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Landlord Roof Survey in North Woolwich
Find out the condition of the let or shared roof at your property in North Woolwich. Visits run on weekdays and weekends, in the daytime.
- Ceiling stains reported by tenants
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
- Damaged pots and flaunching
Landlord roof survey in North Woolwich
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 report with photographs that you can keep with the building’s records. Many clients repeat the survey on a rolling basis to keep maintenance plans current. If you’ve noticed failed flashings at walls and chimneys and choked outlets and gutters, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
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 is in and what work is coming up. Leaks from a shared roof rarely affect just one home. With a written report and photographs, everyone can plan from the same facts.
The report doesn’t just list problems. For each finding, it explains what it is, why it matters and what we’d recommend, so you can plan your next steps.
- Where
- North Woolwich (SE18, E16, E6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions in North Woolwich
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Woolwich Dockyard station?
Yes, landlords and letting agents book with us as well as owners. Just phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and let us know about the building.
Will parking be an issue for a roof survey in North Woolwich?
In much of London, parking needs planning: a visitor permit or a bay close to the door helps a lot, so mention what’s available when booking.
What’s the best way to book?
Simply ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email. After a few questions, we confirm the price and fix a day.
Is North Woolwich in your area?
Yes. We survey roofs in North Woolwich and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across London and South East England. To book, ring 07833 053749 or email us.
Does this replace a RICS home survey?
No. It’s a specialist roof survey, not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 building survey. It focuses on the roof and can sit alongside a RICS survey.
Will you go up on the roof?
Only when it is safe. Most of what we need can be seen from safe viewpoints, the loft and, where it applies, a drone, and anything out of sight is recorded in the report.
I live in a flat. Can you survey the roof?
Yes, once access has been agreed. The roof of a block or converted house is often shared, so the building owner or managing agent needs to agree access. We can only inspect what we’re given access to.
What we do, step by step
We check the roof from outside and, where it’s relevant and there is safe access, from inside the roof space too. Inside, we look for staining, damp, gaps and signs of movement. All in, the survey typically takes an hour or two for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. For a visit in North Woolwich, parking and access are the things to plan: tell us about permits, visitor bays or off-street space, which floor the property is on and how to get into the loft. We then look at whatever is safely visible from the ground, windows, the loft and, where it is safe, the roof itself.
- 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.
- You receive photos and recommendations, prioritised where relevant.
Before we arrive
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Let us know about any leaks, stains or damp patches you know of
How to book
Getting a price is simple: just ring 07833 053749 or email us and give us some details about the property and we’ll recommend the right survey. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
Advice
Landlord roof surveys in North Woolwich: local notes
The wider area around North Woolwich has a long history of building, with Eastbury Manor House about 2.9 miles north-east. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Further from the centre, London’s housing takes in interwar semis with hipped roofs in clay or concrete tiles as well as slate-roofed terraces. If your home in North Woolwich is one of them, bay roofs, hips and later dormers each have their own details. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
For businesses in and around places such as Gallions Reach Shopping Park, a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks. The streets around a church like St John's Church are frequently among the oldest in a place, and if you own one of the older houses nearby, its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first. If you let a flat or house near Woolwich Dockyard station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
North Woolwich is about 1 mile north of Woolwich, in Greater London. Wherever you are in North Woolwich, we can carry out landlord roof surveys at your property, on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday. Across Greater London, we cover North Woolwich. There is also a page for London.
Here we cover the SE18, E16 and E6 postcode area for landlord roof surveys. We offer landlord roof surveys to properties on Drew Road, Tate Road and Pier Road and the roads around them. Close by, we survey roofs in Cyprus (1 mile north), Royal Docks (1 mile north-west), Beckton (1 mile north-east), Silvertown (1 mile west) and Custom House (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (7 miles west), City of Westminster (9 miles west), Marylebone (9 miles west), Kensington (11 miles west), St Pancras (8 miles west) and Shoreditch (6 miles west).
What’s near North Woolwich
In North Woolwich, that means homes and buildings near Beckton District Park, Drew Primary School and The Mitre pub. The nearest railway station is Woolwich Dockyard station, roughly 0.7 miles south. Well-known places in the area include British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (0.8 miles south-west) and Gallions Reach Shopping Park (1.1 miles north-east). Open spaces near North Woolwich include Gilbert's Pit.
Honest limits
Some things can’t be seen without opening up the roof, and that sets some limits:
- A full building survey of every part of the property
- The structure in the way a structural engineer would assess it
- Who pays under the lease (that’s a legal question)
If you are not sure which survey you need, phone 07833 053749 or email us and we will give you a straight answer before you book. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
Roof types and parts we check
- Converted houses
- Blocks of flats
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Rented houses
- Shared roofs
- Gutters and downpipes
Also near North Woolwich
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Roof by roof
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.
Shared chimney stacks
Shared stacks need everyone involved to agree work and the report helps with that.
Tips that help
These tips come from what we see on roofs every week:
- Have gutters and outlets cleared every year
- Act on high-priority defects quickly
- Hold on to old reports to compare later
- Do not store items over the loft hatch
Report times depend on the package: within 48 hours for Basic, 24–48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium. Pick the package that suits the building and your timescale.
Make sure the loft hatch can be reached and opened so the roof can be checked from inside. Stored items over the hatch make checks harder.
DIY checks: what’s safe
Keep a simple record: when leaks happen, ground-level photos and any past roof work. Share it with us as you book and it will help the survey.
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
How we price landlord roof surveys
Every roof is different, so prices are confirmed before you book. This is what makes a difference:
- The height of the building and how the roof can be seen safely
- The size of the roof
- Any need for thermal images or a drone flight
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
All our prices include VAT. Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. You’ll know the exact price before you book.
Helping us price your survey
These details help when you contact us:
- Anything about access we should know
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Any photos you have, taken from ground level or a window
- The reason for the survey, like buying, a leak or storm damage
Buyers should book once an offer has been accepted, so there is time to use the report before exchange. Otherwise, simply ring 07833 053749 or send us an email whenever suits you.