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Landlord Roof Survey in Highbury
Landlord roof surveys across Highbury, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. You get a clear report with photographs.
- Failed flashings at walls and chimneys
- Mortar falling from ridges and verges
- Gaps where tiles or slates have slipped
How a landlord roof survey works in Highbury
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 to keep on file for the building. Many landlords and agents repeat it every few years to see how the roof is changing. If you’ve noticed gaps where tiles or slates have slipped and standing water on a flat roof, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, so roofs are frequently shared between several households. Landlords, managing agents and residents’ companies need to know what condition it’s in and what work is coming up. A defect on a shared roof can reach more than one flat. A report gives everyone the same picture to plan from, with photographs.
Pictures do a lot of the work in our reports, so you can see each defect rather than just read about it. Anything out of sight on the day is listed as such.
- Place
- Highbury (N1, N16, N5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- 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
What a landlord roof survey does not cover
Without opening up the roof, some things stay hidden, and that sets some limits:
- Who pays under the lease (that is a legal question)
- Walls, floors and services beyond the roof
- Confirming asbestos in older roof materials
If you’re not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer. The full list of what we check.
Roof types and parts we check
- Blocks of flats
- Shared roofs
- Converted houses
- Gutters and downpipes
- Rented houses
- Flat roofs on blocks
Nearby places to Highbury
Also in Highbury
FAQs for Highbury
How do I find out if my home in Highbury is listed?
Start with Historic England’s list for listing and your council for conservation areas. It’s worth checking before planning roof work, as both can affect what’s allowed.
Is parking a problem for a survey in Highbury?
It rarely stops a survey, but it’s worth planning. Let us know the parking rules on your street and we’ll work around them.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes, if whoever owns or manages the building agrees access. We check the parts we’re given access to, and the report makes that clear.
How do I arrange a landlord roof survey in Highbury?
Just ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email. We will ask a few questions, confirm the price and agree a date.
How long have you been surveying roofs?
Over 20 years and more than 5,000 surveys.
Do you look in the roof space?
If there’s a loft and safe access to it, yes. From inside, the underside of the roof frequently shows damp, staining or daylight that can’t be seen from outside.
Do you test for asbestos?
No. Asbestos surveys and testing aren’t part of what we do. We flag materials that could contain asbestos, such as cement sheets or soffits on pre-2000 buildings.
Leave it or get it looked at?
Quotes from contractors set out the work they want to carry out. An independent survey tells you the roof’s condition first, so you can compare quotes on the same basis. London’s older roofs frequently have bitumen felt underlay or none at all, so once the slates or flashings let water past, little stops it reaching ceilings. Left alone, that means wet timbers and plaster, which is a far bigger job than the roof fault itself.
All our prices include VAT. Prices start from £150, including VAT. We confirm the price for your roof before booking.
Why book with us
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Drone flown under a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Customer satisfaction of 98%
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
Take a look at our cost guide or our case studies.
Different roofs, different checks
Flat roofs on blocks and rear additions
Many blocks and rear additions have flat roofs. We look for ponding, splits, blisters and tired upstands where we can see them safely.
Pitched roofs on houses and blocks
On older pitched roofs, the fixings and underlay often fail before good slates or tiles. The report records it.
What affects the price in Highbury
A few things affect what a survey costs:
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
- Extra roofs, like extensions, dormers or garages
- Basic, Standard or Premium
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so the price reflects that. You will know the figure before booking.
Getting in touch
If you can, have these to hand when you get in touch:
- Your timetable, like an exchange date
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
A quick phone call is typically the easiest start: ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email, and we’ll ask about the building and what you need. The price is agreed before a date is set.
Landlord roof surveys in Highbury: local notes
With Sutton House about 2 miles east, Highbury 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 any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Many homes in inner London are Victorian and Edwardian terraces, often with Welsh slate roofs. Many have butterfly roofs draining to a central valley gutter, with parapet walls and gutters hidden behind them. Lead flashings, party-wall upstands and shared chimney stacks are typical of these houses, if yours is one of them. Each of these coverings has its own weak points, from fixings and valleys to flashings, chimneys and gutters.
Landlords with a home close to Canonbury station may find that a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant. Living close to Highbury Fields is pleasant, but mature trees mean leaves in gutters and valleys each autumn, and an overflowing gutter soon means a wet wall. If you look after a shop, office or commercial unit, for instance near Hackney Walk, a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks.
Highbury is about 4 miles north-east of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Bookings from Highbury are handled just like any other: a call or an email, a price, then a date. Highbury is one of the places in Greater London we cover.
We cover every part of the N1, N16 and N5 postcode area for landlord roof surveys and the streets around it. That includes homes and businesses on Prah Road, Dove Road and Lough Road and the roads around them. Main roads around Highbury include the A1199, which makes travel easy. Neighbouring places we cover for landlord roof surveys include Newington Green (1 mile east), Mildmay (1 mile east), Canonbury (1 mile south-east), De Beauvoir Town (1 mile south-east) and Stoke Newington (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (4 miles south), City of Westminster (4 miles south-west), Marylebone (3 miles south-west), Kensington (6 miles south-west), Walthamstow (4 miles north-east) and Whitechapel (3 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Highbury
Around Highbury, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Highbury Fields, Musical Theatre Academy and The Snooty Fox pub, among other places. There is a railway station in Highbury itself: Canonbury station. Nearby you’ll also find Arsenal Football Club Museum (0.6 miles north-west) and Montfichet's Tower (2.7 miles south). For a walk, there is Gillespie Park and Dartmouth Park Hill.
What happens on the day
We look at the roof from outside and, where it is relevant and there’s safe access, from inside the loft space too. Inside, we look for staining, damp, gaps and signs of movement, as far as the space allows. All in, the survey normally takes about 1–2 hours for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. London terraces rarely offer a view of the whole roof from one spot, so a visit in Highbury moves between viewpoints: the pavement, upstairs windows, the loft and any safe spot at the back. Shared stairs or a basement flat? Tell us who holds the keys.
- We agree the roofs to be surveyed and what you need the report for.
- Access to flats and the loft space is arranged by you or your agent.
- Each roof is checked 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.
Before the survey
- For flats, make sure roof access has been agreed
- Gather any invoices or paperwork from past roof work
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
Arrange a survey
Buyers should book once an offer has been accepted, so there’s time to use the report before exchange. For any other survey, just call 07833 053749 or send us an email when you are ready.
Advice
Can I check my roof myself?
Watch the gutters in a downpour, from a window or the ground. Water spilling over the edge can be a sign of a blockage or a gutter that has dropped.
It helps to keep a record: dates of leaks, photos from ground level and any work done on the roof. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.