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Roof survey in Margaretting, Essex
A roof condition survey for homes and buildings for Margaretting, from an experienced roof surveyor. You get a clear written report with photos.
- Torn or sagging underlay
- Loose chimney pots
- Lifted, split or missing lead flashings
What affects the cost of roof surveys
To price your survey, we check:
- Roof area
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
- Commercial roofs and larger buildings
Roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. Packages run from Basic at £150 through Standard at £250 to Premium at £400, inc. VAT.
What to let us know when you get in touch
You do not need to know any roofing terms. Just let us know:
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Whether there’s a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
- What’s prompted the survey
- The address and postcode of the property
A quick phone call is normally the easiest start: call 07833 053749 or email us, and we’ll ask about the building and what you need. You will have a price before anything is arranged.
Roof surveys for homes and businesses in Margaretting
Good roofs last decades, but their parts wear at different rates. Slate often lasts a century or more, and tiles commonly half a century, but the fixings and underlay beneath them often give out sooner. We tell you which parts are ageing and which are sound. That lets you plan work in good time rather than after a leak. We’re often asked to look into loose chimney pots and torn or sagging underlay, on the roof space, chimney stacks and natural slate.
In a village or hamlet like Margaretting, older cottages and farmhouses often sit alongside barns, outbuildings and a few newer houses. Roofs there can be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, and chimney stacks are frequently old. We report on what can be seen safely, and thatch is a specialist material. Chimneys and lead flashings on old roofs often need the most attention.
Report times depend on the survey you book: Basic within 48 hours, Standard in 24–48 hours and Premium the same day.
- Place
- Margaretting (CM4)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Signs you need a roof survey in Margaretting
A chimney stack takes more weather than almost any other part of a roof. Pointing erodes, flaunching cracks and pots work loose. Damp on a chimney breast inside often starts at the top of the stack.
Look out for signs like these:
- Slipped, cracked or missing slates and tiles
- Leaning or weathered chimney stacks
- Ponding, splits or blisters on flat roofs
- Blocked, sagging or leaking gutters
If you own one of the older houses in the streets near Church of St Margaret, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Questions to ask before you book
- When you will get the report
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
- Is there a chance to talk the report through?
- What the report includes, and whether it has photos
How the survey works
On the day, we begin with a quick chat about the roof and anything that’s worrying you. After that, we check everything we can see safely. The survey typically takes an hour or two for most homes, depending on how many separate roofs there are. For a village or hamlet like Margaretting, the journey is planned in advance: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. On the day, we inspect what can safely be seen, inside and out.
- We start by hearing what you’d like checked and why.
- We agree a date, on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday.
- 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.
- Your report arrives by email, with recommendations prioritised by urgency.
Before the survey
- If you are buying, let the agent know when we are coming
- Leave a clear route to the loft
- Check we can get to the back of the property
Arrange a survey
Prices start from £150, including VAT. What you pay depends on the roof’s size, access and the package, and you can phone 07833 053749 or email us to find out.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and block managers in Margaretting
If you own several properties, surveys can be booked for more than one address. To arrange surveys for several addresses, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
If the property is let, the agent or a tenant can let us in, at a time agreed in advance. Surveys run seven days a week, which helps when tenants work during the week.
Questions from Margaretting
How do I find out if my home in Margaretting is listed?
We can’t confirm that for you, but Historic England’s list and your council can. Both listing and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Ingatestone station?
Of course. We just need to know who will give access, and the report can go straight to you or your agent.
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 we will agree a new date if the weather is not suitable.
What’s covered in a roof inspection?
We check the coverings, ridges, hips, valleys, flashings, chimneys and gutters, along with the loft where it is safe. You get a photo-illustrated written report and recommendations.
Can you survey a roof I share with a neighbour?
Yes, the part you own or can give access to. Next door’s roof is only inspected as far as we can see it. Shared stacks and upstands are looked at from your property.
How quickly will I get the report?
It depends on the package: within 48 hours for Basic, 24 to 48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium. It is emailed to you.
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 do not provide structural calculations.
Honest limits
Every survey has limits, and we’d rather be clear about that before booking. Bear these in mind:
- Confirmation of asbestos in soffits or cement sheets
- Whether the roof structure meets design loads
- A promise that the roof won’t leak in future
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we’ll tell you. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
What we check
- Clay and concrete tiles
- Flat roofs
- Ridges, hips and valleys
- Chimney stacks
- Natural slate
- The roof space
- Lead flashings
What a roof survey looks like in Margaretting
About 1.8 miles north-east lies Hylands, a reminder of how long the area around Margaretting has been built on. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Where the drone is part of the survey, the flight is checked against the Drone Safety Map first.
Anyone responsible for a site like Anglo European School will know that long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle. Landlords with a home close to Ingatestone station may find that a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
Margaretting is about 4 miles north of Billericay, in Essex. We carry out roof surveys in Margaretting for houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings. Our Essex coverage includes Margaretting.
We cover every part of the CM4 postcode area for roof surveys and the streets around it. We offer roof surveys to properties on Wantz Road, Penny's Lane and Maldon Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out roof surveys in Margaretting Tye (1 mile east), Stock (2 miles south-east), Galleywood (3 miles east), Billericay (4 miles south) and Ramsden Heath (4 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Chelmsford (5 miles north-east), Basildon (8 miles south), Braintree (15 miles north-east), Harlow (14 miles north-west), Brentwood (6 miles south-west) and Maldon (12 miles east).
Landmarks near Margaretting
Typical jobs here are in homes near The Red Lion Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Margaretting is Ingatestone station, about 2 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Peter Edwards Museum And Library (3.7 miles north-east) and Chelmsford and Essex Hospital (2.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there is Norsey Wood.
Should I look at the roof myself first?
Keep a simple record: when leaks happen, ground-level photos and any past roof work. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.