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Landlord Roof Survey in Kentish Town
Roof condition reports for landlords, agents and blocks of flats around Kentish Town, with a written report you can act on. Book a weekday or weekend visit.
- Failed flashings at walls and chimneys
- Cracked or leaning shared chimneys
- Ceiling stains reported by tenants
About our landlord roof survey in Kentish Town
A roof condition report helps you plan maintenance and set budgets. You can see what’s urgent and what can wait based on what can be seen. It doesn’t 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. We are often asked to look into cracked or lifting flashings and damaged party-wall upstands or parapets, on blocks of flats, flat roofs on blocks and rented houses.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces are found right across London, often with slate roofs, chimney stacks shared with neighbours and gutters hidden behind parapets. Slates can last a century or more, but the nails holding them corrode, and slates slip. In Kentish Town, as across London, that’s why a roof needs a proper look rather than a glance from the street. Shared chimney stacks and the lead around them are just as important to check.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the coverings down to the gutters, each with a short note and a photograph. It records what’s sound as well as what isn’t.
- Place
- Kentish Town (NW5, NW1, NW3)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What we’re asked to look at in Kentish Town
Landlords need to plan spending on a building. Without a recent survey, it’s hard to know what the roof needs and how soon.
Most people get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Missing or loose roof coverings
- Ponding or splits on flat roofs
- Failed flashings at walls and chimneys
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
If you run a business near O2 Centre, a roof report helps plan work around trading rather than after a leak.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
- When you will get the report
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
Your questions about landlord roof surveys in Kentish Town
Can parking be tricky for a visit in Kentish Town?
It can be, so it’s useful to let us know about permits, visitor bays or off-street space when you book. The visit is then planned around what’s available.
Is my home in Kentish Town listed or in a conservation area?
We can’t confirm that for you, but Historic England’s list and your council can. A change of roofing material may need consent in either case.
Can you tell me if my roof has asbestos?
No. Asbestos surveys and testing are not part of what we do. We flag materials that could contain asbestos, such as cement sheets or soffits on pre-2000 buildings, and recommend a specialist asbestos surveyor checks them before they’re disturbed.
Can we use the survey to plan a roof budget?
Yes, many agents and freeholders use it that way. A repeat survey later shows how the roof has changed, which suits a rolling plan.
How long have you been surveying roofs?
We’ve completed more than 5,000 surveys, over more than 20 years, and 98% of customers are satisfied.
Do you look in the loft space?
Yes, where the survey calls for it and there is safe access. Inside, we look for damp, staining, gaps and sagging, as far as the space allows.
Do you use drones?
Yes, where it’s applicable. Whether we can fly on the day depends on the weather and the airspace rules, and we check for restrictions near airports before flying. We are a CAA-registered drone operator.
Landlord and commercial surveys in Kentish Town
An agent can book and manage the survey for a landlord. Access is agreed with the tenant ahead of time.
Managing agents and residents’ management companies use roof surveys to plan maintenance. The report sets out what needs attention now and what can wait, which helps with budgets and planning.
Prices for landlord roof surveys in Kentish Town
Our packages start from £150, inc. VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on:
- How tall the building is and how easy the roof is to see
- How big the roof is
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
Every price we give includes VAT, and the report isn’t charged as an extra. Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. Size, height and access decide where your roof falls.
Getting in touch
We’ll normally ask about:
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from ground level or a window
- When you need the report by
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Where the property is, with the postcode
We confirm the exact price before booking, so you know where you stand. Our price is from £150, including VAT. To book, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Before and after the survey
These tips come from what we see on roofs every week:
- Give tenants a simple way to report leaks
- Tell tenants when we are coming
- Keep the loft hatch clear and reachable
- Hold on to old reports to compare later
If anything in the report needs explaining, ask us. With the Standard Survey there is a follow-up consultation and the Premium Survey an in-person one.
Ask tenants and residents to report damp, stains or drips promptly. The sooner you know, the smaller the problem normally is.
Why it’s worth a survey now in Kentish Town
Water that gets into one flat can affect others below. Early surveys help avoid damage spreading between flats. Blocked gutters and hoppers on London houses overflow and soak brickwork. A blocked outlet ignored for a winter or two can mean damp walls inside.
A small, low roof with good viewpoints takes less time than a tall, complicated one, and the package you pick makes a difference too. The price is always agreed first.
Why us?
- PI and public liability insurance
- More than 5,000 surveys completed
- Thermal imaging and drones used where they help
- Drone flown under a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced and two real surveys.
The survey, step by step
After the inspection, everything we found is written up in a report with photos, sent to you by email. On timing, it normally takes between one and two hours on an ordinary house, though large, tall or awkward roofs take more time. In Kentish Town, visits are available on weekdays and at weekends. London parking is often by permit or pay-and-display, so it helps to know what’s near you, and to clear a path to the loft hatch. Upstairs rooms at the back are useful too, as they often give the best view of a rear addition.
- We start with what you know about the building and its history.
- We let you know which flats and hatches we need to reach.
- We check coverings, flashings, gutters and chimneys where they can be seen.
- We note what couldn’t be seen as well as what could.
- You receive photos and recommendations, prioritised where relevant.
Before the survey
- Have any paperwork from past roof work to hand
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
- Leave a clear route to the loft
How to book
Most bookings start with a short call: phone 07833 053749 or email us, and we’ll ask about the building and what you need. The price is agreed before a date is set.
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Landlord roof surveys in Kentish Town: local notes
Welsh slate on Victorian and Edwardian terraces is a familiar sight across inner London. From the street you may see only a parapet, with a butterfly roof and a valley gutter behind it draining to the back. In a house like that, shared stacks, party-wall upstands and lead flashings all need looking at as far as they can be seen. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look. The wider area around Kentish Town has a long history of building, with Keats House about 1.2 miles north-west. Older homes in the wider area often have features worth a closer look, such as lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first.
Homes near green spaces such as Primrose Hill can get more leaves in their gutters in autumn, so outlets and downpipes are worth watching. Take a building like Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School: a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time.
Kentish Town is about 2 miles east of Hampstead, in Greater London. We carry out landlord roof surveys for homeowners, landlords and businesses in Kentish Town. Kentish Town is one of the towns and villages in Greater London where we work.
Here we cover the NW5, NW1 and NW3 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. If you need a landlord roof survey at a property on Eton Road, Oval Road and Regal Lane or anywhere close by, we can survey it. Nearby, we also carry out landlord roof surveys in Chalk Farm (1 mile west), Camden Town (1 mile south-east), Gospel Oak (1 mile north), Primrose Hill (1 mile south-west) and Agar Town (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns like London (4 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south-west), Shoreditch (3 miles south-east), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hoxton (3 miles east) and Whitechapel (4 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Kentish Town
Typical jobs here are in homes near Primrose Hill, Haverstock School and North Bridge House School and the streets around them. Also close by are The Hawley Arms (under half a mile south) and Vaughan Williams Memorial Library (0.5 miles south). Kentish Town has its own railway station: Kentish Town West station. Nearby you will also find O2 Centre (1.6 miles west) and Montfichet's Tower (2.9 miles south-east). For a walk, there is The Long Water and Primrose Hill.