Essex · London and the South East
Hill Green Landlord Roof Survey
Find out the condition of the let or shared roof at your property in Hill Green from an independent roof surveyor. We visit on weekdays and at weekends.
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Leaks into upper flats
- Cracked or leaning shared chimneys
Practical tips
Some practical points come up on survey after survey. They apply to most roofs:
- Act on high-priority defects quickly
- File each roof report for future reference
- Make leak reporting easy for tenants
- Keep the loft hatch clear and reachable
The report comes with photos and written recommendations ranked by urgency where relevant. It is emailed to you so you can share it with owners, agents or contractors.
Encourage residents to tell you about leaks or damp straight away. The sooner you know, the smaller the problem typically is.
About our landlord roof survey in Hill Green
We survey let and shared roofs in Hill Green and across London and South East England. A visit usually takes roughly 1–2 hours for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. We inspect from ground level, vantage points, the loft space and the roof where it is safe, and by drone where it is applicable. You then get a written report with photographs. Typical surveys look at damp or stains in top-floor flats and chimney stacks in poor repair, across flat roofs on blocks, gutters and downpipes and blocks of flats.
Older buildings in small places like Hill Green may be listed or in a conservation area. That can affect what materials can be used when work is done, so check with the council before planning anything. Knowing the roof’s condition helps you plan ahead with that in mind. Older materials such as clay tiles, slate and stone are often matched when work is done.
We write the report in plain English, so you don’t need to be a roofer to follow it. Photos show what each point refers to, and recommendations are put in order of urgency where relevant.
- Where
- Hill Green (CB11)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
How it works
We work from the outside in: first the slopes, edges and gutters from every safe viewpoint, then the loft space where it can be reached. In total, it takes an hour or two for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. Older rural homes like those around Hill Green can have a main roof, lower lean-to roofs and outbuildings all joined together. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints.
- First, we confirm the roofs and areas to be surveyed.
- You or your agent arrange access to the loft space and any flats we need to enter.
- Each roof is checked as far as it can safely be seen, including from inside where possible.
- Every defect we find is photographed and given a priority where relevant.
- We send a written report you can use to plan maintenance and budgets.
Before we arrive
- For a flat or shared roof, check access with whoever owns or manages the building
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Leave a clear route to the loft
Arrange a survey
To book a survey, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and let us know the address and what’s prompted the survey. You will know the price before anything is booked.
Related advice
What this survey cannot tell you
Every survey has limits, and we’d rather be clear about that before you book. Keep these in mind:
- Asbestos testing of roof sheets or soffits
- Structural calculations or an engineer’s report
- Legal advice on leases or service charges
If in doubt, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will point you to the right survey. The full list of what we check.
What this survey covers
- Converted houses
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Gutters and downpipes
- Blocks of flats
- Shared roofs
- Rented houses
Your questions about landlord roof surveys in Hill Green
How do I find out if my home in Hill Green is listed?
For listing, use Historic England’s list; for conservation areas, ask the council. It matters most if you’re planning to re-roof in a different material.
Is Hill Green within the area you cover?
Yes, Hill Green is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house, with the route planned beforehand.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Where it helps and it is safe, yes. Flights depend on the weather on the day and airspace rules, and we check for restrictions near airports before flying. We are a CAA-registered drone operator.
Do you need to get into the loft?
If it’s needed and safe to reach, yes. Inside, we look for damp, staining, gaps and sagging, as far as the space allows.
Is this survey just for landlords?
Landlords, letting agents, managing agents and freeholders book it, as well as RTM and residents’ management companies. Leaseholders sometimes book it as well.
Does the weather affect the survey?
Light rain is normally fine; heavy rain and wind are different. Strong wind or heavy rain can make access unsafe and ground a drone, and we’d agree another day.
What access do you need for a block roof survey?
We may do. Where the loft or roof can only be reached through a home, we will need to go in, so residents need notice.
Leave it or get it looked at?
A dated condition report is useful for the building’s records. Surveying again later shows what has changed which helps with rolling maintenance. In a small place like Hill Green, homes can be exposed to wind and rain, which finds any gap, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
Our price is from £150, including VAT. What you pay depends on how big and how high the roof is, access and the package you choose.
What you get with us
- Thermal imaging and drones used where they help
- Photographs and a written report every time
- Weekday and weekend surveys
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance
Read what a roof survey costs or what we found on two real jobs.
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What you can safely check yourself
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
Look up at the roof after a storm, from ground level: broken slates or tiles in the garden, gaps along the ridge or loose lead are signs to note. Leave anything above ground level to a survey.
For landlords and managing agents
Where a roof is shared: we need access agreed with the freeholder or managing agent. Tell us about it when booking and we’ll plan the survey around it.
With a portfolio of properties, surveys can be booked for more than one address. To discuss a number of properties, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Hill Green
In Essex, older buildings are frequently clay-tiled, many with weatherboarding, alongside plenty of post-war and newer estates. Whatever the covering, it is often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. About 4.2 miles north-east lies Audley End House, a reminder of how long the area around Hill Green has been built on. 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.
Anyone responsible for a site like Clavering Primary School will know that a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time. If you let a flat or house near Newport (Essex) station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak. The streets around a church such as Church of St Mary and St Clement are often among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Hill Green is about 5 miles south-west of Saffron Walden, in Essex. We visit Hill Green as part of our work across Essex, for homes and businesses alike. Our area takes in places right across Essex, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too.
We survey roofs across the CB11 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. That includes homes and businesses on Clatterbury Lane and Eldridge Close and the roads around them. Other places close to Hill Green include Wicken Bonhunt (1 mile east), Clavering (1 mile south-west), Arkesden (1 mile north), Starling's Green (2 miles south-west) and Berden (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Harlow (14 miles south), Saffron Walden (5 miles north-east), Great Dunmow (11 miles south-east), Stansted Mountfitchet (5 miles south), Newhall (14 miles south) and Elsenham (5 miles south-east).
Near you in Hill Green
In Hill Green, that means homes and buildings near The Cricketers pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Hill Green is Newport (Essex) station, about 2.6 miles east. A little further out are Brent Pelham (3.6 miles west) and Saffron Walden Community Hospital (5.5 miles north-east). Open spaces near Hill Green include Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.