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Boreham Street Flat Roof Survey
Surveys of flat roofs on homes, extensions and commercial buildings around Boreham Street, with findings in writing and pictures to back them up. Weekday and weekend visits available.
- Cracked or split membrane
- Raised blisters across the surface
- Failed seals around rooflight kerbs
Flat roof survey in Boreham Street
Every flat roof covering tends to fail in its own way. Built-up felt tends to blister and crack, asphalt crazes and splits, EPDM can lift at its laps, and GRP can crack at board joints and edge trims. Single-ply PVC and TPO roofs are checked at their welds, edges and fixings. Knowing what you have and how it is doing helps you plan what comes next. We survey mastic asphalt, EPDM rubber and felt flat roofs, and people most often book us about failed seals around rooflight kerbs and standing water left after rain.
Somewhere as small as Boreham Street, flat roofs tend to be on extensions, garages and converted outbuildings. The checks are the same as anywhere: outlets, upstands, edges and the covering itself. The journey and access are planned beforehand. If there are outbuildings or garages with flat roofs, mention them when you book.
The report records the flat roof as we found it on the day. That makes it useful now and a handy reference later, such as when you want to compare after future work.
- Place
- Boreham Street (BN27)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Tips that help
A few practical points come up again and again on our surveys. They’re worth knowing whatever the roof:
- Watch the ceilings below the flat roof for stains
- Clear roof outlets and gutters each autumn
- Look for standing water a day after rain
- Keep records of when the roof was laid and what work has been done
The report is emailed to you, ready to share with a roofer, the seller or a managing agent. Each defect is described in plain words and shown in a photo, so others can follow it without going up to look.
Keep foot traffic on a flat roof to a minimum. Where someone does need access, ask them to use boards or a protected route, and remind them never to step on rooflights or fragile sheets.
Questions from Boreham Street
Will you come out to Boreham Street?
We do. A small place gets exactly the same survey as a big one, with the route planned beforehand.
Do roofs near the sea, like those around Boreham Street, take more of a battering?
Near the coast, roofs face more wind and more salt than further inland. Salt corrodes metal fixings and flashings, and wind lifts loose slates, tiles and ridge pieces.
Will you check the loft?
If there is a loft and safe access to it, yes. The loft space can show things the outside can’t, such as damp timbers, staining or daylight.
Can you find where water is getting through my flat roof?
We check the covering and every detail where leaks commonly start, recording anything that could let water through. Where the source is not obvious, a roof leak investigation or electronic leak detection may be the next step.
Do you check flat roofs for asbestos?
Our survey doesn’t include asbestos testing. Buildings built or refurbished before 2000 may contain asbestos, for example in cement roof sheets. Anything that might contain it is flagged, so a specialist asbestos surveyor can check before work starts.
Can you survey a shared roof?
Yes. A shared roof needs access agreed first. Mention it when you get in touch and we’ll plan the survey around it.
Do you go up onto the roof?
Where it is safe, the roof is inspected from the roof itself. If not, we use safe viewpoints and look inside, and the report says if any part couldn’t be seen. Fragile surfaces are never walked on.
For landlords and managing agents
An agent can book and manage the survey for a landlord, and the report can go to both. Access is agreed with the tenant in advance.
We survey roofs for landlords and agents as well as homeowners. The report gives you a dated record of the flat roof, with photographs, which helps you plan work between tenancies.
What a survey costs
To price your survey, we look at:
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
- Whether you choose the Basic, Standard or Premium Survey
- Height and safe access
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
Price depends partly on the package: from £150 for Basic, £250 for Standard and £400 for Premium, inc. VAT. Size, height and access can affect the price too.
Helping us price your survey
If you can, have these to hand when you contact us:
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
- Where any leaks, stains or damp patches show inside
Buyers should book once an offer has been accepted, so you have the findings in time to act on them before you exchange. Otherwise, simply call 07833 053749 or email us whenever suits you.
Leave it or get it looked at?
If you are buying, find out about the flat roof before you exchange. Once you’ve exchanged, any work on the roof is down to you. Our report gives you specific points to raise with the seller or agent. For older village homes like those around Boreham Street, the right replacement materials are not always easy to find quickly. That is one more reason to find defects before they become urgent.
Flat roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. What you pay depends on how big and how high the roof is, access and the package you choose.
Why us?
- Two decades and more of roof surveys
- PI and public liability insurance
- Plain-English reports with photos
- Surveys seven days a week
Read what a roof survey costs and our case studies.
How the survey works
We look at the roof from outside and, where it’s relevant and there’s safe access, from inside the roof space too. In the loft, the signs we look for are staining, damp, daylight and sagging, as far as the space allows. The whole visit usually takes between one and two hours for a house, or half a day or so for a commercial building. Somewhere like Boreham Street needs a little journey planning: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. On the day, we inspect what can safely be seen, inside and out.
- First you give us the address, what the roof covers and any leaks you’ve noticed.
- The roof is inspected from safe viewpoints, and from the roof itself where that’s safe.
- The covering, falls, upstands, outlets, edge trims and rooflights are checked and photographed.
- Inside, we look for damp and staining under the roof where there is access.
- You get a written report with photographs and our recommendations.
How to prepare
- Keep pets in another room
- Let us know about parking near the property
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
How to book
Once you know what you need, ring 07833 053749 or email us. We’ll suggest a package, agree the price and find a date, weekday or weekend.
Advice
When to book a survey in Boreham Street
No flat roof covering lasts for ever. Felt roofs often last around 15 to 20 years, EPDM often 30 to 50 years and GRP up to about 30, although how well it was laid and looked after matters a great deal. A survey shows how yours is holding up, whatever its age.
Look out for signs like these:
- Outlets that hold water back
- Pools of water lying on the roof
- Blisters and bubbles in the covering
- Leaks around rooflights
If you let a flat or house near Normans Bay station, flat roofs on let property tend to be checked only when they fail, which is the costly way round.
Questions to ask before booking
- Which limits apply to the survey
- Their insurance cover
- Whether you can ask questions once you have the report
- When you will get the report
Flat roofs in Boreham Street
The coast is about 4 miles or less from Boreham Street, where sea air brings more salt and stronger wind than inland. Coastal wind works at the edges of flat roofs, and salt air wears metal trims and fixings. Older houses across Sussex often have handmade clay tiles, and many have tile-hanging on their upper walls. Some old buildings in Sussex have Horsham stone slab roofs, and oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses are part of East Sussex’s older buildings. Mixed in with those pitched roofs are a good many flat ones, over rear extensions, dormers, garages and shops.
In and around Boreham Street, as anywhere, a roof is easiest to deal with when its problems are found early.
Boreham Street is about 5 miles north-west of Bexhill-on-Sea, in East Sussex. From houses to flats and shops in Boreham Street, the roof can be surveyed. Our East Sussex coverage includes Boreham Street and the places around it. We also survey roofs in Brighton.
We work across BN27 for flat roof surveys. Streets in the area include Boreham Lane, Wood Lane and Boreham Hill. We also cover the places around Boreham Street: Windmill Hill (1 mile north-west), Wartling (1 mile south-west), Flowers Green (2 miles west), Chapel Row (2 miles west) and Golden Cross (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastbourne (7 miles south-west), Hastings (9 miles east), Bexhill-on-Sea (5 miles south-east), Seaford (13 miles south-west), Hailsham (5 miles west) and Crowborough (15 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Boreham Street
Around Boreham Street, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The Bulls Head Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Boreham Street is Normans Bay station, about 3.7 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Amberstone Hospital (4 miles west) and Herstmonceux Castle (1.3 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Gillham Wood.