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Chimney survey in Perivale, Greater London
Chimney surveys in Perivale, backed by more than 20 years’ experience. You get a clear report with photos.
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Gaps in the mortar around the pots
- Unused flues sealed without airflow
The survey, 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 between one and two hours for a house, or half a day or so for a commercial building. In Perivale, visits are available on weekdays and at weekends. London parking is frequently by permit or pay-and-display, so it’s useful to know what’s near you. A back bedroom window can be the best vantage point for a rear addition, so we may ask to use one.
- First you let us know about the chimneys, any damp on the chimney breasts and any worries.
- The stacks are looked at from ground level, from windows and from other safe vantage points.
- Every part we can see is checked: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and flashings.
- Where there is safe access, we check the stack in the loft and the chimney breasts for damp.
- We send a written report with photos, the defects found and what we recommend.
How to prepare
- Let us know about parking near the property
- Make sure we can get to the back of the property
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
Getting a price
Getting a price is simple: just call 07833 053749 or email us, tell us about the property and we’ll point you to the right survey. The price is agreed up front.
Advice
About our chimney survey in Perivale
If you are buying a home with chimneys, it’s worth knowing their condition before you exchange. Cracked flaunching, failed flashings and worn pointing are common findings on older stacks. Our report gives you specific points to raise with the seller or agent. It complements a RICS home survey rather than replacing it. Typical surveys look at spalled or crumbling bricks and gaps in the mortar around the pots, across brick chimney stacks, chimney breasts and shared and party-wall stacks.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces are found right across London, many with Welsh slate roofs, shared chimney stacks and parapet or valley gutters. Slates can last a century or more, but the nails holding them corrode, and slates slip. Homes in Perivale are no exception. Shared chimney stacks and the lead around them are just as important to check.
Most points in the report come with a picture, because a photo of a cracked flashing says more than a paragraph. Anything out of sight on the day is listed as such.
- Place
- Perivale (UB6, HA0, W5)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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Prices for chimney surveys in Perivale
What a survey costs depends on the time and equipment it needs. The main factors are:
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
- Any need for thermal images or a drone flight
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- The height of the building and how the roof can safely be seen
A Basic Survey starts from £150, including VAT. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, both including VAT. You’ll know the price for the job before booking.
What we need to know
The more you tell us, the easier it is to price the survey. When you contact us, tell us:
- Any stains, drips or damp patches you’ve seen indoors
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- Access details, like a loft hatch or a shared roof
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from ground level or a window
Photos help, if you have them. Take them safely from the ground or a window, and please don’t climb up for a closer look. To send them or to book, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Why act early in Perivale
For a buyer, the best time to learn about a chimney is before exchange. Once you’ve exchanged, the work is down to you. A report gives you something specific to put to the seller. In Perivale, as across London, an overflowing gutter soaks the wall below, which can lead to damp inside. A small blockage left for a few winters becomes a damp problem.
To find out what your survey will cost, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and tell us about the roof. We’ll confirm the figure before booking.
Why us?
- 98% of clients satisfied
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- A sub-250g drone, flown with a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- An independent view of the roof
Signs you need a chimney survey in Perivale
The flaunching on top of a stack holds the pots in place and sheds water. Cracked flaunching lets water in, and each winter makes it worse. Loose pots can follow.
Here are some of the things we see often:
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Staining on walls around the chimney
The streets around a church such as St. Mary with St. Nicholas - Perivale are often among the oldest in a place, and if you own one of the older houses nearby, its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- Is there a chance to talk the report through?
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
- What they will not be able to tell you
- Is VAT included in the price?
Perivale: your questions answered
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near South Greenford station?
Of course. We just need to know who will give access, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
Will parking be an issue for a roof survey in Perivale?
In much of London, parking needs planning: a visitor permit or a bay close to the door helps a lot, so mention what’s available when booking.
Will you check the loft?
If there is a loft and safe access to it, yes. From inside, the underside of the roof often shows damp, staining or daylight that can’t be seen from outside.
How long will you be at the property?
It usually takes an hour or two for most houses, rising to roughly 3–4 hours on a commercial building. You will then get the report by email.
Will you fly a drone over my roof?
Yes, where it’s applicable. Our sub-250g drone is flown by a CAA-registered operator with a Flyer ID and Operator ID, and every flight depends on the airspace and the weather.
Is this a RICS survey?
No. We check the roof, not the whole building, and it isn’t a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey. Many buyers have both.
Is this an asbestos survey?
No. Asbestos surveys and sampling aren’t something we do. The report may flag materials that could contain asbestos on buildings built or refurbished before 2000, with a recommendation to have a specialist asbestos surveyor check before it’s disturbed.
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Perivale
Alongside Victorian and Edwardian terraces, outer London has a great many interwar semis, often with hipped roofs of clay or concrete tiles. If your home in Perivale is one of them, bay roofs, hips and later dormers each have their own details. Whatever the covering, it is often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. Historic houses such as Pitzhanger Manor, about 2 miles south, show how far back building in the area around Perivale goes. On older houses around here, roofs frequently 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.
If you let a flat or house near South Greenford station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at. Anyone responsible for a site like St John Fisher Catholic Primary School will know that large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Perivale is about 1 mile east of Greenford, in Greater London. Surveys in Perivale work the same way as everywhere we cover: a careful inspection, photographs and a written report. Our area takes in places right across Greater London, large and small. Our London page covers surveys nearby.
Postcode districts we cover here for chimney surveys: UB6, HA0 and W5. You will find streets like Lee Road, Wicket Road and Bilton Road, and we cover them all. Close by, we survey roofs in Pitshanger (1 mile south), Brentham Garden Suburb (1 mile south-east), Sudbury Hill (1 mile north), Sudbury (1 mile north) and Greenford (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (10 miles east), City of Westminster (7 miles east), Marylebone (8 miles east), Kensington (6 miles south-east), St Pancras (9 miles east) and Shoreditch (10 miles east).
What’s near Perivale
We work in homes and buildings around Alperton Community School, Castle Bar Park and Brentham Clubhouse pub. Perivale’s nearest station is South Greenford station, roughly 0.8 miles south-west. Nearby you’ll also find London Transport Museum Depot (2.8 miles south-east) and London Designer Outlet (1.9 miles north-east). Not far away are Middle Lake and Castlebar Hill.
Tips that help
You don’t need to be a roofer to help. What helps most:
- Photograph damp patches with the date
- Check your stacks from the ground after strong winds
- Remove aerials or dishes from the stack if they’re no longer needed
- Use the report as a baseline for future checks
Where another specialist is needed, such as a structural engineer or sweep, we explain why. It gives them a clear starting point.
Unused stacks should be capped in a way that still lets air through. That helps stop damp building up inside.
Roof by roof
Chimney breasts and the loft
Inside, chimney breasts can show damp when water gets into the stack. We look at them and at the stack in the loft where there’s safe access.
Rendered stacks
Some stacks are rendered, which can hide the condition of the brickwork beneath. We look for cracks, hollow areas and staining.