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Barking Riverside Landlord Roof Survey
Wondering about the let or shared roof at a property in Barking Riverside? You can book a landlord roof survey in Barking Riverside and across Greater London, with plain-English findings.
- Damp or stains in top-floor flats
- Gaps where tiles or slates have slipped
- Damaged pots and flaunching
FAQs for Barking Riverside
Is parking a problem for a survey in Barking Riverside?
London parking needs a little planning, so let us know about permits, bays or a driveway when you book. The visit is then planned around what’s available.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Barking Riverside station?
Yes. We survey roofs for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as owners. Just call 07833 053749 or send us an email with the details.
How experienced are you?
More than 5,000 surveys over 20+ years.
Is it the same as a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey?
No. We’re experienced roof surveyors, and our survey covers the roof rather than the whole building. If you need a full building survey, you will need a RICS survey as well.
How long does the survey take?
It normally takes about 1–2 hours on an ordinary house; commercial roofs usually need 3–4 hours. The written report follows by email.
Do you cover Barking Riverside?
Yes, we do. Barking Riverside is part of the area we cover.
What insurance do you have?
Every survey is covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance, and details are available on request.
Landlord roof surveys for homes and businesses in Barking Riverside
The lease usually decides who is responsible for the roof and who pays. We don’t give legal advice on leases, but our report gives everyone an independent record of condition. It helps owners and managers discuss the next steps from the same facts. You get photos and written recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. If you’ve noticed parapets and upstands in poor repair and gutters overflowing onto walls, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
Much of London’s housing is flats, in converted houses or purpose-built blocks, so roofs are often shared between several households. Whoever looks after the building needs a clear picture of the roof, chimneys and gutters, in Barking Riverside as anywhere. Leaks from a shared roof rarely affect just one home. A report gives everyone the same picture to plan from, with photographs.
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.
- Location
- Barking Riverside (IG11, RM9)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Honest limits
Our survey isn’t a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. Other limits to bear in mind:
- Responsibility under a lease
- Roof areas we weren’t given access to
- Whether materials contain asbestos (a specialist asbestos surveyor’s job)
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we’ll tell you before you book. The full list of what we check.
Roof types and parts we check
- Shared roofs
- Blocks of flats
- Gutters and downpipes
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Converted houses
- Rented houses
How the survey changes by roof type
Roof spaces and lofts
Older roofs may have bitumen felt underlay or none at all. We note what we see from inside.
Gutters and downpipes
Valley and box gutters on blocks can overflow inside. They’re an important part of the survey.
Barking Riverside homes and their roofs
Historic houses like Eastbury Manor House, about 1 mile north-west, show how far back building in the area around Barking Riverside goes. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material. 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 Barking Riverside is one of them, bay roofs, hips and later dormers each have their own details. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look.
If you look after a building like George Carey Church of England Primary School, long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle. For an older house near a landmark such as Christ Church, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Barking Riverside is about 1 mile south-east of Barking, in Greater London. We carry out landlord roof surveys in Barking Riverside for houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings. Across Greater London, we cover Barking Riverside. For surveys nearby, see our London page.
We cover every part of IG11 and RM9 for landlord roof surveys. We cover properties on Minter Road, Thames Road and Hugget Road and the roads around them. Close by, we survey roofs in Thames View Estate (1 mile north-west), Castle Green (1 mile north-east), Dagenham Dock (1 mile east), Thamesmead (1 mile south-east) and Dagenham Green (2 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (9 miles west), City of Westminster (11 miles west), Marylebone (11 miles west), Kensington (14 miles west), St Pancras (10 miles west) and Shoreditch (8 miles west).
What’s near Barking Riverside
Typical jobs here are in homes near Riverside School and Mayesbrook Park. There’s a railway station in Barking Riverside itself: Barking Riverside station. Other landmarks nearby include East End Women's Museum (1.8 miles north-west) and Barking Community Hospital (1.2 miles north-west). Not far away are Ripple Nature Reserve.
Nearby places to Barking Riverside
Other services in Barking Riverside
What you can safely check yourself
Your own check is a good start, but it isn’t a survey. You won’t see flashings, valleys or the backs of chimneys properly from ground level.
Watch the gutters in a downpour, from a window or the ground. Water spilling over the edge can point to a blockage or a sagging run.
What we are asked to look at in Barking Riverside
Reports of leaks or damp from tenants frequently lead to a survey. The survey helps show whether the roof, gutters or flashings are involved, as far as can be seen.
Here are some of the things we see often:
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
- Gutters overflowing onto walls
- Ponding or splits on flat roofs
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
For businesses in and around places such as Gallions Reach Shopping Park, a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- Which parts of the roof they’ll actually see
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
- If they fly a drone, whether they hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
Before and after the survey
Most of what helps is simple and safe from ground level. A few suggestions:
- Book gutter clearing at least once a year
- Ask residents to report damp right away
- Keep the loft hatch clear and reachable
- Give residents notice before a survey
The report comes with photos and written recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. We send it by email so you can share it with owners, agents or contractors.
Act on urgent items in the report first and schedule the others. Left alone, minor faults usually get worse.
How it works
Photographs are taken throughout the visit, so the report shows exactly what we saw. We take close-ups from wherever is safe. A typical visit takes between one and two hours for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. Surveys in Barking Riverside can be booked for any day of the week. It helps if you can point us to a visitor permit or a nearby bay. A back bedroom window can be the best vantage point for a rear addition, so we may ask to use one.
- First, we confirm the scope and the purpose of the report.
- You arrange access to the loft and any flats we need.
- We inspect each roof as far as it can safely be seen.
- Every defect is photographed and its urgency noted where relevant.
- You get a written report to plan maintenance and budgets.
Before the survey
- Have keys ready for side gates, garages or roof access doors
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
Book a survey
Unsure which package suits your roof? It is easiest to ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We’ll talk you through the options and what they cost.