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New Romney Landlord Roof Survey
Find out the condition of the let or shared roof at your property in New Romney. Visits run on weekdays and weekends, in the daytime.
- Ceiling stains reported by tenants
- Damaged party-wall upstands or parapets
- Gaps where tiles or slates have slipped
For landlords and managing agents
An agent can book and manage the survey for a landlord. Access is agreed with the tenant ahead of time.
Where a roof is shared: access has to be agreed with whoever owns or manages the building. Mention it when you contact us and we’ll plan the survey around it.
Landlord roof survey in New Romney: what you get
A landlord roof survey shows you the state of a roof in a report you can plan around. Landlords, letting agents, managing agents and freeholders all use it along with RTM and residents’ management companies. The report covers defects, photographs and recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. It’s a roof survey, not a RICS Level 2 or 3 survey of the whole building. We survey blocks of flats, flat roofs on blocks and rented houses, and the problems we are asked to look at most are loose ridge or hip tiles and failed flashings at walls and chimneys.
In a smaller place like New Romney, some roofs stand more exposed to wind and rain than in a built-up town. That weather tells first on ridges, verges, chimneys and flashings. Checking those edges shows whether anything has begun to work loose before it lets water in. A loose ridge tile or slate gives the wind something to catch, and others soon follow.
How fast the report arrives depends on the package: Basic within 48 hours, Standard in 24–48 hours and Premium the same day.
- Where
- New Romney (TN28)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What affects the price in New Romney
All our prices include VAT. What changes the price is:
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
- The size of the roof
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
Prices quoted always include VAT, and the written report is part of the package. Our price is from £150, including VAT. Size, height and access decide where your roof falls.
Getting in touch
Getting the details right at the start saves time. It’s useful to include:
- The type of building and roof, such as pitched or flat
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
Our phone lines are open seven days a week. For a price or to book, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Landlord roof surveys around New Romney
New Romney is within about 2 miles of the coast, and being near the sea means more wind and salt than a roof inland would face. Metal fixings and flashings corrode faster in salt air, while gales work at loose ridges, slates and tiles. Handmade clay tiles, including Kent peg tiles hung on pegs through two holes, are typical of older Kent buildings. You will also find oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses among the county’s older buildings. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
If you live near a park such as Romney Warren Country Park, or anywhere with mature trees, autumn leaves can block gutters and valleys, so outlets and downpipes are worth watching. If you live in an older home near Church of St Nicholas, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look. Take a building like St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy: large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
New Romney is about 8 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. In New Romney, as across Kent, every roof gets the same careful survey. We cover towns and villages across Kent. There’s also a page for Canterbury.
Surveys in TN28 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. We cover properties on High Street, Church Road and Station Road. New Romney sits on or near the A259 and B2071, which makes travel easy. We also cover the places around New Romney: Littlestone-on-Sea (1 mile east), Greatstone-on-Sea (1 mile south-east), St Mary in the Marsh (2 miles north), St Mary's Bay (2 miles north-east) and Old Romney (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (11 miles north), Folkestone (12 miles north-east), Hythe (8 miles north-east), Hawkinge (13 miles north-east), Tenterden (12 miles north-west) and Cheriton (11 miles north-east).
Landmarks near New Romney
We work in homes and buildings around Romney Warren Country Park, The Marsh Academy and The Marsh Academy. A little further out are Lydd Town Museum (3 miles south-west) and Romney 'castle' (2.1 miles west). Open spaces near New Romney include Burnthouse Pen and Dungeness National.
Places near New Romney
What else we do in New Romney
FAQs for New Romney
Is my home in New Romney listed or in a conservation area?
For listing, use Historic England’s list; for conservation areas, ask the council. The answer matters most when a change of material is on the cards.
Is the coastal weather around New Romney hard on roofs?
Often, yes. New Romney is within about 2 miles of the sea, and coastal roofs tend to see faster wear on metal parts and more wind lifting loose pieces.
Will you inspect a roof that several owners share?
Yes. We survey what we can access and see safely. The report records what couldn’t be seen in the report.
What access do you need for a block roof survey?
That depends on the layout. We may need the roof space and some or all of the top-floor flats and access is arranged by you or your agent. We will confirm what we need when booking.
How do I arrange a landlord roof survey in New Romney?
It’s easiest to call 07833 053749 or drop us an email. Tell us the address and a little about the roof. We survey on any day of the week.
Is this survey just for landlords?
It suits anyone responsible for a let or shared roof: private landlords, letting and managing agents, freeholders and RTM companies.
How long does a landlord roof survey take?
A visit usually takes roughly 1–2 hours for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. You will know roughly how long when we arrange it.
Roof by roof
Pitched roofs on houses and blocks
Most let houses and many blocks have pitched roofs of slate or tiles. Coverings, ridges, hips, valleys and flashings are inspected where it is safe to see them.
Shared chimney stacks
Many terraces and conversions have shared stacks. Pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings are looked at from safe vantage points.
Checking the roof from the ground
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
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. Don’t go up yourself.
What this survey can’t tell you
This isn’t a RICS building survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. Other limits to bear in mind:
- Who pays under the lease (that’s a legal question)
- Structural calculations or an engineer’s report
- The rest of the building, as a RICS Level 2 or 3 survey would
If in doubt, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll point you to the right survey. What our survey covers.
What we look at
- Gutters and downpipes
- Shared roofs
- Rented houses
- Converted houses
- Blocks of flats
- Flat roofs on blocks
What happens on the day
The visit has one job: to look at the let or shared roof as closely as is safe and record what we find. Everything we note and photograph goes into the written report. The visit typically takes an hour or two for a single let house, with blocks of flats taking longer. Homes around New Romney often 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. Inside, the loft is looked at where it can be reached safely.
- We agree which roofs and which parts of the building are included.
- We confirm which flats and loft spaces we need to get into, and you arrange access.
- The roofs are inspected from ground level, vantage points, the loft space and the roof where it is safe.
- 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
- Let us know about parking near the property
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
Getting a price
We survey roofs seven days a week. To find a date that works for you, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form.