 miles east) and Whitechapel (5 miles east).
Local landmarks in Maida Vale
In Maida Vale, that means homes and buildings near Emslie Horniman's Pleasance, Paddington Academy and The Warrington pub. Other local landmarks include Cecil Sharp House (1.9 miles north-east) and Maida Vale School (less than half a mile west). The closest station to Maida Vale is Kilburn High Road station, about 0.7 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Montfichet's Tower (3.9 miles east) and O2 Centre (1.5 miles north). Green spaces nearby include Greville Place nature reserve and The Long Water.
What we cannot see
Our findings are based on what we can see safely on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Whether the flue is safe to use
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
- Areas we can’t view from safe positions
If in doubt, phone 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll point you to the right survey before booking. The full list of what we check.
What we check
- Chimney breasts
- Flaunching
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Brick chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
Common roof problems in Maida Vale
Where a chimney meets the roof, lead flashings keep water out. With age they can lift, split or come away from the joints. When flashings fail, water often shows up in the loft or on the chimney breast. Lead is also a target for theft.
Look out for signs like these:
- Pots or cowls that look unsafe
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Flashings pulling away from the stack
- A stack that appears to lean
If your house is among the older ones in the streets near St Peter Elgin Avenue, corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- Whether VAT is added on top
- Whether they hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- What happens after the report arrives
- What the report includes, and whether it has photos
Before and after the survey
These tips come from what we see on roofs every week:
- Use the report as a baseline for future checks
- Don’t use a ladder to reach the stack yourself
- Look at the chimneys with binoculars after a storm
- Have the flue swept and checked if you use the fire
Questions about the findings are always welcome. Standard Surveys come with a follow-up consultation, and Premium Surveys with an in-person one.
Unused stacks should be capped in a way that still lets air through. That helps stop damp building up inside.
What we do, step by step
The visit has one job: to look at the chimney stack as closely as is safe and record what we find. Notes and photos go into the written report. It normally takes about one to two hours for a house, and more on a big or complicated roof. In converted houses and mansion blocks, the loft hatch is often on a shared landing. Where that is the case, access needs agreeing with whoever controls that landing. Otherwise, the visit in Maida Vale runs like any other.
- You let us know how many stacks there are and any damp or problems you’ve noticed.
- We inspect each stack from safe viewpoints outside.
- Every part we can see is checked: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and flashings.
- Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there’s safe access.
- We send a written report with photos, the defects found and what we recommend.
Before the survey
- Note where any stains or damp appear
- Check pets are kept safely away
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
How to book
You can call us seven days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays. To book or ask a question, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
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Why get it checked now?
Before deciding what to do with a redundant stack, a survey shows how it is doing. Changes to stacks in conservation areas or on listed buildings may need consent and the council can advise. In Maida Vale, as in much of London, water from a roof defect can reach a neighbour’s home as easily as yours: failed flashings and blocked valley gutters can send water into more than one home. Finding it early keeps the work smaller.
Every price we give includes VAT, and the written report is part of the package. Prices start from £150, including VAT. Where your roof sits in the range depends on its size, height and access.
Why us?
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- Drones and thermal imaging where applicable
- An independent view of the roof
- Prices that include VAT
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