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Landlord Roof Survey in St Pancras
Roof condition reports for landlords, agents and blocks of flats around St Pancras, with a written report you can act on. Weekday and weekend visits available.
- Splits and blisters in flat roof coverings
- Cracked or lifting flashings
- Blocked gutters over flats
What a landlord roof survey does not cover
Our findings are based on what we can see safely on the day, so there are some things a survey cannot cover:
- A full building survey of every part of the property
- Areas behind locked flats or blocked hatches
- Whether materials contain asbestos (a specialist asbestos surveyor’s job)
If you’re not sure which survey you need, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we will give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
What this survey covers
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Gutters and downpipes
- Blocks of flats
- Shared roofs
- Converted houses
- Rented houses
Landlord roof survey in St Pancras: what you get
With a shared roof, it’s not always clear what’s wrong or where. We look at the roof from each safe vantage point including the loft and flats where access is arranged. Each part of the roof is recorded with photos giving all parties the same information. We can only inspect the parts of a shared roof we are allowed to reach. If you’ve noticed cracked or leaning shared chimneys and damp or stains in top-floor flats, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, where the roof is typically a shared part of the building. Landlords, managing agents and residents’ companies need to know what condition it’s in and what work is coming up. A defect on a shared roof can reach more than one flat. A report gives everyone the same picture to plan from, with photos.
It isn’t only a list of defects. It explains what we found, why it matters and what we recommend.
- Place
- St Pancras (NW1W, W1T, N1)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
St Pancras: your questions answered
Does a conservation area affect roof work in St Pancras?
Check Historic England’s online list first, then ask the council about conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. It matters most if you’re planning to re-roof in a different material.
I let a flat near London Kings Cross station. Can you check the roof?
Of course. We just need to know who will give access, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
Can you tell me if my roof has asbestos?
No. Our report may flag materials that could contain asbestos, but confirming it is a job for a specialist asbestos surveyor. Buildings built or refurbished before 2000 may contain it.
Are you insured?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
Does the weather affect the survey?
A survey can normally go ahead in light rain. Heavy rain or strong wind can ground a drone and make the roof unsafe, so we will agree a new date if the weather is not suitable.
Do you need to get into the loft?
Yes, where the survey calls for it and there’s safe access. We look for staining, damp, daylight and signs of movement.
How long have you been surveying roofs?
More than 5,000 surveys over 20+ years.
Landlord roof surveys around St Pancras
Close to the centre of London, a great many houses are Victorian or Edwardian terraces, many of them roofed in Welsh slate. From the street you may see only a parapet, with a butterfly roof and a valley gutter behind it draining to the back. Shared chimney stacks, party-wall upstands and lead work come with this kind of house. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look. With Dr Johnson's House about 0.9 miles south-east, St Pancras sits in an area with a long building history. If your house is among the older ones, expect a mix of original materials and later repairs on the roof, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
Shop and office owners around Brunswick Centre may find that a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks. If you live near a park such as Lincoln's Inn Fields, or anywhere with mature trees, autumn leaves can block gutters and valleys, and blocked gutters overflow and soak walls.
St Pancras is about 2 miles north-west of London, in Greater London. We carry out landlord roof surveys for householders, landlords and businesses in St Pancras and the surrounding area. Across Greater London, we cover St Pancras and the places around it.
We cover every part of the NW1W, W1T and N1 postcode area for landlord roof surveys and the streets around it. You’ll find streets such as Shoe Lane, Long Lane and City Road, all of which we cover. St Pancras is on the A4 and A40, which makes it straightforward to reach. We also cover Bloomsbury (1 mile south-west), Kings Cross (1 mile north-west), Holborn (1 mile south-east), Clerkenwell (1 mile east) and Angel (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Kensington (4 miles south-west), Walthamstow (6 miles north-east), Hampstead (3 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Brompton (3 miles south-west) and Stockwell (4 miles south). As one of the bigger places in Greater London, St Pancras has every kind of building, from houses and flats to offices.
What’s near St Pancras
In St Pancras, that means homes and buildings near Lincoln's Inn Fields, City Academy and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School and the streets around them. Also close by are Pilsudski Institute of London (under half a mile south-west) and Calthorpe Arms Public House (within half a mile south-east). St Pancras’s nearest station is London Kings Cross station, roughly 0.5 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Montfichet's Tower (1.1 miles south-east) and Royal National Throat (within half a mile north). The countryside around St Pancras includes Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
Roof by roof
Party-wall upstands and parapets
Terraced roofs have party-wall upstands between houses. Their flashings and pointing can let water in.
Gutters and downpipes
Valley and box gutters on blocks can overflow inside. We give them close attention.
Common roof problems in St Pancras
On a shared roof, it’s not always clear who should act. Each party may assume someone else is dealing with it, so maintenance gets put off. A condition report gives everyone the same starting point.
Signs worth acting on include:
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
- Choked outlets and gutters
- Chimney stacks in poor repair
For landlords with property near London Kings Cross station, knowing the condition of the roof, chimneys and gutters helps you plan work rather than react to complaints.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- What follow-up you get after the report
- Their insurance cover
- If they fly a drone, whether they hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Their track record with similar roofs
Landlord and commercial surveys in St Pancras
If the property is let, the agent or a tenant can let us in. We survey on any day of the week, which helps when tenants work during the week.
With a portfolio of properties, surveys can be booked for more than one address. To discuss a number of properties, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
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Can I check my roof myself?
During heavy rain, look at the gutters from ground level or a window. Overflowing water can be a sign of a blockage or a gutter that has dropped.
What you can’t do safely is get up close. Slates, tiles, flat roofs and rooflights can give way, and a fall can be serious. That part is for a survey, using safe viewpoints and a drone where it applies.
The survey, step by step
We photograph the roof as we go, so you can see in the report what we found and where. We take close-ups from wherever is safe, including by drone where it’s applicable and the weather allows. A typical visit takes between one and two hours for a single let house, with blocks of flats taking longer. In a London conversion, the way into the roof space is often from a communal landing or the top flat. If that applies to your building, it helps to agree access with the neighbours or the managing agent first. Otherwise, the visit in St Pancras runs like any other.
- First, we confirm the roofs and areas to be surveyed.
- You or your agent arrange access to the loft space and any flats we need to enter.
- Each roof is checked as far as it can safely be seen, including from inside where possible.
- Defects are photographed and their urgency noted.
- We send a written report you can use to plan maintenance and budgets.
How to prepare
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Gather any invoices or paperwork from past roof work
Booking a survey
For a price for landlord roof surveys in St Pancras, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form. Some details about the property and the roof help us price the survey accurately.