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Great Horwood Landlord Roof Survey
Need a landlord roof survey in Great Horwood? We can help, with findings in writing and pictures to back them up. Weekday and weekend visits available.
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
- Slipped or missing slates and tiles
- Cracked or leaning shared chimneys
What a landlord roof survey does not cover
It’s a careful look at the let or shared roof, not the whole story. The main limits are:
- Structural calculations or an engineer’s report
- Roof areas we weren’t given access to
- Responsibility under a lease
If you are not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we will give you a straight answer before you book. What our survey covers.
What we check
- Shared roofs
- Rented houses
- Gutters and downpipes
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Blocks of flats
- Converted houses
Landlord roof survey in Great Horwood
Some landlords book a survey when they buy a property to let, others when a tenant reports a leak or damp. Agents and freeholders frequently want a survey for a rolling maintenance plan. The report is laid out the same way whatever the reason, with photos and recommendations. We survey on weekdays and at weekends, which can make access easier to arrange. We survey converted houses, rented houses and gutters and downpipes, and people most often book us about failed flashings at walls and chimneys and cracked or leaning shared chimneys.
Village roofs often face open fields and take the full force of wind and rain, so ridges, chimney stacks, flashings and gutters work hard. Damp in old walls is slow to dry, so a small leak can do a lot of harm. A written report sets out what to deal with and in what order. Lead flashings and old chimney stacks are often where weather gets in first.
Nothing in the report is left vague: where something needs attention, it says so plainly, along with how urgent it is.
- Place
- Great Horwood (MK17)
- Wider area
- Milton Keynes
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- Survey days
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What you can safely check yourself
A DIY look is useful, but it isn’t a survey. You will not see flashings, valleys or the backs of chimneys properly from the ground.
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
Different roofs, different checks
Gutters and downpipes
Hidden gutters on larger buildings can send water indoors. We give them close attention.
Pitched roofs on houses and blocks
The edges and top of a pitched roof are exposed, so we look at them closely.
Surveys for landlords and agents in Great Horwood
Where a roof is shared: access has to be agreed with whoever owns or manages the building. Tell us about it as you book and we’ll plan the survey around it.
Freeholders and residents’ companies use a roof report to plan and budget, putting the urgent items at the top.
How it works
After the inspection, everything we found is written up in a report with photographs, emailed to you. On timing, most surveys take an hour or two for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. Rural addresses near Great Horwood can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions are welcome. After that, the survey runs as it would anywhere.
- You tell us about the building, its roofs and any known leaks.
- We let you know which flats and hatches we need to reach.
- The roofs are inspected from ground level, vantage points, the loft space and the roof where safe.
- The report records areas we couldn’t access.
- Findings and recommendations are set out with photographs.
Before the survey
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Check we can get to the back of the property
How to book
We survey roofs on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. To arrange a day that suits you, phone 07833 053749 or email us.
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What affects the price in Great Horwood
To price your survey, we check:
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
- Whether you choose the Basic, Standard or Premium Survey
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
- The shape of the roof and its details
Prices quoted always include VAT, and the report is not charged as an extra. Prices start from £150, including VAT. Size, height and access decide where your roof falls.
What we need to know
If you can, have these to hand when you contact us:
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- The reason for the survey, such as buying, a leak or storm damage
- Whether there’s a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
- The property’s address and postcode
Booking is simple: just ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email and give us some details about the property and we will explain which survey suits. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
Common questions in Great Horwood
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Great Horwood?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it is in a conservation area. Listed building consent is needed for changes that affect a listed building’s special interest, and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material.
Do you cover smaller places like Great Horwood?
We do. A small place gets exactly the same survey as a big one.
Will you check the loft?
If it is needed and safe to reach, yes. We look for staining, damp, daylight and signs of movement.
Do you survey on Saturdays and Sundays?
Surveys run on weekdays and at weekends. To find a day that suits you, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
Do you use drones?
Where it helps and it’s safe, yes. Whether we can fly on the day depends on the weather and the airspace rules, including flight restriction zones near airports. We’re a CAA-registered drone operator.
Can we use the survey to plan a roof budget?
Yes, many agents and freeholders use it that way. Surveying again later shows what has changed to keep your plan up to date.
Does the weather affect the survey?
It depends on the weather and the survey. In strong wind or a downpour, a drone can’t fly and access may not be safe, so we’d move the date with you.
Local roofs in Great Horwood
Older houses in the South East often have slate or clay tile roofs, while many later estates have concrete tiles, and flat-roofed additions turn up almost everywhere. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them. With Claydon House about 4.9 miles south-west, Great Horwood sits in an area with a long building history. If your house is among the older ones, expect a mix of original materials and later repairs on the roof, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
For an older house near a landmark like Church of St James, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look. Anyone responsible for a site like Great Horwood Church of England School will know that a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time.
Great Horwood is about 5 miles east of Buckingham, in Milton Keynes. If you’re in Great Horwood, booking works exactly as it does anywhere else: get in touch, agree the price and pick a day. Great Horwood is one of the places in Milton Keynes we cover. There’s also a page for Milton Keynes.
Surveys in MK17 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. You will find streets such as High Street, The Green and Willow Road. Other places close to Great Horwood include Little Horwood (1 mile east), Nash (2 miles north), Winslow (2 miles south), Whaddon (3 miles north-east) and Swanbourne (3 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Milton Keynes (6 miles north-east), Bletchley (6 miles east), Newport Pagnell (10 miles north-east), Bletchley and Fenny Stratford (7 miles east), Furzton (5 miles north-east) and Whitehouse (5 miles north-east).
What’s near Great Horwood
In Great Horwood, that means homes and buildings near Sir Thomas Fremantle School and The Crown pub and the streets around them. A little further out are Buckingham Community Hospital (5 miles north-west) and Drayton Parslow Mound (4.2 miles south-east). Open spaces near Great Horwood include Buckingham Sand Pit.