Greater London · London and the South East
Roof survey in Totteridge, Greater London
A roof condition survey for homes and buildings for Totteridge and the rest of Greater London. Surveys run on weekdays and at weekends.
- Blocked, sagging or leaking gutters
- Standing water on a flat roof
- Loose chimney pots
Prices for roof surveys in Totteridge
We confirm the price for your survey before you book. These are the things that affect it:
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
- The package you choose: Basic, Standard or Premium
- How big the roof is
- The height of the building and how the roof can safely be seen
All our prices include VAT. Our price is from £150, including VAT. You’ll know the price for your survey before you book.
Getting in touch
These details help when you contact us:
- Any stains, drips or damp patches you’ve seen indoors
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
To book a survey, call 07833 053749 or email us with the address and what you’d like to know about the roof. We’ll confirm the price before you book.
About our roof survey in Totteridge
Across London and South East England, roofs differ widely. A Victorian or Edwardian terrace may have slate, a central valley gutter and parapet walls, and many post-war homes have concrete interlocking tiles instead. We adapt the survey to the roof in front of us. Some older homes have clay tiles, and many have a flat-roofed extension as well. Each part is checked in the way that suits it. Common reasons to book are cracked or blistered flat roof coverings and crumbling chimney pointing or cracked flaunching, on ridges, hips and valleys, clay and concrete tiles 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 Totteridge are no exception. Shared chimney stacks and the lead around them are just as important to check.
After the visit, you get a written report with photos, sent by email. It explains the condition of the roof, the defects we found and what we recommend.
- Place
- Totteridge (N20, EN5)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Why it’s worth a survey now in Totteridge
Many roofs go years without anyone looking at them closely. Our report gives you a record of how the roof is today, so you can compare it next time. Blocked gutters and hoppers on London houses overflow and soak brickwork. A blocked outlet ignored for a winter or two can mean damp walls inside.
Prices start from £150, including VAT. Basic starts from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, VAT included.
Why us?
- Weekday and weekend surveys
- PI and public liability insurance
- More than 5,000 surveys completed
- Satisfaction rate of 98%
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced or what we found on two real jobs.
How the survey works
Every visit follows the same pattern: we listen to what’s been worrying you, look at the roof from every safe viewpoint, photograph what we find and record our findings for the written report. It usually takes an hour or two for most houses; commercial roofs usually need 3–4 hours. From the street, a London terrace typically shows only its front slope or parapet, so a visit in Totteridge moves between viewpoints: the pavement, upstairs windows, the loft and any safe spot at the back. If other people live in the building, tell us who can let us into the shared parts.
- We help you choose a Basic, Standard or Premium Survey.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
Getting a price
Surveys can be booked for weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays. To arrange a day that suits you, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Related advice
Totteridge: your questions answered
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Oakleigh Park station?
Yes, letting agents and landlords book with us as well as owners. Just call 07833 053749 or send us an email and let us know about the building, including who will give access on the day.
Are there drone restrictions around Totteridge?
Usually it comes down to two things: the airspace at the address and the weather. Across London there are restriction zones around Heathrow, London City and London Heliport, plus restricted areas over Hyde Park, the City of London and the Isle of Dogs. Each address is checked against all of them before the drone goes up. Before any flight, we check the Drone Safety Map for airspace restrictions, including zones around airports and prisons. A small drone cannot fly safely in strong wind or heavy rain, and the rest of the survey doesn’t depend on the drone.
Can you survey in bad weather?
A survey can normally go ahead in light rain. Strong wind or a downpour can stop drone flights and make roof access unsafe, so if conditions are not right we’ll arrange another day with you.
Is this a RICS survey?
No. Our survey is a roof survey, not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey of the whole building. It focuses on the roof and can sit alongside a RICS survey.
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. We send it by email.
How long will you be at the property?
Allow between one and two hours for most homes, depending on how many separate roofs there are. We’ll confirm what to expect when we arrange the visit.
What does a roof survey include?
Slates or tiles, ridges, hips, valleys, flashings, chimneys and gutters are all checked, along with the loft where it is safe. You get a written report with photos and recommendations.
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What we are asked to look at in Totteridge
Chimneys stand exposed above the roof. Pointing erodes, flaunching cracks and pots work loose. Water that gets into a stack can show up as damp in the rooms below.
A survey makes sense if you’ve noticed:
- Gutters that overflow in heavy rain
- Flashings that have come away from the wall
- Torn or sagging underlay
- Crumbling chimney pointing or cracked flaunching
Anyone responsible for a site like The Totteridge Academy will know that a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Whether VAT is added on top
- What exactly goes into their report
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
- What insurance they carry
What you can safely check yourself
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
Look up at the roof after a storm, from ground level: pieces of tile or slate on the ground, a gap in the ridge or a lifted flashing are all worth noting. Leave anything above ground level to a survey.
Useful tips for Totteridge property owners
Getting the most from a roof survey starts before we arrive and carries on afterwards. Some tips:
- Find records of any re-roofing or repairs
- Photograph stains when they appear
- Look for debris in the garden after high winds
- Move stored items away from the loft hatch
Your report arrives by email. Basic reports come within 48 hours, Standard within 24 to 48 hours and Premium the same day. Findings are explained in plain words.
Have the roof surveyed every few years, and after major storms. Routine surveys pick up wear before it leaks. Each report gives a record to compare against.
Local roofs in Totteridge
In outer London, interwar semis with hipped, tiled roofs sit alongside older 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. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look. The wider area around Totteridge has a long history of building, with Wyllyotts Manor about 4.2 miles north. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs.
Landlords with a home close to Oakleigh Park station may find that a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak. If you live near a park such as Brook Farm Open Space, or anywhere with mature trees, autumn leaves can block gutters and valleys, and an overflowing gutter soon means a wet wall.
Totteridge is about 1 mile south-west of Barnet, in Greater London. If you are in Totteridge, booking works exactly as it does anywhere else: a call or an email, a price, then a date. Our area takes in places right across Greater London, from the larger towns to small villages. Our London page covers surveys nearby.
We survey roofs across N20 and EN5 for roof surveys and the streets around it. Whether your property is on Barnet Lane, Grange Avenue and Chestnut Lane or anywhere close by, we can help. If you’re just outside Totteridge, we cover Hadley (1 mile north), High Barnet (1 mile north), Arkley (2 miles north-west), Mill Hill (2 miles south-west) and Rowley Green (2 miles north-west). Larger places within reach include London (10 miles south-east), City of Westminster (9 miles south), Marylebone (8 miles south), Kensington (9 miles south), St Pancras (8 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (9 miles south-east).
What’s near Totteridge
Typical jobs here are in homes near Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum, Susi Earnshaw Theatre School and Brook Farm Open Space and the streets around them. The closest station to Totteridge is Oakleigh Park station, about 1.5 miles east. A little further out are Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum (1.5 miles south-east) and Barnet General Hospital (1.3 miles north-west). For a walk, there is Totteridge Green and Darland's Lake.