Surrey · London and the South East
Landlord Roof Survey in Salfords
Landlord roof surveys across Salfords, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. Every survey ends with a written report and photos.
- Choked outlets and gutters
- Damaged party-wall upstands or parapets
- Loose ridge or hip tiles
Questions from Salfords
Is my home in Salfords listed or in a conservation area?
Historic England’s list shows listed buildings, and the local council can tell you about conservation areas. Listed building consent is needed for changes that affect a listed building’s special interest, and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material.
Do you cover smaller places like Salfords?
Yes. Salfords is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We cover the whole of London and South East England. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when booking.
What does a block roof survey cost?
Prices start from £150, including VAT. The building’s size, roofs and access all affect the price. To get a price, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Who do you carry out landlord roof surveys for?
Anyone who looks after a let or shared building can book it: landlords, agents, freeholders and residents’ management companies.
Can you survey in bad weather?
Some surveys depend on the weather more than others. Drone flights need calm, dry weather, and thermal imaging works best with a dry roof, little wind and a sunny day beforehand. If the conditions aren’t right, we will talk to you about another date.
Which days do you carry out surveys?
Surveys can be booked for any day of the week: weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tell us which days suit you as you book.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes, if whoever owns or manages the building agrees access. On a shared roof we can only inspect the parts we’re allowed to reach, and the report makes that clear.
Landlord roof survey in Salfords
Our landlord roof survey gives you a clear picture of a roof’s condition in a report you can plan around. We work for landlords, letting agents, managing agents and freeholders along with RTM and residents’ management companies. The report covers defects, photographs and recommendations, prioritised by urgency where relevant. The survey covers the roof, not the whole building. We’re often asked to look into choked outlets and gutters and chimney stacks in poor repair, on gutters and downpipes, converted houses and blocks of flats.
Village roofs frequently face open fields and take the full force of wind and rain, which is hard on ridges, chimneys, flashings and gutters. Damp in old walls is slow to dry, so a small leak can do a lot of harm. 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.
What you get is a clear record of the let or shared roof on the day we saw it. It’s useful straight away, and a good reference for later, for example when you want to check whether anything has changed.
- Where
- Salfords (RH1)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
How the survey works
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. It typically takes an hour or two for a house, and longer for a block or a building with several roofs. Rural addresses near Salfords can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions, or a note of a nearby landmark, help us arrive on time. After that, the survey runs as it would anywhere.
- We start with what you know about the building and its history.
- We confirm the access we will need.
- The roofs are inspected from the ground, vantage points, the loft space and the roof where safe.
- The report records areas we couldn’t access.
- You receive photos and recommendations, prioritised where relevant.
Getting ready for the survey
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- If you are buying, let the agent know when we are coming
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
Booking a survey
Every survey is priced before it is booked, so you know where you stand. Landlord roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. To book, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Advice
What we are asked to look at in Salfords
Many let properties sit under roofs that have seen decades of weather. Nails, battens, flashings and underlay often fail before good slates or tiles so it pays to check how the roof is holding up.
A survey makes sense if you’ve noticed:
- Choked outlets and gutters
- Leaks into upper flats
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
Shop and office owners around The Belfry may find that a dated report on the roof is useful for planning and for any lease discussions.
What to check before booking
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- Whether the loft is part of the inspection
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
- How long the report takes to arrive
Towns and villages near Salfords
What else we do in Salfords
Why it is worth a survey now in Salfords
Relying on what tenants report means relying on what they can see. A ceiling stain frequently means water has been coming in for some time. A survey looks at the roof itself. Outbuildings and barns around Salfords are easy to forget, but a failed roof there can spoil what’s stored inside. It’s worth including them in a survey before a winter does the damage.
Prices start from £150, including VAT, for a Basic Survey. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, both including VAT. You will know the exact price before booking.
Why us?
- Visits on any day of the week
- Over 20 years’ experience
- Clear package prices, including VAT
- Customer satisfaction of 98%
Read our cost guide or two real surveys.
Landlords, agents and block managers in Salfords
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 visit with that in mind.
A roof problem in a let property affects your tenants as well as the building. A survey helps you spot issues early and plan the work.
How we price landlord roof surveys
A few things affect what a survey costs:
- Roof area
- How many separate roofs there are, such as extensions, dormers and garages
- Height and safe access
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so they’re priced to match. The price is confirmed before booking.
What we need to know
The more you let us know, the easier it is to price the survey. When you contact us, tell us:
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
Buyers should book once an offer has been accepted, so you have the findings in time to act on them before you exchange. For any other survey, just phone 07833 053749 or email us when you’re ready.
Tips from our surveys
Most of what helps is simple and safe from ground level. Our suggestions:
- Ask residents to report damp right away
- Put urgent roof work at the top of the list
- Ask your managing agent about lease terms
- Keep roof surveys on a rolling plan
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.
Keep the loft space accessible so the roof can be checked from inside. Clutter around the hatch slows things down.
What a landlord roof survey looks like in Salfords
Older houses across Surrey often have handmade clay tiles, and many have tile-hanging. Some old buildings in Surrey and Sussex have Horsham stone slab roofs. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. Before planning roof work on an older home, find out whether it is listed or in a conservation area. Changes that affect a listed building’s special interest need listed building consent, and councils can also use Article 4 directions to control changes in conservation areas.
If you look after a building such as Salfords Primary School, its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale. Living close to Earlswood Common is pleasant, but mature trees mean leaves in gutters and valleys each autumn.
Salfords is about 2 miles north of Horley, in Surrey. Houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings in Salfords can all book landlord roof surveys. We cover towns and villages across Surrey. Crawley is in our area too.
Postcode districts we cover here for landlord roof surveys: RH1. Whether your property is on Salbrook Road, Napier Close and Mead Avenue or anywhere close by, we can help. Neighbouring places we cover for landlord roof surveys include South Earlswood (1 mile north), Earlswood (2 miles north), Meadvale (2 miles north-west), South Nutfield (2 miles north-east) and Redhill (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Epsom (10 miles north-west), Ewell (11 miles north), Reigate (3 miles north-west), Caterham (7 miles north-east), Dorking (7 miles west) and Ashtead (10 miles north-west).
What’s near Salfords
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Oakwood School and Earlswood Common. There’s a railway station in Salfords itself: Salfords station. Other landmarks nearby include Reigate Castle (3.2 miles north-west) and Reigate Priory Museum (3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Mercers Lake and Colley Hill.