Roofers in Selly Oak: Student Let and Landlord Roof Contracts
Selly Oak roofing is largely landlord work on high-density rented terraces, where the maintenance history is absent and the survey usually finds decay behind a covering that looks perfectly serviceable. Book a free survey; nothing is charged for it, and nothing is charged if a roof in Selly Oak needs no work. This page covers: Selly Oak · Rented terrace.
Crews work across 8 Birmingham and Solihull districts: Sutton Coldfield, Harborne, Edgbaston, Moseley, Solihull, Erdington, Kings Heath and Selly Oak. Postcodes outside that run are quoted case by case rather than turned away.
Several properties are inspected together and reported as one prioritised schedule.
3 address rows are shown and up to 12 can be added. Work is programmed between tenancies where a void period allows it.
What we fix
What do we find on rented Selly Oak roofs?
Four findings recur: gutters and valleys unmaintained for years, perished underlay behind an intact covering, decayed rafter feet at the wall head, and ventilation blocked by insulation. None is visible from the street.
- Selly Oak is Victorian and Edwardian terraces in high-density rented use; the maintenance pattern of the rented terrace is absent or undocumented maintenance history across successive ownerships.
- Covered areas: bournbrook, Selly Park, Tiverton Road area, Harborne Lane corridor, Weoley Castle edge
How it works
A written record matters when a claim is raised.
- An absent maintenance history hides decay behind a sound-looking covering.
- A portfolio survey produces one schedule across several properties.
- A void period allows work without an occupier disruption.
- An unaddressed reported defect escalates into a disrepair claim.
Straight answers
Can several properties be surveyed together?
Yes. Portfolio surveys inspect a group of properties in one visit programme and report them as a single prioritised schedule, so expenditure can be planned across the portfolio rather than reacting to each property separately.
The dominant defect of the blocked outlet is gutters and valleys unmaintained for years, discharging into the structure. The roof void is decayed timbers and perished underlay behind an externally sound covering. Houses in multiple occupation with licensing conditions and inspection regimes.
How is work scheduled around tenancies?
Roof work is programmed into void periods between tenancies wherever the defect allows it to wait. Urgent work proceeds with the occupier informed and access arranged, and scaffold timing is agreed before anything is booked.
Portfolio owners and letting agents rather than owner-occupiers; the process is faults reported by occupiers, often late and described imprecisely. The portfolio survey is several properties inspected together with one written schedule.
Which areas do we cover?
Coverage includes Bournbrook, Selly Park, the Tiverton Road area, the Harborne Lane corridor and the Weoley Castle edge, along with the streets between them. Survey appointments are arranged across the B29 postal area.
- Work programmed between tenancies to avoid occupier disruption.
- The disrepair claim is unaddressed reported defects escalating into a housing disrepair claim.
Who is responsible for the roof in a let property?
The structure of a let property is the landlord's responsibility under the letting statute, including the roof. Tenants are responsible for their own possessions and for reporting defects promptly once they become apparent.
Documentation and disrepair exposure
Several properties inspected together and reported as one prioritised schedule — the deliverable a landlord actually needs and no local rival offers. Scheduling roof work between tenancies removes occupier disruption entirely, which is worth more to a landlord than a lower price.
Arrange a portfolio survey
Rented stock commonly presents a sound external covering over decayed timbers, because nothing internal has been inspected for years. A dated written report showing defects identified and addressed is the record a landlord needs when a claim is raised.
HMO, and 5 more
- HMO
- portfolio survey
- void period
- housing disrepair
- letting agent
- roof void
Recent work
Job photographs are added as each contract completes, with the date, the district and the defect named in the caption.
A survey takes forty-five to ninety minutes and the written report follows within two working days. Nothing is charged for the survey, and nothing is charged if the report concludes that no work is needed.
Where we work
8 Birmingham and Solihull districts
- Sutton Coldfield
- Harborne
- Edgbaston
- Moseley
- Solihull
- Erdington
- Kings Heath
- Selly Oak
Postcodes outside that run are quoted case by case rather than turned away.
Related pages
Book a roof survey in Selly Oak
A survey takes forty-five to ninety minutes and the written report follows within two working days. Nothing is charged for the survey, and nothing is charged if the report says nothing needs doing.