Essex · London and the South East
Hare Green Roof Survey
A roof condition survey for homes and buildings in Hare Green, with drones and thermal imaging where they help. Get in touch for a price.
- Gutters that overflow in heavy rain
- Torn or sagging underlay
- Lifted, split or missing lead flashings
Different roofs, different checks
Chimney stacks
Each chimney’s pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings are checked. Leaning stacks and loose pots are recorded.
Clay plain and peg tiles
Handmade and machine-made clay tiles are long-lasting. We check for cracked, slipped and missing tiles, and for spalling where the surface has flaked.
Roof surveys for homes and businesses in Hare Green
The report is written for you, in plain language. Every issue comes with photos and a written recommendation, and where it’s relevant we say what’s urgent and what can wait. With the Standard Survey you also get moisture detection and a structural check. The Premium Survey goes further, with thermal imaging, a drone where applicable and a same-day report. Each report is emailed to you. If you’ve noticed torn or sagging underlay and slipped, cracked or missing slates and tiles, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
Older buildings in small places like Hare Green may be listed or in a conservation area. If yours is, re-roofing in different materials may need consent, so the council is the place to check. Knowing the roof’s condition helps you plan ahead with that in mind. Older materials such as clay tiles, slate and stone are often matched when work is done.
Report times depend on the survey you book: Basic within 48 hours, Standard in 24–48 hours and Premium the same day.
- Place
- Hare Green (CO7)
- Region
- Essex
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Useful tips for Hare Green property owners
A little preparation and a few simple habits help. Our tips:
- Check we can open the loft hatch
- Watch for slipped slates after bad weather
- Mention any damp patches when booking
- Find records of any re-roofing or repairs
Your report arrives by email, with photographs of what we found. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24 to 48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium. Findings are explained in plain words.
Check the loft now and then, with care and a good torch. Watch for stains, damp timbers and daylight through the roof. Photograph anything new.
Do you need a roof survey in Hare Green?
A blocked gutter does more harm than it looks. Once leaves and moss block a gutter, water spills down the brickwork. Hidden gutters behind parapets and in valleys can send water indoors, particularly near trees.
Signs worth acting on include:
- Torn or sagging underlay
- Worn lead at chimneys and abutments
- Cracked mortar along the ridge
- Valley linings that have cracked or split
If you look after a building like St George's Church of England Primary School, its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- What insurance they carry
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- How soon the report will arrive
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
Local roofs in Hare Green
Hare Green lies within about 4 miles of the sea, and wind near the sea can be strong. A small drone can’t fly safely in strong wind or a downpour, so the weather on the day decides whether a flight goes ahead. With Castle House about 5 miles north, Hare Green sits in an area with a long building history. Older homes in the wider area frequently have features worth a closer look, such as lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years.
The streets around a church such as Church of St George are often among the oldest in a place, and if you own one of the older houses nearby, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine. If you let a flat or house near Great Bentley station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
Hare Green is about 6 miles east of Colchester, in Essex. We visit Hare Green as part of our work across Essex. Our area takes in places right across Essex. You can also see our page for Chelmsford.
Postcode districts we cover here for roof surveys: CO7. We cover properties on Back Lane East, Harwich Road and Meadow Close and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for roof surveys include Balls Green (1 mile south), Cowey Green (1 mile north), Frating Green (1 mile south), Great Bromley (1 mile north-west) and Monkey Street (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include Colchester (6 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (7 miles south-east), Harwich (10 miles east), Camulodunum (7 miles west), Greenstead (4 miles west) and Tiptree (13 miles west).
What’s near Hare Green
Typical jobs here are in homes near Old Courthouse Inn. For rail, the closest station is Great Bentley station, roughly 2.4 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Wivenhoe Chapel Museum (3.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Hare Green includes Cockaynes Wood.
For landlords and managing agents
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.
Any of our surveys can be booked by landlords, agents and building managers in Hare Green. For a price for a let property or a block, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
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Hare Green: your questions answered
Will you come out to Hare Green?
Yes, Hare Green is covered. We work right across London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. Longer journeys are simply planned ahead of time.
How do I find out if my home in Hare Green is listed?
Check Historic England’s online list first, then ask the council about conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. The answer matters most when a change of material is on the cards.
What if it rains on the day?
It can, depending on the survey. Drones can’t fly safely in strong wind or a downpour, and thermal imaging works best after a sunny day, with a dry roof and little wind. If the conditions are not right, we will talk to you about another date.
How experienced are you?
We have completed more than 5,000 surveys, across 20+ years of surveying roofs, and 98% of customers are satisfied.
Can you inspect a terraced or semi-detached roof?
Yes. We inspect what the owner gives us access to. Where a defect looks to be on the neighbour’s side, the report says so.
Do you need to get into the loft?
If the survey needs it and the loft space can be reached safely, yes. Please clear anything stored under the hatch.
Is a roof survey the same as a structural survey?
No. Where we see something that needs a structural engineer, the report says so. We don’t provide structural calculations.
What happens on the day
Where it’s relevant and can be reached safely, the loft space is checked as well as the outside. Inside, we look for staining, damp, gaps and signs of movement. All in, the survey typically takes an hour or two for a house, rising to roughly 3–4 hours on a commercial building. For a village or hamlet like Hare Green, the journey is planned beforehand: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. The roof is looked at from the ground, from windows, from the loft where there is safe access and from the roof where it is safe.
- We start by hearing what you’d like checked and why.
- We arrange a day that suits you, including weekends.
- The roof is inspected from the ground, windows, the loft and the roof itself where it’s safe.
- We check the coverings, ridges, hips, valleys, flashings, chimneys and gutters, and photograph what we find.
- We email a written report with photos and recommendations.
Before we arrive
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- Keep pets in another room
Book a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Take them safely from the ground or a window; never climb up to get a better view. To get started, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Advice
Why act early in Hare Green
Roof faults rarely stay the same size. A single gap lets water onto the timbers underneath, and damp timber slowly weakens. Catching it early means less to put right. Older cottages and farmhouses around Hare Green can have roof timbers that have been there a very long time, where water from a failed roof can cause rot if it’s left.
For a price for your roof in Hare Green, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and some details. The price is agreed before a date is set.
What you get with us
- Plain-English reports with photos
- Over 20 years’ experience
- An independent view of the roof
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
Read our cost guide and what we found on two real jobs.