Roof survey Canterbury

Roof surveys in Canterbury

We survey roofs across Canterbury and the surrounding part of Kent, for buyers, homeowners, landlords and businesses. In a cathedral city with medieval streets, Victorian suburbs and modern estates, roofs vary enormously, and older ones can hide problems that are hard to spot from the ground. Our roof survey covers coverings, ridges, valleys, flashings, chimneys, gutters and the roof space where there is safe access.

If you’re buying, a pre-purchase roof survey gives you a closer look at the roof than a general home survey. For an older building with a long-running leak, our roof leak investigation traces where water is getting in.

Medieval streets, Kent tiles and Victorian suburbs

Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey and St Martin’s Church together form a World Heritage Site, and the old city around them, much of it inside the medieval walls, has many listed buildings. Timber-framed and brick houses here often have steep clay tile roofs, including Kent peg tiles, with lead valleys, dormers and chimney stacks. These roofs can be centuries old, with timbers that have moved over time, so a careful survey looks at how the whole roof is behaving, not just the tiles.

Parts of the city were damaged by bombing in 1942 and rebuilt after the war, so post-war buildings sit next to much older ones. Outside the walls, Victorian and Edwardian terraces have slate or clay tile roofs and shared chimneys, and many are let to students. Further out are interwar, post-war and newer estates, with concrete tiles and flat-roofed garages and extensions.

Our services in Canterbury

• Pre-purchase roof survey (from £150): Before you exchange: the roof’s condition, defects and what to raise with the seller, in a written report with photos.
• Roof survey (from £150): A full look at coverings, ridges, valleys, flashings, chimneys, gutters and the roof space, with written recommendations.
• Roof leak investigation (from £150): Tracing where water is getting in, using moisture detection and thermal imaging where they help.
• Drone roof survey (from £400): Close-up photos of roofs that are tall, steep or hard to reach, flown by a CAA-registered operator with airspace checked first.
• Flat roof survey (from £150): Felt, asphalt, EPDM, GRP and single-ply roofs on extensions, garages, flats, offices and units.
• Thermal imaging roof survey (from £400): Thermal images that can point to trapped moisture or missing insulation, checked against moisture readings.
• Chimney survey (from £150): Stacks, pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings, including leaning and redundant stacks.
• Storm damage roof report (from £150): An independent record of storm damage, with photos, for you to give your insurer.
• Gutter survey (from £150): Gutters, valleys, parapet and box gutters, outlets and downpipes, and why they overflow.
• Landlord roof survey (from £150): Roof condition reports for landlords, managing agents and freeholders, to plan maintenance.
• New roof snagging (from £150): A check of a new or replacement roof for snags before you make the final payment.
• Electronic leak detection (quoted for your roof): Electronic testing to pinpoint holes in flat roof membranes.

Why Independent Roof Survey in Canterbury

We have 20+ years’ experience, 5,000+ completed surveys and 98% customer satisfaction. We use drones and thermal imaging where they help, and we hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance. Surveys are carried out on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and reports arrive within 48 hours (Basic), in 24–48 hours (Standard) or the same day (Premium).

Around Canterbury

From the centre, the nearest railway station is Canterbury East station. Well-known places nearby include Whitefriars Shopping Centre (less than half a mile south-west), Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (less than half a mile west) and Canterbury Roman Museum (less than half a mile south). Around the centre, we survey roofs on homes, rented flats and businesses close to St Peter's Methodist Primary School, Barton Court Grammar School, Canterbury School of Architecture and Church of St Margaret. Green spaces within reach include Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.