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New roof snagging in Filchampstead, Oxfordshire
An experienced roof surveyor for new roof snagging in Filchampstead. Over 5,000 surveys and 20+ years behind us.
- Poorly finished verges
- Broken coverings left on a new roof
- Signs of condensation in the roof space
Before and after the survey
There’s plenty you can do without going near the roof. Here’s what helps most:
- Put any issues to your roofer in writing
- Check before your warranty period ends
- Tell your roofer the work will be inspected
- Look for new stains after a downpour
Questions about the findings are welcome. With the Standard Survey there’s a follow-up consultation, and the Premium Survey includes an in-person one.
Put the warranty or defects period end date in your diary. Arrange an inspection in good time so there is time to raise anything.
New roof snagging for homes and businesses in Filchampstead
Snagging means finding the small faults and loose ends left at the end of a job. Roof snags often show at ridges, verges, valleys and flashings, where the detailing is hardest. We check everything we can see safely and photograph each snag. Typical snags include loose ridge tiles, poorly dressed flashings and debris left in gutters. Typical surveys look at ridge and hip tiles not properly fixed and loose flashings at walls or chimneys, on replacement roofs, ridges and verges and flashings and valleys.
For a small place like Filchampstead, the visit is planned like any other: the journey, parking and access are simply agreed ahead of time. If there are outbuildings with roofs you want checked, mention them as you book, so the visit can be planned around them. Whether you are buying or checking new work, the same care goes into it. Weekday and weekend visits are both available.
Pictures do a lot of the work in our reports, so you can see each defect rather than just read about it. Anything out of sight on the day is listed as such.
- Location
- Filchampstead (OX2)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQs for Filchampstead
Is Filchampstead in the area you cover?
We do. The survey and report are the same in Filchampstead as anywhere else.
Will you come out to Filchampstead?
Yes, Filchampstead is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
Is this a RICS survey?
No. It’s a specialist roof survey, not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 building survey. It focuses on the roof, so it sits alongside a building survey rather than replacing it.
What does a new roof inspection include?
Everything we can see safely, from the ridge and verges down to the eaves and gutters. We look in the loft where it is safe and check for damage left by the job.
Do I have to be there for the survey?
That depends on the survey. For inside areas and the roof space, someone has to give us access, while outside access can be discussed when you book.
How experienced are you?
We have more than 20 years’ experience and have completed over 5,000 surveys.
I live in a flat. Can you survey the roof?
Yes, once access has been agreed. Roofs over flats are often shared, so the building owner or managing agent needs to agree access. We can only inspect what we are given access to.
Roof by roof
Valleys
Lead or other valley linings should be laid and lapped neatly as far as safe access allows.
Flashings
Flashings close the gap where the roof meets walls and stacks. We check they’re dressed, fixed and pointed where they can be seen.
DIY checks: what’s safe
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery, and falls from height are serious. That’s where a survey comes in.
Do you need new roof snagging in Filchampstead?
Most householders can’t get a good look at their new roof. From the pavement, many faults are invisible and you may be asked to pay anyway.
It is worth booking a survey if you’ve seen:
- Poorly finished verges
- Underlay not dressed into the gutter
- Loose or badly finished ridge tiles
- Gutters blocked by building debris
The streets around a church such as St Mary's Church are frequently among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, older patch repairs can hide behind a tidy front slope, and the survey looks past them.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- Will the report include photos?
- What they won’t be able to tell you
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
- Their report turnaround times
For landlords and managing agents
Shared roofs need a little more planning: we need access agreed with whoever owns or manages the building. Tell us about it when booking and we’ll plan the survey around it.
Managing agents and residents’ management companies use roof surveys to plan maintenance. Recommendations are set out in order of urgency where relevant, which helps with budgets and planning.
What we do, step by step
After the inspection, everything we found is written up as a written report with photos. On timing, it normally takes roughly 1–2 hours on an ordinary house, and more on a big or complicated roof. Older rural homes like those around Filchampstead can have a main roof, lower lean-to roofs and outbuildings all joined together. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints, and anything we can’t see is noted.
- First, you tell us what the roofer did and any concerns you have.
- The new coverings, ridge, hips and verges are inspected where it’s safe to see them.
- Valleys, flashings, gutters and the underlay at the eaves are looked at.
- We look in the loft space, where there is safe access, and around the property for debris or damage.
- We send a photo-illustrated written report of each snag.
Preparing for the visit
- Jot down any questions you want answered
- Have any paperwork from past roof work to hand
- Note where any stains or damp appear
Arrange a survey
Getting a price is simple: just phone 07833 053749 or email us, tell us about the property and we’ll explain which survey suits. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
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What else we do in Filchampstead
Local roofs and buyers in Filchampstead
Appleton Manor, about 2.8 miles south, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Filchampstead. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Cotswold stone slates are found on older buildings in west Oxfordshire, and thatch survives in some of the county’s villages. Across the South East, older homes tend to have slate or clay tiles, and many later ones concrete tiles. Whether you’re buying or checking new roofing work, knowing the materials helps make sense of what the inspection finds.
If you let a flat or house near Oxford station, a written report helps before buying a rental or paying for a new roof on one.
Filchampstead is about 5 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings in Filchampstead can all book new roof snagging. We cover towns and villages across Oxfordshire.
We survey roofs across the OX2 postcode area for new roof snagging and the streets around it. We cover properties on Cumnor Road and Lower Whitley Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for new roof snagging include Farmoor (1 mile north), Cumnor (1 mile south-east), Chawley (1 mile south-east), Dean Court (1 mile east) and Swinford (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Oxford (5 miles east), Didcot (11 miles south-east), Bicester (13 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south-east), Witney (7 miles west) and Carterton (11 miles west).
Landmarks near Filchampstead
In Filchampstead, that means homes and buildings near Matthew Arnold School. Filchampstead’s nearest station is Oxford station, about 3.2 miles east. Other landmarks nearby include Oxford University Press Museum (3.4 miles east) and Radcliffe Infirmary (3.6 miles east). The countryside around Filchampstead includes Lashford Lane Fen and Cumnor Hill.