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Lissenden Gardens Pre-Purchase Roof Survey
A careful look at the roof at your property in Lissenden Gardens, with photos and a written report.
- Loose pots and cracked flaunching
- Blistered or split felt on a flat roof
- Old water stains in the roof space
Honest limits
To be straight with you, a roof survey has limits:
- Confirmation of asbestos in cement sheets or soffits
- Structural calculations (that’s a structural engineer’s job)
- A valuation or a promise of a lower price
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can call 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll tell you before booking. The full list of what we check.
Roofs we survey in Lissenden Gardens
- Gutters and downpipes
- Lead flashings and valleys
- Chimney stacks
- The roof space
- Clay and concrete tiles
- Flat-roofed extensions and dormers
- Natural slate
How a pre-purchase roof survey works in Lissenden Gardens
With a written roof report, you can go back to the seller or agent with specifics. You can ask about the roof’s history, ask for repairs before completion or rethink the price. We cannot say how a seller will respond, but you’ll be asking from facts rather than guesses. It can also help you decide whether the purchase is still right for you. We survey gutters and downpipes, the roof space and lead flashings and valleys, and the problems we are asked to look at most are lead that has worked loose at a wall or chimney and gaps where slates or tiles have come loose.
London’s housing runs from Victorian and Edwardian terraces to interwar semis, post-war estates and new blocks of flats, so a property in Lissenden Gardens might be any of these. Whether the roof is old or newly laid, the problem areas depend on how and when the building went up. Slates, hidden valley gutters, parapets and flat roofs over back additions all need checking in their own way.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the main slopes down to the gutters and outlets. It records what’s sound as well as what is not.
- Location
- Lissenden Gardens (NW5, NW3, N19)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Also near Lissenden Gardens
What else we do in Lissenden Gardens
Checking the roof from ground level
After strong wind, take a look from the pavement or garden: pieces of tile or slate on the ground, a gap in the ridge or a lifted flashing are all worth noting. Leave anything above ground level to a survey.
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, using safe viewpoints and a drone where it applies.
Pre-purchase roof surveys in Lissenden Gardens: local notes
Inner London’s Victorian and Edwardian terraces frequently have Welsh slate roofs. From the street you may see only a parapet, with a butterfly roof and a valley gutter behind it draining to the back. In a house like that, shared stacks, party-wall upstands and lead flashings all need looking at as far as they can be seen. Whether you are buying or checking new roofing work, knowing the materials helps make sense of what the inspection finds. Where the drone is part of the survey, we check the Drone Safety Map for restrictions before flying.
Controlled parking zones are common in London, so mention any permit rules for Lissenden Gardens. Keats House, about 0.8 miles west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Lissenden Gardens. Buying a period property here means asking about the roof’s age and repairs, and about any listing or conservation area. Take an older house close to Highgate Road Chapel: the roof’s history matters as much as its looks, and a survey brings the past repairs to light.
Lissenden Gardens is about 1 mile east of Hampstead, in Greater London. Bookings from Lissenden Gardens are handled just like any other: a call or an email, a price, then a date. Lissenden Gardens is one of the places in Greater London where we work.
Every address in NW5, NW3 and N19 is covered for pre-purchase roof surveys, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We cover properties on Rona Road, Dale Road and Fleet Road. Nearby, we also carry out pre-purchase roof surveys in Gospel Oak (1 mile south), Dartmouth Park (1 mile north-east), Tufnell Park (1 mile east), Kentish Town (1 mile south) and Chalk Farm (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include London (5 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south), Marylebone (3 miles south), Kensington (5 miles south-west), St Pancras (3 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (4 miles south-east).
Near you in Lissenden Gardens
Typical jobs here are in homes near Parliament Hill, The Royal School and Gospel Oak Primary School and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include The Bull and Last pub (within half a mile north-east) and Cecil Sharp House (1.3 miles south). Lissenden Gardens has its own railway station: Gospel Oak station. Nearby you will also find Royal Northern Hospital (1.2 miles east) and Montfichet's Tower (3.7 miles south-east). Open spaces near Lissenden Gardens include Parliament Hill and The Long Water.
Why it is worth a survey now in Lissenden Gardens
A mortgage valuation isn’t a roof survey. Its job is to check the property’s value for the mortgage, not at the condition of each slate and flashing. A roof survey is carried out for the buyer. A hidden valley or parapet gutter on a London house can hold water for weeks before anyone notices. When the stain finally shows, the damage underneath is often older than it looks.
There are three survey packages: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, with VAT included. The price for your roof depends on its size, access and what you want to find out.
What you get with us
- Weekday and weekend surveys
- Every finding written up with photos
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Two decades and more of roof surveys
See what a roof survey costs and what we found on two real jobs.
Rented homes, blocks and businesses
Surveys can also be booked by buyers’ agents acting for a client. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client, photos included.
Where a roof is shared: access has to be agreed with whoever owns or manages the building. Mention it when you contact us and we’ll plan the survey around it.
The survey, step by step
After the inspection, everything we found is written up in a report with photographs. As for time on site, most surveys take roughly 1–2 hours at a typical house, with time for the loft where it can be reached. In a London conversion, the way into the loft space is frequently from a communal landing or the top flat. If that applies to your building, it helps to agree access with the neighbours or the managing agent first. Otherwise, the visit in Lissenden Gardens runs like any other.
- We help you pick the package that suits the property.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Unlock side gates and any roof access doors
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
Book a survey
We survey roofs on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. To arrange a day that suits you, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
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Questions from Lissenden Gardens
Can you fly a drone over a roof in Lissenden Gardens?
The answer turns on the exact location and the conditions on the day. Across London there are restriction zones around Heathrow, London City and London Heliport, plus restricted areas over Hyde Park, the City of London and the Isle of Dogs. Every London address is checked against them before a flight. Every flight is checked against the Drone Safety Map first, including zones around airports and prisons. The flight also waits for calm, dry weather.
How do I find out if my home in Lissenden Gardens is listed?
For listing, use Historic England’s list; for conservation areas, ask the council. It matters most if you’re planning to re-roof in a different material.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes, once access has been agreed. Roofs over flats are often shared, so the freeholder or managing agent needs to agree access. We can only inspect what we’re given access to.
How long does a pre-purchase roof survey take?
It usually takes between one and two hours at the house you’re buying, depending on its size and how much of the roof can be seen. Report times depend on the package, from the same day for Premium to within 48 hours for Basic.
Is Lissenden Gardens in your area?
Yes. Our area covers London and South East England, and that includes Lissenden Gardens.
How many surveys have you done?
We have been surveying roofs for over 20 years and have completed over 5,000 surveys across London and South East England.
Which days do you carry out surveys?
Surveys can be booked for any day of the week: Monday to Friday, Saturdays and Sundays. Just tell us the days that suit you.
What we look for on each type of roof
Natural slate
Natural slate can last 100 years or more, yet the nails that fix it often give out first. When slates start to slip, corroded nails are often the reason, and we note how widespread it looks.
Clay and concrete tiles
Tiled roofs often last half a century or longer. We check for slipped, cracked and missing tiles, along with odd replacement tiles that hint at earlier leaks.