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Landlord Roof Survey in Dagenham
A careful look at the let or shared roof at your property in Dagenham, and put it all in a photo-illustrated written report.
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
- Ponding or splits on flat roofs
- Damaged pots and flaunching
Surveys for landlords and agents in Dagenham
For a freeholder or residents’ company, a roof report is a sound basis for a maintenance plan, putting the urgent items at the top.
Surveys can also be booked by buyers’ agents acting for a client. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.
About our landlord roof survey in Dagenham
A landlord roof survey shows you the state of a roof in a report you can plan around. Landlords, letting agents, managing agents and freeholders all use it along with RTM and residents’ management companies. The report covers defects, photos and recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. The survey covers the roof, not the whole building. If you’ve noticed choked outlets and gutters and loose ridge or hip tiles, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
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. In Dagenham, as across London, that is why a roof needs a close look rather than a glance from the street. Lead flashings and shared chimney stacks on these houses need a close look too.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the main slopes down to the gutters and outlets. You’ll see the good as well as the bad.
- Place
- Dagenham (RM10, RM9, RM13, RM7)
- Region
- Greater London
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions in Dagenham
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Dagenham?
Start with Historic England’s list for listing and your council for conservation areas. Either can affect what roof work is allowed, so it is worth checking before planning any.
Will parking be an issue for a roof survey in Dagenham?
Parking in Dagenham, as in most of London, takes a little planning: a visitor permit or a bay close to the door helps a lot.
Can you survey a shared roof?
Yes, if whoever owns or manages the building agrees access. On a shared roof we can only inspect the parts we are allowed to reach.
Can you survey at the weekend?
Surveys run on any day of the week. To arrange a date, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Will you check the loft?
If the survey needs it and the roof space can be reached safely, yes. A clear path to the hatch helps.
Does the weather affect the survey?
Light rain is normally fine; heavy rain and wind are different. In high wind or heavy rain, a drone can’t fly and access may not be safe, and we’d agree another day.
How much is a landlord roof survey?
Our packages start from £150 for Basic, £250 for Standard and £400 for Premium, with VAT included. Larger buildings are priced to suit, so ring 07833 053749 or send us an email for a price.
How the survey works
We work from the outside in: first the slopes, edges and gutters from every safe viewpoint, then the loft space where it can be reached. All told, expect about 1–2 hours on an ordinary house, rising to roughly 3–4 hours on a commercial building. Surveys in Dagenham can be booked for any day of the week. It helps if you can point us to a visitor permit or a nearby bay, and to clear a path to the loft hatch. Upstairs rooms at the back are useful too, as they often give the best view of a rear addition.
- First, we confirm the scope and the purpose of the report.
- Access to flats and the roof space is arranged by you or your agent.
- We inspect each roof as far as it can be seen safely.
- Every defect is photographed and its urgency noted where relevant.
- You get a written report to plan maintenance and budgets.
Before we arrive
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Let us know about any leaks, stains or damp patches you know of
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
Book a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Pictures from ground level or a window are fine; never climb up to get a better view. To get started, call 07833 053749 or email us.
Related advice
Practical tips
Most of what helps is simple and safe from ground level. A few suggestions:
- Hold on to old reports to compare later
- Keep the loft hatch clear and reachable
- Book gutter clearing at least once a year
- Ask residents to report damp right away
Report times depend on the package: within 48 hours for Basic, 24–48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium. Pick the package that suits the building and your timescale.
Have the roof looked at regularly, not just when it leaks. A survey every few years suits many let and shared buildings with gutters cleared every year.
Why get it checked now?
Defects caught early can often be dealt with as planned work. Left until it leaks, a roof can damage ceilings and tenants’ belongings, plus urgent call-outs. A hidden valley or parapet gutter on a London house can hold water for weeks before anyone notices. By the time a ceiling stains, the timbers underneath may have been wet for a while.
All our prices include VAT. Our price is from £150, including VAT. We confirm the exact price before booking.
Why choose Independent Roof Survey in Dagenham
- Surveys seven days a week
- Thermal imaging and drone inspection where they help
- Two decades and more of roof surveys
- Every finding written up with photos
Take a look at what a roof survey costs and what we found on two real jobs.
When to book a survey in Dagenham
Landlords need to plan spending on a building. Planning is difficult without knowing the roof’s condition and how soon.
Most people get in touch when they’ve noticed one of these:
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
- Blocked gutters over flats
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Leaks into upper flats
Take a building like Village Infants' School: large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Whether you get a written report with photos
- Are they insured for the work?
- Whether VAT is in the quoted price
- Their drone registration, if they fly one
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Dagenham
With Rainham Hall about 2 miles south-east, Dagenham sits in an area with a long building history. Older homes in the wider area frequently have features worth a closer look, like lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years. In outer London, interwar semis with hipped, tiled roofs sit alongside older slate-roofed terraces. On a semi of that age, the small roofs over the bays, the hip tiles and any later dormer each need their own look. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
If you live near a park such as Beam Valley Country Park, or anywhere with mature trees, autumn leaves can block gutters and valleys, and an overflowing gutter soon means a wet wall. If your home is one of the older ones in the streets near St. Peter and St. Paul, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Dagenham is about 3 miles south of Romford, in Greater London. Dagenham gets the same service as everywhere else we work: a careful inspection, photos and a written report. We cover towns and villages across Greater London, from the larger towns to small villages. Our London page covers surveys nearby.
Every address in RM10, RM9, RM13 and RM7 is covered for landlord roof surveys. You will find streets such as Exeter Road, Plumtree Close and Rodwell Place. You’ll find Dagenham on the B178, so it is easy for us to get to. Other places close to Dagenham include Becontree (1 mile north-west), Dagenham Green (1 mile south-west), Beam Park (1 mile south), South Hornchurch (1 mile south-east) and Hornchurch Marshes (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover London (11 miles west), City of Westminster (14 miles west), Marylebone (13 miles west), St Pancras (12 miles west), Shoreditch (10 miles west) and Walthamstow (9 miles west).
Landmarks near Dagenham
Typical jobs here are in homes near Dagenham Park Community School, Beam Valley Country Park and Cross Keys pub. The nearest railway station is Dagenham Dock station, about 1.2 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Rush Green Hospital (1.5 miles north-east) and The Brewery (2.5 miles north). The countryside around Dagenham includes Dagenham Village Churchyard.
Towns and villages near Dagenham
Other services in Dagenham
How the survey changes by roof type
Pitched roofs on houses and blocks
Ridges, hips and verges take a lot of weather, so we check them closely.
Gutters and downpipes
Valley and box gutters on blocks can overflow inside. They’re an important part of the survey.