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Chimney survey in Rose Hill, Slough
Independent chimney surveys in Rose Hill. More than 5,000 surveys completed across London and South East England.
- Signs that a stack is leaning
- Frost-damaged brickwork on the stack
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
What a survey costs
All our prices include VAT. What changes the price is:
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
- Roof area
- Whether thermal imaging or a drone is needed
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
We offer three survey packages: the Basic Survey from £150, the Standard Survey from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, with VAT included. The price for your roof depends on its size, access and what you’d like to know.
Helping us price your survey
When you call or email, these details help:
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- What made you get in touch
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
If you are buying, it’s useful to book soon after your offer is accepted, so you have the findings in time to act on them before you exchange. For any other survey, just ring 07833 053749 or email us when you are ready.
How a chimney survey works in Rose Hill
We inspect chimneys from wherever they can safely be seen: from ground level, from windows and vantage points, and from the loft where there’s access. A drone inspection is part of our Premium Survey where it applies. If we can’t see part of the stack, the report makes that clear. Each defect is recorded with a photo and a plain description. If you’ve noticed damp patches on chimney breasts and flaunching that has broken away, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
In a village or hamlet like Rose Hill, 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. Each needs checking in its own way, and thatch is a specialist material we report on as far as it can be seen. On older roofs, it is typically the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
You receive the findings by email, easy to pass on to a roofer, an agent or an insurer. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24–48 hours for Standard and same day for Premium.
- Where
- Rose Hill (SL1)
- Wider area
- Slough
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Rose Hill homes and their roofs
Historic houses like Cliveden, about 1 mile north-west, show how far back building in the area around Rose Hill goes. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. In this part of the South East, older roofs are mostly slate or clay tile and many newer ones concrete tile, and flat-roofed additions turn up almost everywhere. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look.
Take an older house close to Church of St Mary: its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first. If you let a flat or house near Taplow station, a dated record of the roof is useful when planning maintenance across a let. If you look after a building like St Peter's Church of England Primary School, long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Rose Hill is about 3 miles north-east of Maidenhead, in Slough. If you’re in Rose Hill, booking works exactly as it does anywhere else: get in touch, agree the price and pick a day. Rose Hill is one of the places in Slough we cover for chimney surveys. Reading is in our area too.
Postcode districts we cover here for chimney surveys: SL1. We offer chimney surveys to properties on Rose Hill and Taplow Common Road and the roads around them. If you’re just outside Rose Hill, we cover Hitchambury (1 mile south), Taplow (1 mile south-west), Burnham (1 mile south-east), Littleworth Corner (1 mile north-east) and Hedsor (2 miles north). Further out, we also cover Slough (4 miles south-east), Cippenham (3 miles south-east), Chalvey (4 miles south-east), Langley (6 miles south-east), Upton (5 miles south-east) and Datchet (6 miles south-east).
What’s near Rose Hill
Typical jobs here are in homes near Cocksherd Wood, Burnham Grammar School and The Feathers Public House, among other places. Rose Hill’s nearest station is Taplow station, roughly 1.7 miles south. Nearby you will also find St Mark's Hospital (3.5 miles south-west) and The Reitlinger Bequest Museum (2.2 miles south-west). Not far away are Taplow Lake and Littleworth Common.
Landlords, agents and block managers in Rose Hill
Freeholders and residents’ companies use a roof report to plan and budget.
Letting agents often book on a landlord’s behalf, with the report sent to whoever needs it. Access is agreed with the tenant ahead of time.
Rose Hill: your questions answered
Is my home in Rose Hill listed or in a conservation area?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it is 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.
Do you cover smaller places like Rose Hill?
Yes, Rose Hill is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
Our stack is shared. Can you still survey it?
Yes. We inspect what can be seen safely and what you give us access to. If a defect seems to be on your neighbour’s side, the report records it and you can raise it with them.
What insurance do you have?
We are covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
How fast do I get the report?
Report times are set by the package. Basic is within 48 hours, Standard is 24–48 hours and Premium is the same day. If you have a deadline, such as an exchange date, tell us as you book.
What’s in the survey report?
You get our findings in writing, part by part, with photos. The most urgent items are made clear.
How long have you been surveying roofs?
Over 5,000 surveys so far, across 20+ years of surveying roofs.
Different roofs, different checks
Brick stacks
Spalled bricks, where the face has flaked off, are a sign of water and frost. Any spalling is noted with photos.
Rendered stacks
We can’t see the bricks behind render without it being opened up, so the report explains what we could and couldn’t assess.
Places near Rose Hill
What else we do in Rose Hill
DIY checks: what’s safe
Fresh stains on ceilings or walls after rain are worth noting. Photograph them and note the date, which helps when we check the roof.
Keep a simple record: dates of leaks, photos from the ground and any work done on the roof. Share it with us when you book, as it helps us focus the survey.
How the survey works
The visit typically starts outside and finishes in the loft: outside views come first, then the roof space if there’s safe access. In total, it takes about 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Around Rose Hill, older homes can have small or awkward roof spaces, so let us know about the loft hatch and any ladder. Only areas that can be reached safely are inspected.
- First we talk through the stacks, their history and any problems.
- Each stack is inspected from safe positions outside.
- Pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings are checked and photographed.
- We look for damp on chimney breasts and in the roof space.
- You get a written report with photos and recommendations by email.
Before the survey
- Unlock side gates and any roof access doors
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- If it isn’t your property yet, arrange access through the agent
Booking a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Take them safely from ground level or a window. To send them or to book, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
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When you need someone else
Our survey isn’t a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. It also has these limits:
- A structural engineer’s assessment
- Flue inspections or sweeping
- Hidden damage within the stack
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can ring 07833 053749 or email us and we will tell you before you book. The full list of what we check.
Roofs we survey in Rose Hill
- Lead flashings
- Chimney breasts
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Flaunching