Essex · London and the South East
Roof survey in Boreham, Essex
We take a careful look at the roof at your property in Boreham, and put it all in a written report with photographs.
- Leaking gutter joints and downpipes
- Lifted, split or missing lead flashings
- Gaps in the roof where coverings have gone
How it works
Time on site depends on the size and shape of the roof; as a rough guide, the survey takes an hour or two for most homes, depending on how many separate roofs there are. You are welcome to ask questions while we are there. Homes around Boreham often have gardens on more than one side, which gives us room to step back and see the roof. Let us know if any side is fenced off or hard to reach. Inside, the loft is checked where it can be reached safely.
- You tell us the address, the type of roof and what’s worrying you.
- A visit is booked for a weekday, Saturday or Sunday.
- We look at the roof from every safe viewpoint outside.
- We then look in the loft for damp, staining and the condition of the underlay.
- You receive the report with photos and recommendations, prioritised by urgency.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking before the day
- Tell us about any leaks, stains or damp patches you know of
- Have keys ready for side gates, garages or roof access doors
Booking a survey
For a price for roof surveys in Boreham, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form. The address, the type of property and what you’d like to know help us price the survey accurately.
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About our roof survey in Boreham
There are three levels of survey: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, including VAT. Basic is a visual inspection with photos and written recommendations. The higher packages add more checks, such as moisture detection, a structural check, thermal imaging and a drone where applicable. Each one comes with a written report. We survey flat roofs, clay and concrete tiles and lead flashings, and the problems we are asked to look at most are slates or tiles that have slipped or broken and loose ridge or hip tiles.
Trees around homes in smaller places like Boreham drop leaves, twigs and moss onto roofs and into gutters. Blocked gutters overflow and soak the walls below. It’s the kind of slow problem a roof report picks up early. Plants growing from a gutter or moss on the tiles are signs worth noting from the ground.
The written findings come by email, ready to forward to whoever needs them. Basic reports come within 48 hours, Standard within 24–48 hours and Premium on the day.
- Where
- Boreham (CM3)
- Region
- Essex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What a roof survey does not cover
We only report whatever is safely visible on the day, so there are some things a survey cannot cover:
- Whether materials contain asbestos (that needs a specialist asbestos surveyor)
- How the roof will behave in every kind of weather
- A structural engineer’s report
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll tell you. The full list of what we check.
What we check
- The roof space
- Clay and concrete tiles
- Lead flashings
- Natural slate
- Flat roofs
- Ridges, hips and valleys
- Chimney stacks
Before and after the survey
Here are a few things we’d tell any owner, before and after a survey:
- Check the roof from the ground after storms
- Have details of recent roof work to hand
- Check we can open the loft hatch
- Keep the report with your property records
Where it helps, we say which items are urgent. Some things need prompt attention, others can be planned for. That helps you decide what to do first.
After a storm, check the roof from the garden and the street. Fragments of slate or tile on the ground mean something has shifted. Getting small faults fixed quickly keeps water out.
Boreham questions
Do you cover smaller places like Boreham?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our area covers London and South East England. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when you book.
Can a landlord with a rental near Beaulieu Park station book a roof survey?
Of course. Let us know whether a tenant or an agent will let us in, and the report can go straight to you or your agent.
What’s covered in a roof inspection?
Every part of the roof we can safely see: coverings, ridges, valleys, flashings, chimneys, gutters and the loft. Higher packages add moisture detection, structural checks, thermal imaging and a drone where it applies.
Is this a RICS survey?
No. It is a specialist roof survey, not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 building survey. It focuses on the roof, so it sits alongside a building survey rather than replacing it.
Do you use drones?
Where it helps and the rules allow, yes. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID and fly a drone under 250g, and the airspace and weather are checked before every flight.
When will the report arrive?
That depends on which survey you choose: Basic within 48 hours, Standard within 24 to 48 hours and Premium the same day. It’s emailed to you.
What’s the best way to book?
Simply ring 07833 053749 or send us an email with the address. We’ll ask a few questions, confirm the price and agree a date.
Why act early in Boreham
Leaving it means relying on what you can see from ground level. That can lead to the wrong work being done, or to a real problem being missed. We tell you what’s really needed. Around Boreham, a leak in an older house can soak into timbers and plaster, and that is a much bigger job than the original defect.
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so they’re priced to match. You will know the figure before booking.
Why book with us
- 20+ years’ experience
- Thermal imaging and drones used where they help
- A sub-250g drone, flown with a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Package prices that include VAT
Take a look at our cost guide or what we found on two real jobs.
Boreham homes and their roofs
Older buildings in Essex often have clay tiles and weatherboarding, with post-war and more recent estates making up much of the newer housing. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. The wider area around Boreham has a long history of building, with Danbury Place about 3.2 miles south. If you own one of the older houses, expect a mix of original materials and later repairs on the roof, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first.
If you run a business near Bond Street Chelmsford, a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks. Anyone responsible for a site like Boreham Primary School will know that its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Boreham is about 3 miles north-east of Chelmsford, in Essex. From houses to flats and shops in Boreham, the roof can be surveyed on a weekday or at the weekend. Boreham is one of the towns and villages in Essex where we work for roof surveys.
All of CM3 is within our area for roof surveys, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We offer roof surveys to properties on Church Road, St Andrews Road and Seabrook Gardens and the roads around them. Main roads around Boreham include the B1137, which makes travel easy. We also cover the places around Boreham: Mowden (1 mile east), Springfield (2 miles south-west), Little Baddow (2 miles south-east), Hatfield Peverel (2 miles north-east) and Sandon (3 miles south). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (3 miles south-west), Basildon (14 miles south), Braintree (8 miles north), Brentwood (14 miles south-west), Maldon (6 miles east) and Billericay (11 miles south-west).
What’s near Boreham
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Six Bells Public House and Boswells School, among other places. Boreham’s nearest station is Beaulieu Park station, roughly 1 mile west. Well-known places in the area include Priory Hospital (2.6 miles south-west) and Bond Street Chelmsford (3.4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Newland Grove.
Signs you need a roof survey in Boreham
What’s under the slates or tiles is as important as the coverings themselves. Breathable roofing membranes came into use in the UK in the late 1990s, so many older roofs have bitumen felt underlay, and some very old roofs have no underlay at all. Felt that has torn or perished stops doing its job.
Look out for signs like these:
- Crumbling chimney pointing or cracked flaunching
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Flashings that have come away from the wall
- Blocked, sagging or leaking gutters
The streets around a church such as Church of St Andrew are often among the oldest in a place, and if your home is one of the older ones nearby, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look.
Questions to ask before you book
- Which parts of the roof they’ll actually see
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
- How long the report takes to arrive
How the survey changes by roof type
Flat roof coverings
A felt roof frequently lasts around 15 to 20 years, EPDM rubber around 30 to 50 and GRP up to about 30. We check its condition and the signs of age.
Chimney stacks
Each chimney’s pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings are checked. Leaning stacks and loose pots are recorded.