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Chimney survey in Pollards Hill, Greater London
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Pollards Hill. More than 5,000 surveys completed across London and South East England.
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Worn or missing pointing
What affects the cost of chimney surveys
We confirm the price for your roof before booking. This is what makes a difference:
- The roof’s overall size
- Building height and the viewpoints available
- How many separate roofs there are, such as extensions, dormers and garages
- Whether you choose the Basic, Standard or Premium Survey
There are three survey packages: the Basic Survey from £150, the Standard Survey from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, all inc. VAT. What your roof costs depends on its size, access and what you want to find out.
Booking your survey
Here’s what helps us most when you contact us:
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
- The address and postcode of the property
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
For a price for chimney surveys in Pollards Hill, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form. The address, the type of property and what you’d like to know help us price the survey accurately.
Chimney survey in Pollards Hill
Chimney stacks take more weather than almost any other part of a house. In time, flaunching cracks, mortar washes out and flashings come loose. Water then gets into the stack and can show as damp on a chimney breast or a stain in the loft. A survey finds these problems and records them with photographs. Common reasons to book are a chimney out of line and gaps where the stack meets the roof, on chimney pots and cowls, chimney breasts and flaunching.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, so roofs are frequently shared between several households. 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 photos.
Nothing in the report is left vague: if work is needed, the report says so clearly, along with how urgent it is.
- Where
- Pollards Hill (CR7, SW16, SE19)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common roof problems in Pollards Hill
Many chimneys are no longer used. A stack sealed without ventilation can trap damp. That can lead to damp patches on chimney breasts, even with the roof in good order.
A survey can pick up problems such as:
- A chimney out of line
- Gaps in the mortar around the pots
- Mortar washing out of the joints
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
If you run a business near Centrale Croydon, a roof report helps plan work around trading rather than after a leak.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- What the report includes, and whether it has photographs
- Whether any drone flown is registered with the CAA
- What they won’t be able to tell you
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
Nearby places to Pollards Hill
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Tips that help
A survey works best with a little help from you, before and after. Tips:
- File photos of the stacks with your home records
- Make sure fixings on the stack are secure
- Check that disused chimneys can still breathe
- Keep track of stains on chimney breasts
Once we have been, the findings are written up with photos. It explains the condition of each part of the stack and any damp inside. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24 to 48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium.
Have aerial and dish brackets on the stack checked and taken off if they’re no longer needed. Less load on the stack means less strain in wind.
Why it is worth a survey now in Pollards Hill
A small amount of repointing or new flaunching is usually a modest job. Left for a few winters, frost and water can loosen pots and bricks, and the work grows. London’s older roofs often have bitumen felt underlay or none at all, so a slipped slate can soon mean water inside. Left unchecked, water soaks into timber and plaster and the damage spreads.
Our price is from £150, including VAT. Basic starts from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, VAT included.
Why book with us
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- 20+ years’ experience
- Packages from £150, with VAT included
- Every finding written up with photos
Read what a roof survey costs and two real surveys.
Local roofs in Pollards Hill
Historic houses such as Kingswood House, about 1.9 miles north-east, show how far back building in the area around Pollards Hill 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. Close to the centre of London, a great many houses are Victorian or Edwardian terraces, many of them roofed in Welsh slate. From the street you may see only a parapet, with a butterfly roof and a valley gutter behind it draining to the back. Lead flashings, party-wall upstands and shared chimney stacks are typical of these houses, if yours is one of them. Each of these coverings has its own weak points, from fixings and valleys to flashings, chimneys and gutters.
Take an older house close to St Oswald: its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first. If you look after a building like Kensington Avenue Primary School, large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Pollards Hill is about 1 mile north of Thornton Heath, in Greater London. Wherever you are in Pollards Hill, we can carry out chimney surveys at your property, on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday. We cover towns and villages across Greater London, large and small. You can also see our page for London.
Surveys in CR7, SW16 and SE19 are booked the same way as anywhere else. You’ll find streets such as Green Lane, Croft Road and Downs Road. Other places close to Pollards Hill include Norbury (1 mile north), Thornton Heath (1 mile south), Streatham (2 miles north-west), Streatham Park (2 miles north-west) and Mitcham (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include London (6 miles north), City of Westminster (8 miles north), Marylebone (8 miles north), Kensington (7 miles north-west), St Pancras (8 miles north) and Shoreditch (8 miles north).
Local landmarks in Pollards Hill
In Pollards Hill, that means homes and buildings near Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls, Silburn Reid and The Moon Under Water pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Norbury station, about 0.6 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Crystal Palace Museum (1.5 miles north-east) and Croydon University Hospital (1.3 miles south). Open spaces near Pollards Hill include Knight's Hill and Biggin Wood.
Honest limits
Without opening up the roof, some things stay hidden, so a survey has limits:
- Whether a stack needs rebuilding on structural grounds
- Flue inspections or sweeping
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
If in doubt, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will recommend the right survey. What a survey covers and does not.
What we look at
- Flaunching
- Brick chimney stacks
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Lead flashings
- Chimney pots and cowls
Your questions about chimney surveys in Pollards Hill
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Pollards Hill?
Your council is the best source, with Historic England’s list for listed buildings. Both listing and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material, and councils can also use Article 4 directions.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Norbury station?
Of course. Let us know whether a tenant or an agent will let us in, and the report can go straight to you or your agent.
How much does a chimney survey cost in Pollards Hill?
Our price is from £150, including VAT. Our Basic Survey starts from £150, the Standard Survey from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, all including VAT.
How long will you be at the property?
It usually takes roughly 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. We’ll confirm the timing when booking.
What happens next?
You receive the written report by email, with photographs and recommendations. You can use it to talk to a seller, an insurer, a roofer or a managing agent, whichever applies.
How soon will I get the report?
The Premium Survey report comes the same day, the Standard within 24–48 hours and the Basic within 48 hours. All of them come by email.
My chimney looks like it is leaning. What should I do?
It’s worth having a leaning stack checked. We record the lean, the brickwork and the pointing, and recommend a structural engineer where it may be a structural concern.
How the survey works
We’ll ask a few questions first, about the roof’s history, any leaks and past repairs. Then the inspection itself takes about one to two hours at most homes, though large, tall or awkward roofs take more time. From the street, a London terrace typically shows only its front slope or parapet, so in Pollards Hill we work round the house, using the street, the windows, the loft and any safe vantage point behind it. Shared stairs or a basement flat? Let us know who holds the keys.
- You tell us whether any stacks are shared, unused or leaning.
- We check the roof around each stack, including the flashings.
- We check the flaunching and pots on every stack.
- Any lean, spalling or worn pointing is recorded.
- The report explains the condition and which work is most urgent.
Before the survey
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
- Leave side gates unlocked
Booking a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Take them safely from ground level or a window, and please don’t climb up for a closer look. To get started, call 07833 053749 or send us an email.