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Landlord Roof Survey in Tillington
Landlord roof surveys around Tillington, with a written report you can act on. Weekday and weekend visits available.
- Gutters overflowing onto walls
- Parapets and upstands in poor repair
- Worn ridges, hips and verges
How it 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. The visit usually takes roughly 1–2 hours on an ordinary house, and about three to four hours for a commercial roof. Around Tillington, older homes can have small or awkward roof spaces, so it helps to know whether there’s a loft hatch and how easy it is to reach. We only go where it’s safe.
- We start by agreeing the scope, roof by roof.
- We confirm which flats and loft spaces we need to get into, and you arrange access.
- We inspect each roof from safe vantage points, the roof space and the roof itself where safe.
- Defects are photographed and their urgency noted.
- The report sets out condition and recommendations to help you plan.
How to prepare
- For flats, make sure roof access has been agreed
- Let us know about parking before the day
- Jot down any questions you want answered
Booking a survey
To arrange a survey, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and what you’d like to know about the roof. You will know the price before anything is booked.
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About our landlord roof survey in Tillington
Shared roofs on blocks, converted houses and terraces raise their own questions. We inspect the roof as far as it can be seen safely including the loft and flats where access is arranged. Each part of the roof is recorded with photos, so everyone works from the same facts. We can only inspect the parts of a shared roof we’re allowed to reach. If you’ve noticed mortar falling from ridges and verges and ceiling stains reported by tenants, we can find out what’s behind it.
Village roofs often face open fields and take the full force of wind and rain, which is hard on ridges, chimneys, flashings and gutters. Older walls take a long time to dry once water gets in. A roof report shows what needs attention first. Lead flashings and old chimney stacks are often where weather gets in first.
The report does not just list problems. It explains what we found, why it matters and what we recommend, so you can decide what to do next.
- Location
- Tillington (GU28)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
When to book a survey in Tillington
Agents and freeholders have budgets to set. Planning is difficult without knowing the roof’s condition or when.
A survey can pick up problems such as:
- Damp or stains in top-floor flats
- Leaking joints at party walls
- Splits and blisters in flat roof coverings
- Blocked gutters over flats
For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Petworth Cof E Primary School, large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Will the report include photos?
- What the survey won’t cover
- Their drone registration, if they fly one
- Their track record with similar roofs
Tips that help
These tips come from what we see on roofs every week, before and after a survey:
- Give tenants a simple way to report leaks
- Check your lease or ask a solicitor about who pays
- Have gutters and outlets cleared every year
- Make sure the loft space can be accessed
We don’t advise on leases or who should pay. Our report sets out the roof’s condition to help those discussions.
Keep the loft space accessible so the roof can be checked from inside. Clutter around the hatch slows things down.
Landlord roof surveys in Tillington: local notes
Petworth House, about 0.8 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Tillington. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area. Handmade clay tiles and tile-hung upper walls are typical of older Sussex houses. Horsham stone slab roofs survive on some old Sussex buildings. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
If your house is among the older ones in the streets near The Parish Church of All Hallows, its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first.
Tillington is about 12 miles north-east of Chichester, in West Sussex. Anywhere in Tillington, we can carry out landlord roof surveys at your property, on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday. Across West Sussex, we cover Tillington and the places around it. We also survey roofs in Guildford.
Landlord roof surveys in GU28 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Whether your property is on Upperton Road, Cemetery Lane and Tillington Road or a nearby road, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out landlord roof surveys in Upperton (1 mile north-west), Petworth (1 mile east), Hampers Green (1 mile north-east), Rotherbridge (1 mile south) and River (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns like Horsham (14 miles east), Worthing (15 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (14 miles south), Chichester (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (13 miles south) and Rustington (13 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Tillington
Around Tillington, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The Old Square Tavern and the streets around them. A little further out are Lodsworth Castle (1.9 miles west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (1.7 miles south). The countryside around Tillington includes Graffham Common.
What a landlord roof survey doesn’t cover
This is not a RICS building survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. It also has these limits:
- Structural calculations or an engineer’s report
- 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, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and does not.
Roofs we survey in Tillington
- Converted houses
- Rented houses
- Flat roofs on blocks
- Gutters and downpipes
- Shared roofs
- Blocks of flats
Places near Tillington
What else we do in Tillington
How the survey changes by roof type
Gutters and downpipes
Blocked gutters cause many leaks into top-floor flats. Gutters, outlets and downpipes are inspected as far as can be seen safely.
Party-wall upstands and parapets
Where a roof is shared with neighbours, we can only inspect what we are given access to, and the report says what was seen.
Landlords, agents and block managers in Tillington
Letting agents can arrange access with tenants, at a time agreed ahead of time. We survey on any day of the week, which helps when tenants work during the week.
For blocks of flats, a roof survey helps managing agents and residents’ management companies plan ahead. Recommendations are set out in order of urgency where relevant, which helps when budgeting.
Tillington: your questions answered
Will you come out to Tillington?
We do. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
Is Tillington in the area you cover?
We do. The survey and report are the same in Tillington as anywhere else, and visits run on weekdays and weekends.
Do I have to be there for the survey?
Someone needs to let us in if we are looking inside or in the loft. Access is agreed with you as you book.
How long does a landlord roof survey take?
Most visits to a house take about 1–2 hours and larger buildings take longer.
Do you survey roofs shared between flats?
Yes, we survey shared roofs often. Where a neighbouring roof isn’t part of the access, we can only see it from vantage points, and the report says so.
Can you survey at the weekend?
We carry out surveys seven days a week. To arrange a date, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
How much is a landlord roof survey?
Our packages start from £150 for Basic, £250 for Standard and £400 for Premium, including VAT. Larger buildings are priced to suit. Just ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email for a price.