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Bucks Green Pre-Purchase Roof Survey
A roof survey before you buy a house or flat across Bucks Green, with drones and thermal imaging where they help. Call or email for a price.
- Lead that has worked loose at a wall or chimney
- Blocked or leaking gutters
- Quick fixes on flashings and valleys
Why get it checked now?
The lender’s valuation is done for the lender, not for you. Its job is to check the property’s value for the mortgage, not at the condition of each slate and flashing. Our survey is done for you, and the report is written for you to use. For older village homes like those around Bucks Green, the right replacement materials are not always easy to find quickly. Spotting a problem early leaves room to find them.
A Basic Survey starts from £150, including VAT. Standard is from £250 and Premium from £400. We confirm the price for your roof before booking.
What you get with us
- Package prices that include VAT
- An independent view of the roof
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Over 20 years’ experience
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced or our case studies.
Pre-purchase roof surveys for homes and businesses in Bucks Green
Book after your offer is accepted and before exchange. That’s when the findings are most useful, because nothing is binding yet. We survey on any day of the week, which helps when the chain is moving fast. Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard within 24 to 48 hours and Premium the same day. We survey lead flashings and valleys, natural slate and the roof space, and common reasons people get in touch are worn or lifted lead flashings and slipped or missing slates and tiles.
For a small place like Bucks Green, the visit is planned like any other: the journey, parking and access are simply agreed beforehand. If there are outbuildings with roofs you want checked, mention them as you book, so the visit can be planned around them. Buyers and owners of new roofs get the same approach as anywhere. Weekday and weekend visits are both available.
Where we can’t see part of the roof, the report says so. That way, it is clear what was covered and what wasn’t.
- Place
- Bucks Green (RH12)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Buying a home or a new roof in Bucks Green
Before planning roof work on an older home, find out whether it is listed or in a conservation area. Changes that affect a listed building’s special interest need listed building consent, and councils can also use Article 4 directions to control changes in conservation areas. Handmade clay tiles and tile-hung upper walls are typical of older Sussex houses. A few old Sussex buildings still carry heavy Horsham stone slabs. The covering on a house you are buying, or on a roof just finished, tells us where to look hardest.
Take an older house close to St John the Baptist: the roof may have had decades of patch repairs, and the survey shows where they are. Landlords with a home close to Christs Hospital station may find that a survey before purchase, or before signing off a new roof, saves surprises once a tenant moves in.
Bucks Green is about 6 miles west of Horsham, in West Sussex. Houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings in Bucks Green can all book pre-purchase roof surveys, with a written report and photographs every time. Bucks Green is one of the places in West Sussex we cover for pre-purchase roof surveys. Our Crawley page covers surveys nearby.
We work across the RH12 postcode area for pre-purchase roof surveys and the streets around it. You’ll find streets such as Guildford Road and Loxwood Road, all of which we cover. Nearby, we also carry out pre-purchase roof surveys in Rudgwick (1 mile north-east), Tisman's Common (1 mile west), The Haven (2 miles south), Slinfold (3 miles south-east) and Five Oaks (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Crawley (12 miles east), Horsham (6 miles east), Broadfield (11 miles east), Storrington (11 miles south), Billingshurst (4 miles south) and Bewbush (10 miles east).
Local landmarks in Bucks Green
Typical jobs here are in homes near Rudgwick Primary School and The Queen's Head Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Bucks Green is Christs Hospital station, about 4.8 miles south-east. A little further out are Horsham Hospital (5.9 miles east).
What we look for on each type of roof
Chimney stacks
A leaning stack, cracked flaunching or crumbling pointing can all need work. We note them with photos so you can ask about them.
Lead flashings and valleys
Flashings are a common source of leaks, so they get close attention in a pre-purchase survey. We photograph any that need work.
Bucks Green: your questions answered
Do you cover smaller places like Bucks Green?
Yes, we do. We cover the whole of London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. Longer journeys are simply planned beforehand.
Is Bucks Green in the area you cover?
We do. Every survey there gets the same written report with photographs.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Where it’s applicable and safe, yes. We fly a sub-250g drone and we are a CAA-registered drone operator (Flyer ID and Operator ID). Drone inspection is part of the Drone Roof Survey and the Premium Survey, where it applies.
Can you survey in bad weather?
Some surveys depend on the weather more than others. Drone flights need calm, dry weather, and thermal imaging works best after a sunny day, with a dry roof and little wind. We’ll rearrange with you if the weather is not right.
Should I get a roof survey as well as a RICS home survey?
It depends on the roof and how confident you want to be. A home survey may recommend further investigation of the roof, and that’s where a roof survey helps. It isn’t a replacement for a RICS survey.
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. It may be present in buildings built or refurbished before 2000.
Can I use the report to negotiate on price?
Yes, you can. The report sets out what we found, with photos, so you can raise them with the seller or their agent. We can’t promise how the seller will respond.
Landlords, agents and block managers in Bucks Green
Letting agents frequently book on a landlord’s behalf, and the report can go to both. Access is agreed with the tenant in advance.
A roof problem in a let property affects your tenants as well as the building. A survey shows what needs attention, so you can plan the work.
Checking the roof from ground level
Fresh stains on ceilings or walls after rain are worth noting. Take a photo and write down when you saw it, which helps when we check the roof.
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.
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Practical tips
Here are a few things we’d tell any owner, before and after a survey:
- Ask when the roof was last worked on
- Notice patches of new decoration in top-floor rooms
- Do not leave it until just before exchange
- Ask for loft access on the day
It is worth sharing the report with your solicitor so questions can go to the seller’s solicitor. Past repairs, re-roofing and any records of that work are all fair questions.
Keep an eye on chimneys and flashings in your new home. Watch for gaps in the pointing, cracked flaunching and loose lead. A pair of binoculars from the garden shows a lot.
What happens on the day
Every roof is different, but as a rough guide the survey takes between one and two hours for most houses, with bigger or more complicated roofs taking longer. If you have questions on the day, just ask. Around Bucks Green, 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. Only areas that can be reached safely are inspected.
- After your offer is agreed, you book and share your timetable.
- Access to the house and the roof space is agreed beforehand.
- We start outside, looking at the roof from the ground and from vantage points.
- Inside, we check the loft space and look at the roof from windows.
- You get a report with photographs and recommendations before you exchange.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear the way to the loft hatch
- Make sure we can get to the back of the property
- Check pets are kept safely away
How to book
Booking is simple: just call 07833 053749 or use the contact form, let us know about the property and we will explain which survey suits. The price is agreed up front.