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Landlord Roof Survey in Ightham
We take a careful look at the let or shared roof at your property in Ightham, with photographs and a written report.
- Mortar falling from ridges and verges
- Cracked or leaning shared chimneys
- Slipped or missing slates and tiles
Common questions in Ightham
Will you come out to Ightham?
Yes, Ightham is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Ightham?
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. If a home is listed, changes that affect its special interest need listed building consent, and in a conservation area re-roofing in different materials may need permission.
Does this replace a RICS building survey?
No, it is a roof survey. It is not a RICS Level 2 or 3 survey and doesn’t replace a structural engineer’s report.
How much time does the visit need?
Most visits to a house take about 1–2 hours and larger buildings take longer.
I live in a flat. Can you survey the roof?
Yes, as long as access is agreed. The roof of a block or converted house is often shared, so the freeholder or managing agent needs to agree access. We can only inspect what we are given access to.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Where it helps and the rules allow, yes. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID and fly a drone under 250g, and the airspace and weather are checked before every flight.
What insurance do you have?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
Landlord roof surveys for homes and businesses in Ightham
A landlord roof survey covers the usual parts of a roof: slates or tiles, ridges, hips, valleys, flashings, chimneys, gutters and the loft. Flat roofs over blocks, rear additions and garages are covered too when they’re in the agreed scope. We also look at chimneys, parapets and party-wall upstands where it’s safe to see them and the loft where access is safe. If you’re worried about damp or stains in top-floor flats and leaking joints at party walls, we can find out what’s behind it, on blocks of flats, gutters and downpipes and shared roofs alike.
Village roofs often face open fields and take the full force of wind and rain, which is hard on ridges, chimneys, flashings and gutters. 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.
Pictures do a lot of the work in our reports, because a photo of a cracked flashing says more than a paragraph. Anything out of sight on the day is listed as such.
- Place
- Ightham (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What we’re asked to look at in Ightham
Agents and freeholders have budgets to set. Without a recent survey, it’s hard to know what the roof needs and how soon.
Here are some of the things we see often:
- Gutters overflowing onto walls
- Mortar falling from ridges and verges
- Leaks into upper flats
- Cracked or leaning shared chimneys
If you let a flat or house near Borough Green & Wrotham station, a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
- Whether they hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- What they won’t be able to tell you
Landlord roof surveys in Ightham: local notes
Across Kent, older roofs are frequently handmade clay or peg tiles, and tile-hanging on upper walls is a familiar sight. Oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses are part of the county’s older buildings too. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them. Ightham Mote, about 1.5 miles south, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Ightham. 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.
Homes near green spaces such as Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve can get more leaves in their gutters in autumn. If you look after a building such as Ightham Primary School, large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Ightham is about 4 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. We carry out landlord roof surveys for homes and businesses in Ightham and the surrounding area. Our Kent coverage includes Ightham. There’s also a page for Maidstone.
All of TN15 is within our area for landlord roof surveys. You’ll find streets such as The Street, Redwell Lane and Old Lane, all of which we cover. We also cover the places around Ightham: Oldbury (1 mile north), Ivy Hatch (1 mile south-west), Sheet Hill (1 mile south-east), Styants Bottom (1 mile north-west) and Yopps Green (1 mile south-east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north) and Tonbridge (6 miles south).
Local landmarks in Ightham
In Ightham, that means homes and buildings near Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve, Wrotham School and The Old House, among other places. Ightham’s nearest station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, roughly 1.5 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Ightham Court (1.1 miles north) and Beechin Wood Archery Museum (2.3 miles east).
Checking the roof from the ground
After strong wind, take a look from the pavement or garden: 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.
A DIY look is useful, but it is not a survey. From the ground, valleys, flashings and the backs of chimneys are often out of sight.
Nearby places to Ightham
What else we do in Ightham
Tips that help
From years of surveys, a few habits stand out:
- Keep the loft hatch clear and reachable
- Put urgent roof work at the top of the list
- Keep roof outlets and gutters clear
- Ask residents to report damp right away
Report times depend on the package: Basic within 48 hours, Standard in 24–48 hours and Premium the same day. Agents often choose the package that suits the building.
Act on urgent items in the report first, and plan the rest. Left alone, minor faults normally get worse.
How the survey works
On the day, we start by asking what you’ve noticed and what you need to know. After that, we check everything we can see safely, using the ground, windows, the loft and a drone where it applies. Most surveys take an hour or two on an ordinary house, or half a day or so for a commercial building. Cottages and farmhouses around Ightham often have roofs at several levels, with lean-tos and outbuildings attached. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints, and anything we can’t see is noted.
- We start with what you know about the building and its history.
- We confirm the access we will need.
- We check coverings, flashings, gutters and chimneys where they can be seen.
- We note what couldn’t be seen as well as what could.
- Findings and recommendations are set out with photos.
Before the survey
- If you are buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Keep pets in another room
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
Book a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Take them safely from ground level or a window. To send them or to book, call 07833 053749 or send us an email.
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Why act early in Ightham
An independent report helps when owners need to agree on roof work. Without one, each party may have a different view of what’s wrong. Where a roof is exposed, as many are in small places like Ightham, driving rain gets into any weakness, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
Prices start from £150, including VAT. The final price depends on how big and how high the roof is, access and which survey you book.
Why book us in Ightham
- Satisfaction rate of 98%
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Surveys seven days a week
- Plain-English reports with photos
See how roof surveys are priced or what we found on two real jobs.
What a landlord roof survey doesn’t cover
It’s useful to know what a survey will not do before you book:
- Legal advice on leases or service charges
- A full building survey of every part of the property
- Whether materials contain asbestos (a specialist asbestos surveyor’s job)
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we’ll tell you before you book. What our survey covers.
What we check
- Gutters and downpipes
- Rented houses
- Converted houses
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Shared roofs
- Blocks of flats