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Landlord Roof Survey in Hatfield Broad Oak
A careful look at the let or shared roof at your property in Hatfield Broad Oak, and put it all in a photo-illustrated written report.
- Gaps where tiles or slates have slipped
- Cracked or lifting flashings
- Ponding or splits on flat roofs
Landlord roof survey in Hatfield Broad Oak: what you get
Managing agents and freeholders use our reports to plan maintenance and budgets. It shows what needs attention now and what can be planned for later, as far as can be judged from what’s visible. It does not give repair costs but contractors can price from it. Anything urgent is made clear, so you can deal with it first and budget for the rest. Typical surveys look at blocked gutters over flats and leaking joints at party walls, on gutters and downpipes, flat roofs on blocks and blocks of flats.
Village roofs frequently face open fields and take the full force of wind and rain, so ridges, chimney stacks, flashings and gutters work hard. Older walls take a long time to dry once water gets in. 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.
With the Standard Survey, you also get moisture detection, a structural check and a follow-up consultation. The Premium Survey goes further, with thermal imaging, drone inspection where applicable, structural analysis and an in-person consultation.
- Place
- Hatfield Broad Oak (CM22)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQs for Hatfield Broad Oak
Is my home in Hatfield Broad Oak listed or in a conservation area?
Your council is the best source, with Historic England’s list for listed buildings. A change of roofing material may need consent in either case.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Sawbridgeworth station?
Yes. We survey roofs for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as owners. Just call 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the details, and we will talk through which survey suits.
Will you fly a drone over my roof?
Where it is applicable and safe, yes. We fly a sub-250g drone and we are a CAA-registered drone operator (Flyer ID and Operator ID). It’s included in the Drone Roof Survey and, where applicable, the Premium Survey.
How much does a landlord roof survey cost in Hatfield Broad Oak?
Our price is from £150, including VAT. You’ll know the price for your survey before booking, based on the roof’s size, access and package. For a price, phone 07833 053749 or email us.
What insurance do you have?
Our cover is professional indemnity plus public liability.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes. A shared roof needs access agreed first. Let us know about it when you book and we’ll plan the survey around it.
Will you walk on the roof?
Not always. Safety comes first, and fragile or steep roofs cannot always be walked on. We use safe viewpoints, the roof space and a drone where it applies, and the report records anything we couldn’t see.
How the survey works
We’ll ask a few questions first, like when any problem began and what work has been done before. Then the inspection itself takes about 1–2 hours at a typical home, and longer for a large or complex roof. For a village or hamlet like Hatfield Broad Oak, the journey is planned beforehand: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. On the day, we inspect whatever is safely visible, inside and out.
- You let us know about the building, its roofs and any known leaks.
- We confirm the access we’ll need.
- 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.
- You receive photos and recommendations, prioritised where relevant.
Getting ready for the survey
- Make sure the loft hatch can be reached
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- For flats, make sure roof access has been agreed
Getting a price
Once you know what you need, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email. We will suggest a package, agree the price and find a date.
Advice
Prices for landlord roof surveys in Hatfield Broad Oak
Our packages start from £150, inc. VAT. The price for your roof depends on:
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
- Which survey package you book
- The height of the building and how the roof can be seen safely
Prices start from £150, inc. VAT, for a Basic Survey. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, both including VAT. We confirm the exact price before you book.
What we need to know
To price your survey accurately, we will ask about:
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- Pictures of the roof from a safe spot, if you have them
- What’s prompted the survey
- Dates you’re working to, such as exchange
Our phone lines are open seven days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays. For a price or to book, call 07833 053749 or email us.
Towns and villages near Hatfield Broad Oak
What else we do in Hatfield Broad Oak
Landlord roof surveys in Hatfield Broad Oak: local notes
Clay tiles and timber weatherboarding mark out many of the older buildings in Essex, while many towns grew with post-war and newer estates. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look. With Barrington Hall about 0.7 miles north, Hatfield Broad Oak 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 the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area.
If your home is one of the older ones in the streets near Church of St Mary the Virgin, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look.
Hatfield Broad Oak is about 5 miles south-east of Bishop's Stortford, in Essex. Hatfield Broad Oak is one of many places we visit across Essex. Hatfield Broad Oak is one of the towns and villages in Essex where we work. There’s also a page for Chelmsford.
Here we cover the CM22 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. That includes homes and businesses on High Street, Medlars Mead and Cannons Lane and the roads around them. We also cover Hatfield Heath (2 miles south-west), Ardley End (2 miles south-west), Hellman's Cross (2 miles north-east), Aythorpe Roding (2 miles south-east) and Puttock's End (2 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (12 miles south-east), Braintree (14 miles east), Harlow (7 miles south-west), Brentwood (14 miles south), Loughton (14 miles south-west) and Saffron Walden (14 miles north).
Landmarks near Hatfield Broad Oak
The closest station to Hatfield Broad Oak is Sawbridgeworth station, roughly 3.7 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Herts and Essex Hospital (4.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Sawbridgeworth Marsh and Portingbury Hills.
What we look for on each type of roof
Party-wall upstands and parapets
We inspect the parts of a shared roof we can access, and the report says what was seen.
Gutters and downpipes
Gutters are a common source of leaks on blocks. We check gutters, outlets and downpipes as far as can be seen safely.
Landlord and commercial surveys in Hatfield Broad Oak
Landlords, agents and building managers in Hatfield Broad Oak and across Essex can book any of our surveys. For a price for a let property or a block, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.
Before and after the survey
These tips come from what we see on roofs every week:
- Hold on to old reports to compare later
- Ask residents to report damp straight away
- Put urgent roof work at the top of the list
- Tell tenants when we are coming
If anything in the report needs explaining, ask us. The Standard Survey includes a follow-up consultation, and Premium includes an in-person consultation.
Act on urgent items in the report first and schedule the others. Small roof defects tend to grow.
Common roof problems in Hatfield Broad Oak
A single building may have pitched roofs, flat roofs and rear additions. Each wears differently, and flat roofs over rear additions frequently need attention sooner.
It’s worth booking a survey if you’ve seen:
- Damaged pots and flaunching
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
- Damaged party-wall upstands or parapets
- Cracked or lifting flashings
For landlords with property near Sawbridgeworth station, a dated record of the roof is useful when planning maintenance across a let.
Questions to ask before booking
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- Whether they hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Whether you get a written report with photos