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Pre-purchase roof survey in Mongewell, Oxfordshire
A careful look at the roof at your property in Mongewell, with photographs and a written report.
- Worn or lifted lead flashings
- Standing water on a flat extension roof
- Loose pots and cracked flaunching
How the survey changes by roof type
Gutters and parapets
Some older terraces have a butterfly roof with a central valley gutter. If yours does, we check that gutter and where it drains.
Lead flashings and valleys
Lead-lined valleys and gutters are common on older homes in London and South East England. Splits in a lead valley send water inside, and lead is also a target for theft.
How a pre-purchase roof survey works in Mongewell
Buying a flat brings its own roof questions. The lease decides who looks after the roof, and that is frequently not the individual flat owner, with costs often passed on through the service charge. We look at as much of the roof as access safely allows, and the report helps you ask your solicitor or the managing agent the right questions. Where the building has a flat roof, it is checked as far as access allows. If you’ve noticed flashings that have lifted or split and signs of past leaks inside the loft, a survey will tell you what’s going on, on lead flashings and valleys, chimney stacks and flat-roofed extensions and dormers alike.
Some older homes in villages like Mongewell are listed or sit in a conservation area. If so, re-roofing in different materials may need consent, so check with the council before work starts. For a buyer or someone with a newly finished roof, it’s worth knowing which applies, as well as what condition the roof is in. There are about 500,000 listed buildings and around 10,000 conservation areas in England.
We write the report in plain English, so you do not need to be a roofer to follow it. Photographs show what each point refers to, and recommendations are put with the most urgent first where relevant.
- Location
- Mongewell (OX10)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Before and after the survey
Getting the most from a pre-purchase roof survey starts before we arrive and carries on afterwards. Tips:
- Arrange the survey as soon as your offer is agreed
- Ask for loft access on the day
- Pass the findings to your conveyancer
- Check the lease for roof repair responsibilities
We email the report to you, with photos of each finding. Basic reports come within 48 hours, Standard within 24 to 48 hours and Premium the same day. Findings are set out in plain English, and recommendations are ranked by urgency where that helps.
Chimneys and flashings need watching. Watch for gaps in the pointing, cracked flaunching and loose lead. A pair of binoculars from the garden shows a lot.
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FAQs for Mongewell
Is my home in Mongewell listed or in a conservation area?
The council and Historic England’s list are the places to check. It is worth checking before planning roof work, as both can affect what’s allowed.
Will you come out to Mongewell?
Yes, Mongewell is covered. We cover the whole of London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
Will the roof report help me negotiate with the seller?
Yes, you can. You’ll have photos and a written description of each defect, so you can raise them with the seller or their agent. We cannot promise how the seller will respond.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes. A shared roof needs access agreed first, with the freeholder or managing agent. Mention it when you get in touch and we’ll explain what’s needed.
Can you survey at the weekend?
We survey seven days a week: weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Just tell us the days that suit you.
Do you need access inside the house?
Ideally, yes. We look in the roof space where there’s safe access, and upstairs windows give useful views. The agent or seller can arrange entry.
Does your survey replace a RICS home survey?
No. Our survey looks at the roof only, and it isn’t a RICS home survey. It works alongside a home survey.
Why it’s worth a survey now in Mongewell
Once you exchange, the roof’s problems become yours. Before it, you still have choices. Finding out later gives you the same facts, but with far less room to act on them. Where a roof is exposed, as many are in small places like Mongewell, driving rain gets into any weakness, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
Price depends partly on the package: from £150 for Basic, £250 for Standard and £400 for Premium, inc. VAT. The roof’s size, height and access matter as well.
Why us?
- Visits on any day of the week
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
- Every finding written up with photos
Take a look at our cost guide or two real surveys.
Local roofs and buyers in Mongewell
RAF Benson is about 2 miles from Mongewell. Where the drone is part of the survey, the Drone Safety Map is checked for restrictions first. The wider area around Mongewell has a long history of building, with Brightwell Manor about 2.6 miles north-west. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead.
If you own a rental within reach of Cholsey station, a roof report gives you a clear picture before you buy or settle up with a roofer.
Mongewell is about 6 miles east of Didcot, in Oxfordshire. Roofs in Mongewell get the same thorough look as anywhere else in Oxfordshire. Our Oxfordshire coverage includes Mongewell. Reading is in our area too.
Postcode districts we cover here for pre-purchase roof surveys: OX10. Whether your property is on Hasthorpe Road, Shuttleworth Close and Elizabeth Road or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover the places around Mongewell: Newnham Murren (1 mile north), Crowmarsh Gifford (1 mile north-east), Winterbrook (1 mile south-west), North Stoke (1 mile south) and Cholsey (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns like Oxford (12 miles north-west), Didcot (6 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (9 miles north-west), Thame (12 miles north-east), Wantage (13 miles west) and Henley-on-Thames (10 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Mongewell
Around Mongewell, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Wallingford School, Wallingford School and The Old Nags Head pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is Cholsey station, about 2.2 miles south-west. A little further out are Wallingford Castle (0.9 miles north). Not far away are Wittenham Clumps and Cholsey Marsh.
Signs you need a pre-purchase roof survey in Mongewell
Many roofs have had quick fixes over the years. Bitumen painted over a flashing, mortar where lead should be, or a few tiles that do not match can be signs that something has leaked before. Our report records them so you can ask the seller what was done and when.
Look out for signs like these:
- Signs of past leaks inside the loft
- Gutters choked with leaves and moss
- Slates or tiles that have slipped or gone
- Ponding, blisters or splits on a flat roof
Take an older house close to St Mary's Church: older patch repairs can hide behind a tidy front slope, and the survey looks past them.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- What the report includes, and whether it has photographs
- When you’ll get the report
What happens on the day
Every roof is different, but as a rough guide the survey takes roughly 1–2 hours at the house you’re buying, depending on its size and how much of the roof can be seen. If you have questions on the day, just ask. Around Mongewell, older homes can have small or awkward roof spaces, so it helps to know whether there is a loft hatch and how easy it is to reach. We only go where it is safe.
- 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.
- Standard and Premium surveys add the extra checks they include.
- You receive the report, with findings prioritised by urgency, so you can raise them with the seller.
Before the survey
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
Arrange a survey
Most bookings start with a short call: call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will ask a few questions about the roof. The price is agreed before a date is set.
Advice
What a pre-purchase roof survey does not cover
To be straight with you, a roof survey has limits:
- Faults hidden behind ceilings, boards or coverings
- Whether the price should change, which is between you and the seller
- The condition of the rest of the house (that’s a RICS home survey)
If in doubt, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email and we’ll recommend the right survey. The full list of what we check.
Roofs we survey in Mongewell
- Gutters and downpipes
- Chimney stacks
- Clay and concrete tiles
- The roof space
- Flat-roofed extensions and dormers
- Natural slate
- Lead flashings and valleys