Hertfordshire · London and the South East
Roof survey in Dane End, Hertfordshire
A roof condition survey for homes and buildings across Dane End, using drones and thermal imaging where it applies. Get in touch for a price.
- Slates or tiles that have slipped or broken
- Leaking gutter joints and downpipes
- Loose chimney pots
Prices for roof surveys in Dane End
Prices always include VAT. The things that change the price are:
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
- The height of the building and how the roof can be seen safely
- Which survey package you book
Every price we give includes VAT, and the written report is part of the package. Our price is from £150, including VAT. Where your roof sits in the range depends on its size, height and access.
What we need to know
Here’s what helps us most when you get in touch:
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- The property’s address and postcode
- Dates you’re working to, such as exchange
To arrange a survey, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and tell us the address and what’s prompted the survey. We’ll confirm the price before booking.
How a roof survey works in Dane End
A roof survey tells you what condition your roof is in, before small faults become big ones. We look at the coverings, the ridges and hips, the valleys and flashings, the chimneys and the gutters, along with the loft where it is safe to get in. You get a written report with photos and recommendations. Where it’s relevant, the recommendations are prioritised by urgency. We survey flat roofs, ridges, hips and valleys and lead flashings, and common reasons people get in touch are condensation or damp timbers in the loft and blocked, sagging or leaking gutters.
In a small place like Dane End, many roofs stand in the open, so ridges, chimney stacks, flashings and gutters work hard. Older walls take a long time to dry once water gets in. A written report sets out what to deal with and in what order. Lead flashings and old chimney stacks are often where weather gets in first.
Every survey ends with a written report, with photographs, sent by email. It explains the condition of the roof, the defects we found and what we recommend.
- Location
- Dane End (SG12)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Dane End
Slate and clay tile are the usual coverings on older South East houses, with concrete tiles on many later estates, with flat-roofed extensions, dormers and garages common everywhere. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. If your survey includes the drone, we check the Drone Safety Map for restrictions before flying.
If you own a rental within reach of Watton-At-Stone station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at. Anyone responsible for a site like Munden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School will know that its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Dane End is about 5 miles north of Ware, in Hertfordshire. Whether the building in Dane End is a house, a flat or a commercial unit, we can survey the roof on a weekday or at the weekend. Our Hertfordshire coverage includes Dane End and the places around it. We also survey roofs in Chelmsford.
We survey roofs across the SG12 postcode area for roof surveys and the streets around it. We offer roof surveys to properties on Whiteley Close, Kingsfield Road and Munden Road. Neighbouring places we cover for roof surveys include Whempstead (1 mile west), Haultwick (1 mile north), Sacombe (1 mile south), Sacombe Green (1 mile south-east) and Standon Green End (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Stevenage (6 miles north-west), St Albans (14 miles south-west), Bishop's Stortford (9 miles east), Welwyn Garden City (8 miles south-west), Harpenden (13 miles west) and Hitchin (10 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Dane End
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Ralph Sadleir Middle School and The Red Lion pub. The closest station to Dane End is Watton-At-Stone station, about 2.8 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Hertford County Hospital (5.6 miles south) and Benington Castle (2.7 miles north-west). Not far away are Astonbury Wood.
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For landlords and managing agents
Surveys can also be booked by buyers’ agents acting for a client. Reports are emailed, so they’re easy to pass on.
Freeholders and residents’ companies use a roof report to plan and budget, putting the urgent items at the top.
Dane End questions
Is Dane End within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. We survey roofs across London and South East England. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when booking.
Is my home in Dane End listed or in a conservation area?
Start with Historic England’s list for listing and your council for conservation areas. It’s worth checking before planning roof work, as both can affect what’s allowed.
Do you survey on Saturdays and Sundays?
Surveys run seven days a week. To find a day that suits you, ring 07833 053749 or email us.
What’s the best way to book?
To book, ring 07833 053749 or email us with the address, the type of property and what’s prompted the survey. We will confirm the price and agree a day with you.
Are you insured?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
Does the weather affect the survey?
It can, depending on the survey. Drone flights need calm, dry weather, and thermal imaging works best after a sunny day, with a dry roof and little wind. If the conditions are not right, we’ll talk to you about another date.
Do I have to be there for the survey?
Not always. If we only need the outside, we can agree that beforehand, but anything inside needs someone there to give access.
Do you need a roof survey in Dane End?
Chimneys stand exposed above the roof. Mortar crumbles, the flaunching around the pots cracks and stacks can lean. Damp on a chimney breast inside often starts at the top of the stack.
People usually book a survey when they’ve noticed one of these:
- Worn or blocked valleys
- Flashings that have come away from the wall
- Cracked or blistered flat roof coverings
- Gutters that overflow in heavy rain
The streets around a church like Parish Church of All Saints are often among the oldest in a place, and if your home is one of the older ones nearby, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether VAT is added on top
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
- Whether any drone flown is registered with the CAA
Why act early in Dane End
If you’re planning to sell, a roof survey can help you prepare. You can deal with defects before a buyer’s surveyor finds them. Matching old materials, such as handmade tiles or stone slates, can take time to source. That is one more reason to find defects before they become urgent.
A Basic Survey starts from £150, including VAT. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400. We confirm the price for your roof before booking.
Why book us in Dane End
- Customer satisfaction of 98%
- Clear package prices, including VAT
- PI and public liability insurance
- 5,000+ surveys completed
See our cost guide or our case studies.
What a roof survey doesn’t cover
Every survey has limits, and we’d rather be clear about that before booking. Bear these in mind:
- Asbestos testing of any kind
- What’s under the slates, tiles or felt
- An exact number of years the roof has left
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can ring 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll tell you. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
What we check
- The roof space
- Chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
- Clay and concrete tiles
- Natural slate
- Flat roofs
- Ridges, hips and valleys
How it works
After the inspection, everything we found is written up as a report with photographs, emailed to you. On timing, most surveys take between one and two hours for most homes, depending on how many separate roofs there are. Around Dane End, older homes can have small or awkward roof spaces, so it helps to know whether there’s a loft hatch and how easy it is to reach. We only go where it’s safe.
- You pick the package that suits your roof.
- On the day, we start by hearing what you’ve noticed.
- We inspect and photograph every part of the roof we can safely see.
- Extra checks are carried out where your package includes them.
- The report is emailed with findings and recommendations.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking before the day
- Keep pets inside or away from the areas we are looking at
- If it is not your property yet, arrange access through the agent
Arrange a survey
Once you know what you need, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email. We’ll suggest a package, agree the price and find a date, weekday or weekend.