Roofing New Cross

New Cross is steeper than it looks, and that changes the job. Telegraph Hill rises sharply behind the main road, and the big Victorian villas built up its slopes have tall, exposed roofs with complicated valleys, turrets and back additions stepping down the hill. Access is the first problem on half the jobs here, and any quote that has not accounted for it is not a real quote.

The Telegraph Hill conservation area covers much of that stock, so the slate on a front elevation is not a free choice. Lower down towards New Cross Road and Goldsmiths it is standard bay-fronted Victorian terrace and a large amount of rented and student housing – which in roof terms means deferred maintenance, patched flashings and gutters nobody has cleared in years.

Before anything is agreed: a free inspection, photographs of what is actually wrong, and a written itemised quote with the access and scaffold priced in, not added later.

What the service covers in New Cross: emergency roof repairs and leak tracing, natural slate re-roofing, valley and turret leadwork, bay roof renewal, EPDM and GRP flat roofing on extensions and dormers, chimney repointing and rebuilds, guttering, fascias and soffits, and planned maintenance for landlords across SE14.

Included as standard: full public liability insurance, a guarantee on completed work, waste cleared from site, and scaffold on a sloping site designed and priced before the job starts.

Leaking now? Call 0203 488 8919. Otherwise book a free New Cross roof check and get an honest answer on what needs doing before winter.