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Dunkirk Landlord Roof Survey
Find out what’s going on with the let or shared roof before you decide what to do next. Landlord roof surveys in Dunkirk.
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Cracked or lifting flashings
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
FAQs for Dunkirk
Is the coastal weather around Dunkirk hard on roofs?
Yes, coastal weather is harder on roofs: there’s more wind, and more salt in the air. Exposed details like ridges, verges, flashings and metal fixings are the ones to watch, and Dunkirk is within about 4 miles of the coast.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Selling station?
Yes, that’s a common request. Let us know whether a tenant or an agent will let us in, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
Do you carry professional indemnity insurance?
Our cover is professional indemnity plus public liability.
How long is the visit?
Expect it to take roughly 1–2 hours for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. You’ll then get the report by email, on the timescale of your package.
Does the report help with maintenance planning?
Yes, that’s one of the main reasons clients book. Surveying again later shows what has changed, which suits a rolling plan.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes, as long as access is agreed. The roof of a block or converted house is frequently shared, so the freeholder or managing agent needs to agree access. We can only inspect what we are given access to.
Do you survey roofs shared between flats?
Yes, we survey shared roofs often. We can only inspect neighbouring parts from where we are allowed to be, and the report says so.
Landlord roof survey in Dunkirk: what you get
Our landlord roof survey gives you a clear picture of a roof’s condition in a report you can plan around. We work for landlords, letting agents, managing agents and freeholders, as well as residents’ and RTM management companies. You get a written report with photos and recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. The survey covers the roof, not the whole building. Typical surveys look at damaged pots and flaunching and choked outlets and gutters, on shared roofs, rented houses and flat roofs on blocks.
In a village or hamlet like Dunkirk, older cottages and farmhouses frequently sit alongside barns, outbuildings and a few newer houses. Roofs there can be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, and chimney stacks are frequently 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’s usually the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
Every survey ends with a written report, with photos, sent by email. It sets out the condition of the let or shared roof, any defects and our written recommendations.
- Place
- Dunkirk (ME13)
- Region
- Kent
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Landlord roof surveys around Dunkirk
Dunkirk is within about 4 miles of the coast, where sea air brings more salt and stronger wind than inland. Salt corrodes metal fixings and flashings, and wind lifts loose slates, tiles and ridge pieces, and driving rain gets into whatever gap is left. Handmade clay tiles, including Kent peg tiles hung on pegs through two holes, are typical of older Kent buildings. You’ll also find oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses among the county’s older buildings. Whatever the covering, it is often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first.
If you own a rental within reach of Selling station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at. Homes near green spaces such as Mount Ephraim Gardens can get more leaves in their gutters in autumn, so outlets and downpipes are worth watching.
Dunkirk is about 4 miles south-east of Faversham, in Kent. We survey roofs in Dunkirk and the rest of Kent, as part of our work across London and South East England. We cover towns and villages across Kent, large and small.
Here we cover the ME13 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. Local streets include London Road and Courtenay Road, all of which we cover. We also cover Boughton under Blean (1 mile west), Winterbourne (1 mile south-west), Hickmans Green (1 mile west), Oversland (1 mile south-west) and South Street (2 miles south-west). Larger places within reach include Ashford (12 miles south-west), Canterbury (5 miles east), Sittingbourne (11 miles west), Whitstable (5 miles north-east), Faversham (4 miles north-west) and Herne Bay (9 miles north-east).
Near you in Dunkirk
We work in homes and buildings around The Red Lion pub and Mount Ephraim Gardens, among other places. The nearest railway station is Selling station, roughly 1.9 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Chilham Castle (3.5 miles south) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (4.4 miles east). For a walk, there’s Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
How it works
A survey visit follows a simple order: we listen to what’s been worrying you, look at the roof from every safe viewpoint, take photographs as we go and record our findings for the written report. Most visits take an hour or two for a single let house, with blocks of flats taking longer. Somewhere as small as Dunkirk, access is often the only tricky part. Mention any outbuildings, barns or garages you want included, and anything about the roof you already know. Weekday and weekend visits are available.
- 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.
- We photograph defects and note how urgent they look.
- A written condition report follows to help you plan.
How to prepare
- Keep pets in another room
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Let us know about parking near the property
Booking a survey
You can call us seven days a week. For a price or to book, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Advice
What else we do in Dunkirk
What affects the cost of landlord roof surveys
The price reflects the time and kit the roof needs. The main factors are:
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- The roof’s overall size
- House, block, shop or office
- Whether thermal imaging or a drone is needed
Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. Packages run from Basic at £150 through Standard at £250 to Premium at £400, including VAT, and we will tell you which fits.
Booking your survey
What helps most when you contact us:
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from the ground or a window
- What’s prompted the survey
- Your timetable, such as an exchange date
- The kind of building and roof involved
Getting a price is simple: just phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and give us a few details about the property and we will suggest the right survey. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
What we look for on each type of roof
Shared chimney stacks
Chimney stacks are frequently shared between houses or flats. Pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings are looked at from safe vantage points.
Flat roofs on blocks and rear additions
Many blocks and rear additions have flat roofs. Ponding, splits and blistering are recorded where we can see them safely.
Rented homes, blocks and businesses
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. Reports are emailed, so they’re easy to pass on.
A roof problem in a let property affects your tenants as well as the building. A survey shows what needs attention, so you can plan the work.
What we are asked to look at in Dunkirk
A single building may have pitched roofs, flat roofs and rear additions. They all age at different rates, and flat roofs over rear additions frequently need attention sooner.
Most people get in touch when they’ve noticed something like this:
- Damaged party-wall upstands or parapets
- Leaks into upper flats
- Chimney stacks in poor repair
- Gutters overflowing onto walls
Take an older house close to Christ Church: corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs.
Before you book anyone
- What the report includes, and whether it has photographs
- What follow-up you get after the report
- What the survey will not cover
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
What we can’t see
We only report everything that’s safely in view on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Responsibility under a lease
- Roof areas we weren’t given access to
- Structural calculations or an engineer’s report
If in doubt, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will point you to the right survey. The full list of what we check.
Roofs we survey in Dunkirk
- Converted houses
- Gutters and downpipes
- Blocks of flats
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Rented houses
- Shared roofs