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Landlord roof survey in Grange Mills, Greater London
We take a careful look at the let or shared roof at your property in Grange Mills, with photos and a written report.
- Cracked or lifting flashings
- Slipped or missing slates and tiles
- Choked outlets and gutters
What affects the price in Grange Mills
All our prices include VAT. The things that change the price are:
- The roof’s overall size
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- Whether thermal imaging or a drone is needed
Prices quoted always include VAT, and the report isn’t charged as an extra. Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. Where your roof sits in the range depends on its size, height and access.
Booking your survey
These details help when you get in touch:
- Where the property is, with the postcode
- Whether there is a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
- The reason for the survey, such as buying, a leak or storm damage
Surveys can be booked for weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays. To arrange a day that suits you, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email with the address and the days you’d prefer.
How a landlord roof survey works in Grange Mills
A roof condition report helps you plan maintenance and set budgets. It shows what needs attention now and what can be planned for later based on what can be seen. It does not include repair cost estimates, but it gives contractors a clear brief to price from. Urgent defects are flagged clearly, so you can act on them first and plan the rest over the coming years. If you are worried about mortar falling from ridges and verges and standing water on a flat roof, we can find out what’s behind it.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces are found right across London, often with slate roofs, chimney stacks shared with neighbours and gutters hidden behind parapets. Slates can last a century or more, but the nails holding them corrode, and slates slip. Homes in Grange Mills are no exception. Shared chimney stacks and the lead around them are just as important to check.
You receive the findings by email, ready to forward to whoever needs them. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24–48 hours for Standard and same day for Premium.
- Place
- Grange Mills (SW12, SW4, SW2)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Appointments
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Before and after the survey
There is plenty you can do without going near the roof. Here’s what helps most:
- File each roof report for future reference
- Keep roof surveys on a rolling plan
- Keep the loft hatch clear and reachable
- Ask residents to report damp right away
Photos make it easier to explain the findings to leaseholders, tenants or directors. We keep the report clear and jargon-light.
Keep gutters and outlets clear, particularly on blocks with valleys or parapets. Blocked gutters are a common cause of leaks into top-floor flats.
What we look for on each type of roof
Shared chimney stacks
Damp in a chimney breast can start at the top of the stack. We note what we can see.
Party-wall upstands and parapets
Terraced roofs have party-wall upstands between houses. Joints and flashings on these walls can fail.
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Grange Mills
Inner London’s Victorian and Edwardian terraces often have Welsh slate roofs. Behind many of their parapets sit butterfly roofs and valley gutters that cannot be seen from the pavement. If your home in Grange Mills is one of them, lead flashings, party-wall upstands and shared chimney stacks are part of the picture too. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. Historic houses such as Kingswood House, about 2.9 miles east, show how far back building in the area around Grange Mills goes. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first.
For a London address like Grange Mills, it’s useful to know about controlled parking before the day, along with any off-street space. If you let a flat or house near Balham station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak. If you live near a park such as Wandsworth Common, or anywhere with mature trees, autumn leaves can block gutters and valleys, so outlets and downpipes are worth watching.
Grange Mills is about 2 miles south-west of Stockwell, in Greater London. In Grange Mills, as across Greater London, every roof gets the same careful survey. Grange Mills is one of the towns and villages in Greater London where we work.
We survey roofs across the SW12, SW4 and SW2 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. We cover properties on Lynn Road, Weir Road and Byrne Road and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Grange Mills: Hyde farm estate (1 mile south-east), Balham (1 mile south-west), Clapham Park (1 mile north-east), Streatham Hill (1 mile east) and Streatham Park (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns like London (4 miles north-east), City of Westminster (5 miles north), Marylebone (5 miles north), Kensington (5 miles north-west), St Pancras (6 miles north) and Shoreditch (6 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Grange Mills
We work in homes and buildings around The Bedford pub, Waldorf School of South West London and La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School, among other places. Grange Mills has its own railway station: Balham station. Well-known places in the area include London Sewing Machine Museum (0.9 miles south-west) and St James' Hospital (0.9 miles west). Not far away are Knight's Hill and Battersea Park Lake.
What we do, step by step
You don’t need to do much on the day. Point out anything you’ve noticed, such as stains, drips or loose pieces, and we’ll take it from there. The survey itself takes an hour or two for a single let house, with blocks of flats taking longer. From the street, a London terrace usually shows only its front slope or parapet, so a visit in Grange Mills moves between viewpoints: the pavement, upstairs windows, the loft and any safe spot at the back. If other people live in the building, let us know who can let us into the shared parts.
- You tell us about the building, its roofs and any known leaks.
- We let you know which flats and hatches we need to reach.
- We check coverings, flashings, gutters and chimneys where they can be seen.
- The report records areas we couldn’t access.
- Findings and recommendations are set out with photos.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Agree roof access with the managing agent if it is shared
- Keep pets inside or away from the areas we’re looking at
Arrange a survey
Booking is simple: just ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and give us some details about the property and we will recommend the right survey. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
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Questions from Grange Mills
Can a landlord with a rental near Balham station book a roof survey?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. You can ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and what you need, and we will talk through which survey suits.
Will parking be an issue for a roof survey in Grange Mills?
It depends on the street. Where there are permit zones, a visitor permit or nearby pay-and-display bay works well.
Does the report help with maintenance planning?
Yes. Recommendations are prioritised by urgency where relevant so you can plan spending. Repair costs are not included but it gives contractors a clear brief.
How much is a survey?
Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on its size, height, access and the package.
Does the weather affect the survey?
It depends on the weather and the survey. Strong wind or a downpour can make access unsafe and ground a drone, and we’d agree another day.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Yes, where it is applicable. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID and fly a drone under 250g, and the airspace and weather are checked before every flight.
How long have you been surveying roofs?
We have been surveying roofs for over 20 years and have carried out more than 5,000 surveys across London and South East England.
Why get it checked now?
On a shared roof, disagreements are easier to settle with a clear record. Without a survey, it is one opinion against another. Many older London roofs have only old felt under the slates, or no underlay at all, so a slipped slate can soon mean water inside. Left unchecked, water soaks into timber and plaster and the damage spreads.
Every price we give includes VAT. Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. We confirm the price for your survey before booking.
Why book us in Grange Mills
- Surveys on any day of the week
- More than 5,000 surveys completed
- Every finding written up with photos
- 98% customer satisfaction
Read our cost guide and two real surveys.
When you need someone else
A survey is a careful look at the let or shared roof, but it can’t do everything. The main limits are:
- The rest of the building, as a RICS Level 2 or 3 survey would
- Parts of the roof we cannot safely see or access
- The structure in the way a structural engineer would assess it
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll tell you. The full list of what we check.
What we look at
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Gutters and downpipes
- Blocks of flats
- Converted houses
- Shared roofs
- Rented houses