Roofers in Godstone (RH9)
Godstone is our own village — our office is at 27 High Street. It is also a village with two conservation areas and a good many listed and period cottages, which makes roof work here a more careful business than in most places we go.
Roofs on the village's older properties
Around the green, the pond and the church there are cottages carrying old clay peg tiles on timber that has settled over centuries.
Those roofs dip and undulate, and that is exactly how they should look — relaying one flat and true does more visual harm than the wear it was meant to fix. Old peg tiles are also worth a great deal in their own right: they are difficult and expensive to match, so a careful strip that saves as many as possible is worth the extra time it takes. Where a property is listed or sits in one of the conservation areas, consent may be needed before work starts and there are limits on what can go back on. Being based in the village, we are used to that and we sort it out at the survey.
The rest of RH9
Away from the historic core the detached family homes off the village lanes have conventional roofs and conventional problems — fixings reaching the end of their life, slipped tiles, ridges that have let go, flashings that were never quite right. Straightforward to survey, straightforward to price, and we will tell you plainly whether a repair is genuine value or is buying a year.
Who actually does the roofing
Roofing is a specialist trade. SG brings in roofers it has worked with for years and manages them on site — we survey, price, run the job and stay answerable for it. Being in the village means we are five minutes from your roof if something needs looking at again.
More in Godstone
Everything we do in Godstone is on the Godstone area sheet, and the full detail of how we approach this trade is on the roofing page.
Common questions
Q.01My cottage is listed. Can the roof be redone?
Usually, with consent obtained first and within limits on what may be used. We are based in the village and deal with this regularly, and we establish the position at the survey rather than partway through.
Q.02Should the roof be straightened out when it is relaid?
Generally not. On an old cottage the dips are the building's history and a roof relaid flat and true looks wrong on it. We relay following the building.
Q.03Can my old peg tiles be reused?
As many as possible — they are difficult and costly to match, so a careful strip that saves them is worth the time it takes.
Q.04How quickly can you get to a Godstone roof?
We are on the High Street. For an active leak that usually means the same day to make it safe, then a proper price for the permanent repair.
Thinking about roofing in Godstone?
Tell us what you are planning. We come out, look at the job properly and give you a price for it.