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Landlord Roof Survey in Hersham
Independent landlord roof surveys in Hersham. We’ve completed more than 5,000 surveys across London and the South East.
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
- Blocked gutters over flats
Landlords, agents and block managers in Hersham
If the property is let, the agent or a tenant can let us in. We survey on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, which can make access easier.
Freeholders and residents’ companies use a roof report to plan and budget.
Landlord roof survey in Hersham: what you get
Roofs on let houses and blocks of flats are easy to forget until something leaks. Surveying the roof first helps you spot defects early, and plan work rather than react to it. You get a written report with photos that you can keep with the building’s records. Many clients repeat the survey on a rolling basis to keep maintenance plans current. We survey flat roofs on blocks, rented houses and shared roofs, and people most often book us about slipped or missing slates and tiles and flashings that have come away.
Houses in smaller places like Hersham can face open ground, where wind and driving rain hit the roof harder. That weather tells first on ridges, verges, chimneys and flashings. Checking those edges shows whether anything has begun to work loose. A loose ridge tile or slate gives the wind something to catch, and others soon follow.
Nothing in the report is left vague: where something needs attention, it says so plainly.
- Location
- Hersham (KT12)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Survey days
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Useful tips for Hersham property owners
A few practical points come up again and again on our surveys. They apply to most roofs:
- File each roof report for future reference
- Deal with urgent items first
- Book gutter clearing at least once a year
- Do not store items over the loft hatch
You receive a photo-illustrated written report and recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. We send it by email ready to pass on to whoever needs it.
Encourage residents to tell you about leaks or damp right away. Early reports let you act before damage spreads.
What happens if roof problems are left?
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. In an older home around Hersham, water from a roof defect can get into timber and plaster, which is far harder to put right than the roof fault itself.
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: how big it is, how high it is, the number of separate roofs and how it can be reached and seen safely. Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT.
Why book with us
- Over 20 years’ experience
- 98% of customers satisfied
- Surveys on any day of the week
- Photos and a written report every time
Read how roof surveys are priced or what we found on two real jobs.
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Hersham
The wider area around Hersham has a long history of building, with The Homewood about 1.4 miles south-east. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material. In Surrey, older roofs are often handmade clay tile, with tile-hanging on many upper walls. A few of Surrey’s oldest buildings have heavy Horsham stone slab roofs. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first.
Take an older house close to Church of St Peter: old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs. Take a building like Bell Farm Primary School: its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale. For landlords with property near Walton-On-Thames station, a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant.
Hersham is about 1 mile south of Walton-on-Thames, in Surrey. We provide landlord roof surveys for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Hersham and nearby. We cover towns and villages across Surrey, large and small. For surveys nearby, see our Guildford page.
Here we cover the KT12 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. Whether your property is on Police Station Road, Queensway South and Queensway or anywhere close by, we can help. Hersham sits on or near the A244, which makes travel easy. Other places close to Hersham include Burwood Park (1 mile south-west), Walton-on-Thames (1 mile north), Whiteley Village (2 miles south-west), St George's Hill (2 miles west) and Weybridge (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Guildford (11 miles south-west), Woking (8 miles south-west), Camberley (14 miles west), Epsom (6 miles east), Redhill (14 miles south-east) and Ewell (6 miles east).
Around Hersham
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Barley Mow Public House, West End Common and Three Rivers Academy. For rail, the closest station is Walton-On-Thames station, roughly 0.6 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital (1.6 miles north-west) and Chessington Castle Hill (4.8 miles east). The countryside around Hersham includes Claremont Lake and Jubilee Wood.
Hersham: your questions answered
Do you cover smaller places like Hersham?
Yes, Hersham is covered. We cover the whole of London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. The journey is planned ahead, so it’s useful to know about access.
Can a landlord with a rental near Walton-On-Thames station book a roof survey?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. Just ring 07833 053749 or send us an email with the details.
Do you look in the loft space?
If it is needed and safe to reach, yes. Inside, we look for damp, staining, gaps and sagging, as far as the space allows.
Do you carry professional indemnity insurance?
Our cover is professional indemnity plus public liability.
How long is the visit?
It usually takes about 1–2 hours on an ordinary house, or half a day or so for a commercial building. We will confirm the timing when you book.
Does the report help with maintenance planning?
Yes, many agents and freeholders use it that way. A repeat survey later shows how the roof has changed to keep your plan up to date.
Do you use drones?
Where it helps and it’s safe, yes. Flights depend on the weather on the day and airspace rules. We’re a CAA-registered drone operator.
What else we do in Hersham
What affects the cost of landlord roof surveys
What a survey costs depends on the time and equipment it needs. The main factors are:
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
- The package you choose: Basic, Standard or Premium
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
We offer three survey packages: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, all inc. VAT. The price for your roof depends on its size, access and what you’d like to know.
Booking your survey
Some details help us recommend the right survey and price. When you get in touch, it is useful to mention:
- The type of building and roof, such as pitched or flat
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- Pictures of the roof from a safe spot, if you have them
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Pictures from the ground or a window are fine. To get started, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
The survey, step by step
A survey visit follows a simple order: we hear what you’ve seen, inspect the roof from every safe viewpoint, take photographs as we go and make notes for the report. Most visits take roughly 1–2 hours for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. Homes around Hersham frequently have gardens on more than one side, which gives us room to step back and see the roof. Let us know if any side is fenced off or hard to reach. The loft, where there’s safe access, completes the picture.
- We agree the roofs to be surveyed and what you need the report for.
- You arrange access to the loft and any flats we need.
- Each roof is looked at from safe vantage points and inside where possible.
- We photograph defects and note how urgent they look.
- You get a written report to plan maintenance and budgets.
Preparing for the visit
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
Getting a price
Not sure which survey you need? It is easiest to phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We’ll talk you through the options and what they cost.
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Different roofs, different checks
Party-wall upstands and parapets
Where a roof is shared with neighbours, we can only inspect what we’re given access to and note what couldn’t be seen.
Roof spaces and lofts
The loft space shows a lot about a roof’s condition. We check it where there is safe access, looking for staining, damp and daylight.