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Pre-purchase roof survey in Ickenham, Greater London
Pre-purchase roof surveys in Ickenham, backed by more than 20 years’ experience. Every survey ends with a written report and photographs.
- A ridge or slope that dips
- Lead that has worked loose at a wall or chimney
- Blistered or split felt on a flat roof
How a pre-purchase roof survey works in Ickenham
We survey roofs for buyers in Ickenham and across London and South East England. Whether it’s a terrace, a semi, a detached house or a flat, we follow the same careful process. The report says what’s in good order, what is not and what to deal with first. We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, and have 20+ years’ experience. To arrange a survey, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email. If you’re worried about standing water on a flat extension roof and roof slopes that look uneven or sagging, we can find out what’s behind it, whatever the roof.
London terraces and converted houses often share a roof line, chimney stacks and gutters with the house next door, with parapet walls and party-wall upstands marking where one roof ends and the next begins. That matters for anyone buying in Ickenham or checking a new roof there: only the parts we are given access to and can see safely are inspected. For a flat, the lease normally says who looks after the roof.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the coverings down to the gutters, with a note and a photo for each point. You will see the good as well as the bad.
- Place
- Ickenham (UB10)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Rented homes, blocks and businesses
Landlords and agents in Ickenham book surveys as well as homeowners. The report gives you a dated record of the roof, with photographs.
Letting agents can arrange access with tenants, at a time agreed in advance. Surveys run seven days a week, which can make access easier.
When you need someone else
We only report what can be seen safely on the day, so there are some things a survey cannot cover:
- Defects hidden under coverings or inside walls without opening up
- A structural engineer’s report
- Asbestos testing of any kind
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll tell you before booking. What our survey covers.
What this survey covers
- The roof space
- Natural slate
- Lead flashings and valleys
- Flat-roofed extensions and dormers
- Gutters and downpipes
- Chimney stacks
- Clay and concrete tiles
Questions from Ickenham
How do I find out if my home in Ickenham is listed?
Check Historic England’s online list first, then ask the council about conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. It matters most if you are planning to re-roof in a different material.
Is parking a problem for a survey in Ickenham?
It can be, so it helps to tell us about permits, visitor bays or off-street space as you book. The visit is then planned around what’s available.
Which days do you carry out surveys?
We survey seven days a week: Monday to Friday, Saturdays and Sundays. Tell us which days suit you as you book.
Do you work in Ickenham?
Yes. We cover Ickenham and the rest of Greater London. To book, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
How long have you been surveying roofs?
More than 5,000 surveys over 20+ years, across London and South East England.
Do you need to go inside the property?
Where we can, yes. Inside, the loft shows leaks, damp timbers and the underlay. If we cannot get in, the report says so.
Do I need a roof survey if I’m having a RICS survey?
That depends on how much you want to know about the roof. Home surveys sometimes suggest a closer look at the roof, and that’s where a roof survey helps. It is not a replacement for a RICS survey.
DIY checks: what’s safe
You can learn a lot from the ground. With binoculars, look for slipped or missing slates and tiles, gaps along the ridge and leaning chimneys. Please do not climb up for a closer look.
A DIY look is useful, but it isn’t a survey. From the ground, valleys, flashings and the backs of chimneys are often out of sight.
Places near Ickenham
What else we do in Ickenham
What happens on the day
On the day, we start by asking what you’ve noticed and what you want to find out. We then inspect everything that can be seen safely, from ground level, from windows, in the loft space and by drone where applicable. Most surveys take an hour or two at a typical house, with time for the loft where it can be reached. In Ickenham, visits are available on weekdays and at weekends. It helps if you can point us to a visitor permit or a nearby bay, and to clear a path to the loft hatch. A back bedroom window can be the best vantage point for a rear addition, so we may ask to use one.
- You choose a Basic, Standard or Premium Survey to suit the home you’re buying.
- We agree a visit, including weekends if that helps.
- We inspect and photograph every part of the roof we can safely see.
- Standard and Premium surveys add the extra checks they include.
- We send the report with recommendations ranked by urgency, ready for you to discuss with the seller or agent.
How to prepare
- Have any paperwork from past roof work to hand
- Keep pets in another room
- Jot down any questions you want answered
Getting a price
To get a price for pre-purchase roof surveys in Ickenham, ring 07833 053749 or email us. Some details about the property and the roof help us price the survey accurately.
Related advice
Practical tips
There is plenty you can do without going near the roof. Here’s what helps most:
- Ask whether there are papers for past roof work
- Don’t leave it until just before exchange
- Mention any deadline when you get in touch
- Ask who repairs the roof under the lease
Your report arrives by email, with photos of what we found. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24 to 48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium. Findings are set out in plain English, with recommendations prioritised by urgency where relevant.
After you move in, have leaves and moss cleared from gutters and valleys, ideally once the leaves have dropped. Overflowing water is behind a lot of damp. Use a gutter contractor rather than going up a ladder yourself.
Pre-purchase roof surveys in Ickenham: local notes
Outer London has plenty of Victorian and Edwardian terraces with slate roofs, but also a great many interwar semis, often with hipped roofs in clay or concrete tiles. Bay roofs, hip ridges and dormers from later loft conversions are the details that set these houses apart. The covering on a house you’re buying, or on a roof just finished, tells us where to look hardest. The wider area around Ickenham has a long history of building, with Ickenham Hall about 0.4 miles north-east. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
Landlords with a home close to West Ruislip station may find that it’s worth knowing a roof’s condition before you buy it, or before you sign off new roofing work on it. For a London address like Ickenham, it helps to know about controlled parking before the day, along with any off-street space. The streets around a church such as St Giles' Church are often among the oldest in a place, and if you own one of the older houses nearby, older patch repairs can hide behind a tidy front slope, and the survey looks past them.
Ickenham is about 1 mile north of Hillingdon, in Greater London. From houses to flats and shops in Ickenham, the roof can be surveyed on a weekday or at the weekend. We cover towns and villages across Greater London, large and small. We also survey roofs in London.
Surveys in UB10 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. We cover properties on Long Lane, Court Road and The Avenue and the roads around them. If you’re just outside Ickenham, we cover Hillingdon (1 mile south), Ruislip Gardens (2 miles east), New Denham (2 miles west), Newyears Green (2 miles north) and Uxbridge (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns like City of Westminster (13 miles east), Marylebone (13 miles east), Kensington (11 miles east), St Pancras (14 miles east), Hampstead (12 miles east) and Brompton (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Ickenham
We work in homes and buildings around Glebe Primary School, Church Field Gardens and Vyners School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is West Ruislip station, roughly 0.9 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Hillingdon Hospital (2.3 miles south) and The Chimes (1.4 miles south-west). For a walk, there’s Northala Fields and Horse Shoe Bay.
What a survey costs
To price your survey, we look at:
- Height and safe access
- The shape of the roof and its details
- Whether it is a home or a commercial building
- The size of the roof
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so they’re priced to match. The price is confirmed before you book.
What we need to know
Getting the details right at the start saves time. Please include:
- Any photos you have, taken from the ground or a window
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
- Dates you are working to, such as exchange
- What made you get in touch
Once you know what you need, ring 07833 053749 or email us. From there it is a case of choosing a package, agreeing the price and fixing a day.