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South Kenton Landlord Roof Survey
A careful look at the let or shared roof at your property in South Kenton, and put it all in a written report with photos.
- Damaged party-wall upstands or parapets
- Chimney stacks in poor repair
- Gutters overflowing onto walls
Checking the roof from ground level
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
A DIY look is useful, but it is not a survey. You won’t see flashings, valleys or the backs of chimneys properly from the ground.
Landlord roof surveys for homes and businesses in South Kenton
Landlords frequently book us when buying a property to rent out, others when a tenant reports a leak or damp. Others want a regular survey for a rolling maintenance plan. Whatever the reason, the report follows the same clear format, with photos and recommendations. Surveys are carried out seven days a week, which can make access easier to arrange. If you’re worried about ponding or splits on flat roofs and choked outlets and gutters, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, so roofs are often shared between several households. Whoever looks after the building needs a clear picture of the roof, chimneys and gutters, in South Kenton as anywhere. A defect on a shared roof can reach more than one flat. A report gives everyone the same picture to plan from, with photographs.
You receive the findings by email, ready to forward to whoever needs them. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24–48 hours for Standard and same day for Premium.
- Location
- South Kenton (HA9, HA0, HA3)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
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Questions from South Kenton
How do I find out if my home in South Kenton is listed?
Check Historic England’s online list first, then ask the council about conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. The answer matters most when a change of material is on the cards.
Can parking be tricky for a visit in South Kenton?
Typically it’s manageable with a little notice. Tell us what parking is available nearby, and the visit is planned around it.
What’s the price of a landlord roof survey?
Our price is from £150, including VAT. The building’s size, roofs and access all affect the price. To get a price, call 07833 053749 or email us.
Will you say whether the freeholder or leaseholders should pay?
No. The lease usually decides who is responsible, and that is a legal question. What we provide is a clear record of the roof’s condition to help those discussions.
Can you survey in bad weather?
It can, depending on the survey. Drone flights need calm, dry weather, and thermal imaging works best with a dry roof, little wind and a sunny day beforehand. We’ll rearrange with you if the weather isn’t right.
I live in a flat. Can you survey the roof?
Yes. Shared roofs just need a little more planning. Mention it when you contact us and we’ll plan the survey around it.
What’s the best way to book?
The quickest way is to ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form. Give us the address and a few details about the roof. We survey on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
South Kenton homes and their roofs
Headstone Manor, about 2.6 miles north-west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around South Kenton. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs, and the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area. Outer London has lots of Victorian and Edwardian terraces with slate roofs, but also a great many interwar semis, often with hipped roofs in clay or concrete tiles. If your home in South Kenton is one of them, bay roofs, hips and later dormers each have their own details. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look.
Trees in and around Preston Park shed leaves that can end up in nearby gutters, and blocked gutters overflow and soak walls. Take a building like Byron Court Primary School: long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
South Kenton is about 1 mile north-west of Wembley, in Greater London. We survey roofs in South Kenton and the rest of Greater London. We cover towns and villages across Greater London. There is also a page for London.
We survey roofs across HA9, HA0 and HA3 for landlord roof surveys. Whether your property is on Peel Road, Holt Road and Byron Road or a nearby road, we can survey it. If you’re just outside South Kenton, we cover Northwick Park (1 mile west), Kenton (1 mile north), North Wembley (1 mile south), Brondesbury Park (1 mile south) and Harrow on the Hill (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (10 miles south-east), City of Westminster (8 miles south-east), Marylebone (8 miles south-east), Kensington (7 miles south-east), St Pancras (9 miles east) and Shoreditch (10 miles east).
What’s near South Kenton
We work in homes and buildings around Windermere pub, Preston Park and Wembley High Technology College, among other places. There’s a railway station in South Kenton itself: South Kenton station. Other landmarks nearby include St. Mark's Hospital (0.6 miles north-west) and Kodak Museum (2.2 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Castlebar Hill and Masons Field.
What we do, step by step
You don’t need to do much on the day. Point out anything you’ve noticed, such as stains, drips or loose pieces, and we’ll get on with the inspection. The survey itself takes about 1–2 hours for a single let house, with blocks of flats taking longer. For a visit in South Kenton, parking and access are the things to plan: let us know about parking, the floor the property is on, any shared entrance and loft access. We then look at everything that’s safely in view from the ground, windows, the loft and, where it is safe, the roof itself.
- 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 roof space and the roof where it’s safe.
- Defects are photographed and their urgency noted.
- We send a written report you can use to plan maintenance and budgets.
Before we arrive
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Have keys ready for side gates, garages or roof access doors
How to book
Most bookings start with a short call: phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll ask a few questions about the roof. You will have a price before anything is arranged.
Related advice
What we’re asked to look at in South Kenton
Agents and freeholders have budgets to set. Planning is difficult without knowing the roof’s condition or when.
Here are some of the things we see frequently:
- Damaged party-wall upstands or parapets
- Gaps where tiles or slates have slipped
- Mortar falling from ridges and verges
- Cracked or lifting flashings
For an older house near a landmark like Church of the Annunciation, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs.
Questions to ask before booking
- How they’ll see the roof: from ground level, the loft, the roof or by drone
- How long the report takes to arrive
- Are they insured for the work?
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
Honest limits
A survey is a close look at the let or shared roof, but it can’t do everything. Its limits include:
- Areas behind locked flats or blocked hatches
- Who pays under the lease (that’s a legal question)
- Whether materials contain asbestos (a specialist asbestos surveyor’s job)
If you’re not sure which survey you need, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
What we look at
- Gutters and downpipes
- Blocks of flats
- Converted houses
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Shared roofs
- Rented houses
Roof by roof
Roof spaces and lofts
Looking inside the roof frequently tells us more. We go into the loft where it is safe, looking for staining, damp and daylight.
Pitched roofs on houses and blocks
The edges and top of a pitched roof are exposed and get close attention.
Leave it or get it looked at?
Relying on what tenants report means relying on what they can see. A ceiling stain often means water has been coming in for some time. A survey looks at the roof itself. London’s older roofs often have bitumen felt underlay or none at all, so once the slates or flashings let water past, little stops it reaching ceilings. Left unchecked, water soaks into timber and plaster and the damage spreads.
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.
What you get with us
- Prices that include VAT
- 20+ years’ experience
- 5,000+ surveys completed
- Drone and thermal imaging surveys available
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced and what we found on two real jobs.