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Pre-purchase roof survey in Belmont, Surrey
A roof survey before you buy a house or flat in Belmont, with drones and thermal imaging where they help. Get in touch for a price.
- Blistered or split felt on a flat roof
- Slipped or missing slates and tiles
- Sagging ridge lines or uneven roof slopes
What a pre-purchase roof survey does not cover
Our survey is not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. It also has these limits:
- Defects hidden under coverings or inside walls without opening up
- How a seller will respond, or what the house is worth
- Walls, floors, services and rooms below the roof
If in doubt, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will suggest the right survey before you book. The full list of what we check.
Roof types and parts we check
- Flat-roofed extensions and dormers
- Gutters and downpipes
- Natural slate
- The roof space
- Clay and concrete tiles
- Chimney stacks
- Lead flashings and valleys
Pre-purchase roof survey in Belmont: what you get
A full home survey looks at the whole property, so the roof is one item among many. Our survey isn’t a RICS survey, and it does not replace one. What it adds is a closer look at the roof alone, with photographs of what we find and written recommendations. You can have both if you want the fullest picture. If you’ve noticed old water stains in the roof space and patch repairs that may hide an ongoing problem, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
In a smaller place like Belmont, homes are mostly houses and bungalows, from older cottages to more recent builds. Older roofs may still have their original slates or clay tiles, with fixings and underlay that have done a long stint. For a purchase or a newly replaced roof, what’s under the coverings matters as much as what’s on top. Breathable membranes only appeared in the late 1990s, so older roofs often have bitumen felt or nothing at all.
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.
- Place
- Belmont (SM2, SM5)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Appointments
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Places near Belmont
What else we do in Belmont
What we do, step by step
On the day, we start by asking what you’ve noticed and what you’d like to know. After that, we check everything we can see safely. Most surveys take between one and two hours on an ordinary house, and more on a big or complicated roof. Parking around Belmont is normally easier than in a town centre, but mention lanes, gates or long drives. On bungalows and lower roofs, much can be seen from ground level, with the loft showing the underside.
- We help you pick the package that suits the property.
- A date is booked on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday.
- The coverings, ridges, valleys, flashings, chimneys and gutters are inspected and photographed.
- Moisture detection, structural checks, thermal imaging or a drone are added where your package includes them.
- You receive the report, with findings prioritised by urgency, so you can raise them with the seller.
How to prepare
- Tell us where we can park nearby
- Leave a clear route to the loft
- Gather any invoices or paperwork from past roof work
Arrange a survey
Our phone lines are open seven days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays. To book or ask a question, call 07833 053749 or email us.
Advice
Tips that help
Here are a few things we’d tell any owner:
- For a flat, check who is responsible for the roof
- Ask whether there are papers for past roof work
- Let us know your timetable
- Arrange the survey as soon as your offer is agreed
The Standard Survey includes a follow-up consultation to talk the findings through, and the Premium Survey includes an in-person consultation. Whichever package you choose, you can ask us what a finding means.
Keep the loft ventilated. Poor ventilation lets condensation build up, wetting timbers and insulation. Avoid packing insulation into the eaves so tightly that air can’t flow.
Common questions in Belmont
Do you carry out roof surveys in Belmont?
Yes, Belmont is within the area we cover. We cover the whole of London and South East England. You can call 07833 053749 or send us an email with the address and some details, and we’ll talk through which survey suits.
Is my home in Belmont listed or in a conservation area?
Start with Historic England’s list for listing and your council for conservation areas. It’s worth checking before planning roof work, as both can affect what’s allowed.
Do you test for asbestos?
No. Our report may flag materials that could contain asbestos, but only a specialist asbestos surveyor can confirm it. It may be present in buildings built or refurbished before 2000.
Do I need to be at home?
Not necessarily. If we only need the outside, we can agree that in advance, but the loft and any rooms with damp need someone to let us in.
Can you survey a shared roof?
Yes, if whoever owns or manages the building agrees access. We look at the parts we’re given access to.
Are you insured?
Our cover is professional indemnity plus public liability.
Should I get a roof survey as well as a RICS home survey?
That depends on how much you want to know about the roof. A home survey may recommend further investigation of the roof, and our survey gives you that closer look. It isn’t a replacement for a RICS survey.
Checking the roof from the ground
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
It helps to keep a record: when leaks happen, ground-level photos and any past roof work. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.
Buying a home or a new roof in Belmont
In Surrey, older roofs are often handmade clay tile, with tile-hanging on many upper walls. A few of Surrey’s oldest buildings have heavy Horsham stone slab roofs. Whether you’re buying or checking new roofing work, knowing the materials helps make sense of what the inspection finds. If the drone is used for your survey, we check the Drone Safety Map for restrictions before flying.
If you live in an older home near Church of St John, older patch repairs can hide behind a tidy front slope, and the survey looks past them. Nonsuch Mansion lies about 1.5 miles north-west, so building around Belmont goes back a long way. Buying a period property here means asking about the roof’s age and repairs, and about any listing or conservation area.
Belmont is about 2 miles south of Sutton, in Surrey. Houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings in Belmont can all book pre-purchase roof surveys. We cover towns and villages across Surrey, large and small. We also survey roofs in London.
We cover every part of SM2 and SM5 for pre-purchase roof surveys and the streets around it. That includes homes and businesses on The Avenue, Sandy Lane and Downs Road and the roads around them. We also cover Cheam (1 mile north-west), Cuddington (2 miles north-west), North Looe (2 miles west), Nork (2 miles south-west) and North Cheam (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns like Epsom (3 miles west), Horley (11 miles south), Redhill (7 miles south), Reigate (7 miles south), Walton-on-Thames (9 miles west) and Caterham (6 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Belmont
Typical jobs here are in homes near Howell Hill, Glaisdale School and Harris Academy Sutton. Belmont has its own railway station: Belmont station. A little further out are The Ashley Centre (3 miles west) and Honeywood Museum (2.2 miles north-east). For a walk, there is Duppas Hill and Belmont Pastures.
What we’re asked to look at in Belmont
Viewings rarely include a proper look at the roof. You walk round the rooms, but the roof stays out of sight. Fresh decoration can also cover the marks an old leak left behind, so a closer look is worth having before you commit.
Most people get in touch when they’ve noticed one of these:
- Bitumen or mortar used in place of proper repairs
- Blocked or leaking gutters
- Lead that has worked loose at a wall or chimney
- Slates or tiles that have slipped or gone
If you let a flat or house near Belmont station, the roof is worth checking before you add another property to a portfolio or pay a roofer in full.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- When you’ll get the report
- Will the report include photos?
- Whether you can ask questions once you have the report
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
Landlords, agents and block managers in Belmont
For blocks of flats, a roof survey helps managing agents and residents’ management companies plan ahead. Recommendations are set out with the most urgent first where relevant, which helps with budgets and planning.
We survey roofs for landlords and agents as well as householders. The report gives you a dated record of the roof, with photographs, which helps you plan work between tenancies.