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Roof survey in Farthing Street, Greater London
Roof surveys across Farthing Street, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. You get a clear report with photographs.
- Debris building up in roof valleys
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Leaning or weathered chimney stacks
What a survey costs
Not every roof costs the same to survey, for these reasons:
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
- How big the roof is
- How tall the building is and how easy the roof is to see
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: how big it is, how high it is, the number of separate roofs and how it can be reached and seen safely. Prices start from £150, including VAT.
What to tell us when you contact us
We will normally ask about:
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
- Pictures of the roof from a safe spot, if you have them
- What’s prompted the survey
You can call us seven days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays. To book or ask a question, phone 07833 053749 or email us.
How a roof survey works in Farthing Street
People book a roof survey for all sorts of reasons. Some have seen a mark on a ceiling or bits of tile in the garden, others want a check before selling or after years without one. The approach is the same in each case: we inspect carefully and explain what we see in writing. We survey on weekdays and at weekends, so finding a time is rarely difficult. Typical surveys look at water stains on rafters and ceiling joists and gutters that overflow in heavy rain, on chimney stacks, natural slate and flat roofs.
London has Victorian and Edwardian terraces in almost every borough, often with slate roofs, chimney stacks shared with neighbours and gutters hidden behind parapets. Slates can last a century or more, but the nails holding them corrode, and slates slip. Homes in Farthing Street are no exception. Lead flashings and shared chimney stacks on these houses need a careful look too.
It isn’t only a list of defects. It explains what we found, why it matters and what we recommend, so you can decide what to do next.
- Location
- Farthing Street (BR6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions in Farthing Street
Will parking be an issue for a roof survey in Farthing Street?
Usually it’s manageable with a little notice. Let us know the parking rules on your street and we will work around them.
Is my home in Farthing Street listed or in a conservation area?
Check Historic England’s online list first, then ask the council about conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. It matters most if you’re planning to re-roof in a different material.
Do you survey on Saturdays and Sundays?
Visits run seven days a week in the daytime, which suits people who work during the week. Just say which days work for you.
Is your survey a structural engineer’s report?
No. If we see signs that need an engineer, like serious sagging, we will say so. Our survey isn’t a structural engineer’s report.
What insurance do you have?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
Can you survey in bad weather?
A survey can normally go ahead in light rain, and it can even help show where water is getting in. Heavy rain or strong wind can ground a drone and make the roof unsafe, so if conditions are not right we’ll arrange another day with you.
Can you inspect a terraced or semi-detached roof?
Yes, we inspect your part of the roof. Next door’s roof is only inspected as far as we can see it. Shared chimneys and party-wall upstands are checked from your side.
When you need someone else
It’s a careful look at the roof, not the whole story. Its limits include:
- Whether materials contain asbestos (that needs a specialist asbestos surveyor)
- What’s under the slates, tiles or felt
- Whether the roof structure meets design loads
If you are not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking. What our survey covers.
What this survey covers
- Natural slate
- Flat roofs
- Ridges, hips and valleys
- Chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
- Clay and concrete tiles
- The roof space
DIY checks: what’s safe
Your own check is a good start, but it is not a survey. From ground level, valleys, flashings and the backs of chimneys are often out of sight, and those are details a survey looks at closely.
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
Useful tips for Farthing Street property owners
Getting the most from a roof survey starts before we arrive and carries on afterwards. Tips:
- Watch for slipped slates after bad weather
- Keep the report with your property records
- Mention any damp patches when booking
- Leave roof access to professionals
Any roofer you ask to quote can work from the report. They’ll see each defect and its location, so their quotes cover the same ground.
Don’t block the vents at the eaves. Condensation builds up when air can’t move, which can dampen timbers and insulation over time. Make sure insulation does not block the airflow at the eaves.
Also near Farthing Street
Also in Farthing Street
What a roof survey looks like in Farthing Street
Further from the centre, London’s housing takes in interwar semis with hipped roofs in clay or concrete tiles as well as slate-roofed terraces. On a semi of that age, the small roofs over the bays, the hip tiles and any later dormer each need their own look. Whatever the covering, it’s frequently the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. Farthing Street is about 2 miles from Biggin Hill Airport. If the drone is used for your survey, we check the Drone Safety Map for restrictions before flying.
Homes near green spaces such as South Park can get more leaves in their gutters in autumn. The streets around a church like St Mary's Church are often among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs. If you look after a building such as Downe Primary School, its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Farthing Street is about 4 miles south-west of Orpington, in Greater London. We carry out roof surveys in Farthing Street for houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings. Farthing Street is one of the towns and villages in Greater London we cover. We also survey roofs in London.
Surveys in BR6 are booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your property is on Farthing Street, New Road Hill and Orange Court Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out roof surveys in Downe (1 mile south-east), Leaves Green (1 mile south-west), Hazelwood (1 mile south-east), Keston (1 mile north-west) and Farnborough (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as London (12 miles north-west), City of Westminster (15 miles north-west), Marylebone (15 miles north-west), Kensington (15 miles north-west), St Pancras (14 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (14 miles north-west).
Around Farthing Street
We work in homes and buildings around Darrick Wood School, South Park and The Queens Head pub. For rail, the closest station is Orpington station, roughly 2.6 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Princess Royal University Hospital (1.4 miles north) and Crofton Roman Villa (2.5 miles north-east). The countryside around Farthing Street includes Betsom's Hill and West Kent Golf Course nature reserve.
How the survey works
The visit usually starts outside and finishes in the loft: first the slopes, edges and gutters from every safe viewpoint, then the roof space where it can be reached. In total, it takes about one to two hours for a house, and longer for a large or complex roof. In a London area like Farthing Street, the main things to sort out are parking and access: let us know about parking, the floor the property is on, any shared entrance and loft access. On the day, the roof is looked at from ground level, from windows, from inside the loft space and from the roof where it’s safe.
- We start with the property details and any concerns.
- A visit is booked for a weekday, Saturday or Sunday.
- We check the roof from each safe vantage point 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.
How to prepare
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- Let us know where we can park nearby
- Gather any invoices or paperwork from past roof work
Getting a price
Not sure which survey you need? The easiest way is to ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We’ll explain the options and the price.
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Different roofs, different checks
Natural slate
From the loft, we check the underside of a slate roof. Older roofs may have bitumen felt underlay, and very old roofs none, and we note its condition.
Clay plain and peg tiles
Where tiles hang on walls or dormers, we look at them too. Loose or missing tiles there let rain into the wall.