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Wood Green Roof Survey
Roof surveys in Wood Green from an independent, experienced roof surveyor. More than 20 years and over 5,000 surveys across London and South East England.
- Blocked, sagging or leaking gutters
- Slipped, cracked or missing slates and tiles
- Ponding, splits or blisters on flat roofs
DIY checks: what’s safe
After heavy rain, check ceilings and the tops of walls for new stains. Take a photo and write down when you saw it, as it helps a surveyor trace the cause.
A lot can be seen from the ground. Binoculars help you spot slipped slates or tiles, gaps along the ridge and a leaning stack. Please don’t climb up for a closer look.
How a roof survey works in Wood Green
Roof coverings last a long time, but not for ever. Slate often lasts a century or more, and tiles commonly half a century, yet nails, battens and underlay often fail first. A survey shows which parts of your roof are wearing. Knowing that helps you plan work before it becomes urgent. We survey clay and concrete tiles, flat roofs and the roof space, and people most often book us about worn lead at chimneys and abutments and loose ridge or hip tiles.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, so roofs are often shared between several households. Landlords, managing agents and residents’ companies need to know what condition it is in and what work is coming up. Leaks from a shared roof rarely affect just one home. A report gives everyone the same picture to plan from, with photographs.
We keep jargon out of it: if work is needed, the report says so clearly, along with how urgent it is.
- Location
- Wood Green (N22, N8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Why it is worth a survey now in Wood Green
Roof faults rarely stay the same size. A single gap lets water onto the timbers underneath, and damp timber slowly weakens. Finding it early keeps the work smaller. Any roof job in Wood Green means planning around parking, neighbours and access. That is a good reason to find problems early, while there is time to plan.
For a price for your roof in Wood Green, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and a few details. We’ll confirm the figure before booking.
Why book with us
- Drone and thermal imaging surveys available
- 5,000+ surveys completed
- 98% customer satisfaction
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
Read what a roof survey costs and our case studies.
Your questions about roof surveys in Wood Green
How do I find out if my home in Wood Green is listed?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it’s in a conservation area. If a home is listed, changes that affect its special interest need listed building consent, and in a conservation area re-roofing in different materials may need permission.
Can you fly a drone over a roof in Wood Green?
The answer turns on the exact location and the conditions on the day. 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. Every London address is checked against them before a flight. Before any flight, we check the Drone Safety Map for airspace restrictions, including zones around airports and prisons. The flight also waits for calm, dry weather, though the rest of the survey goes ahead either way.
What does a roof survey include?
We check the coverings, ridges, hips, valleys, flashings, chimneys and gutters, plus the roof space where there’s safe access. You get a photo-illustrated written report and recommendations.
How long will you be at the property?
On site, it typically takes an hour or two for most houses, though large, tall or awkward roofs take more time. The report follows within 48 hours for Basic, 24 to 48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium.
How soon is the report ready?
Premium reports arrive the same day, Standard within 24 to 48 hours and Basic within 48 hours. Photos are included.
Does the weather affect the survey?
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 aren’t right we’ll arrange another day with you.
Do you look in the loft space?
Where it’s relevant to the survey and there is safe access, yes. A clear path to the hatch helps, and if the loft can’t be reached safely, the report says so.
Places near Wood Green
Also in Wood Green
What we can’t see
No survey can tell you everything, and it’s better to know them up front. Bear these in mind:
- Walls, floors and services below the roof
- Asbestos testing of any kind
- An exact number of years the roof has left
If you are not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and does not.
Roof types and parts we check
- Flat roofs
- Natural slate
- Chimney stacks
- Clay and concrete tiles
- Lead flashings
- The roof space
- Ridges, hips and valleys
Roof by roof
Natural slate
Slate is one of the most durable roof coverings, yet the nails holding it frequently fail long before the slate. We check for slipped, cracked and missing slates.
Lead flashings and valleys
Lead-lined valleys and gutters are common on older homes. Cracks in a lead valley can send water into the roof, and lead is a target for theft.
Roof surveys in Wood Green: local notes
In outer London, interwar semis with hipped, tiled roofs sit alongside older slate-roofed terraces. Bay roofs, hip ridges and dormers from later loft conversions are the details that set these houses apart. Whatever the covering, it is frequently the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. If the drone is used for your survey, we check the Drone Safety Map for restrictions before flying.
Historic houses such as Bruce Castle, about 1.4 miles east, show how far back building around Wood Green goes. If yours is one of the older homes, the roof may have been repaired many times, and the survey records how each part is holding up. If you look after a shop, office or commercial unit, for instance near The Mall Wood Green, a roof report helps plan work around trading rather than after a leak.
Wood Green is about 3 miles south-west of Edmonton, in Greater London. We survey roofs in Wood Green and the rest of Greater London. Our Greater London coverage includes Wood Green and the places around it. We also survey roofs in London.
All of N22 and N8 is within our area for roof surveys. We cover properties on Vincent Square, Station Road and Gathorne Road. Wood Green is on the B151, so it’s easy for us to get to. We also cover the places around Wood Green: Noel Park (1 mile south-east), Turnpike Lane (1 mile south), Hornsey (1 mile south-west), Crouch End (1 mile south-west) and Stroud Green (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover London (7 miles south), City of Westminster (6 miles south), Marylebone (6 miles south), Kensington (8 miles south-west), St Pancras (5 miles south) and Shoreditch (5 miles south).
What’s near Wood Green
In Wood Green, that means homes and buildings near St Thomas More Catholic School, Woodside Park and The Nag's Head pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Alexandra Palace station, roughly 0.5 miles west. A little further out are Broomfield House Museum (1.3 miles north) and The Mall Wood Green (within half a mile south). Not far away are Railway Fields and Highgate Hill.
Do you need a roof survey in Wood Green?
Chimneys stand exposed above the roof. Mortar crumbles, the flaunching around the pots cracks and stacks can lean. Damp on a chimney breast inside frequently starts at the top of the stack.
Things that often lead to a survey include:
- Loose chimney pots
- Ponding, splits or blisters on flat roofs
- Condensation or damp timbers in the loft
- Cracked mortar along the ridge
Take a building like St Michael's CofE Primary School: long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- Whether the loft is part of the inspection
- What the report includes, and whether it has photographs
- What insurance they carry
- How they’ll see the roof: from the ground, the loft, the roof or by drone
What we do, step by step
We will ask a few questions first, such as when any problem began and what work has been done before. Then the inspection itself takes about one to two hours on an ordinary house, rising to roughly 3–4 hours on a commercial building. In a London conversion, the way into the loft space is frequently from a communal landing or the top flat. Where that is the case, access needs agreeing with whoever controls that landing. Everything else is planned around the building, not the postcode.
- 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.
- Moisture detection, a structural check, thermal imaging or a drone are added where your package includes them.
- You get a written report with photos and clear recommendations.
Before the survey
- Find any records of previous roof work
- Keep pets in another room
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
Booking a survey
Photos help, if you have them. Take them safely from ground level or a window. To get started, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.