Roofers Croydon

Croydon isn't one type of town. Close to the centre, around George Street and the Old Town, you'll find a genuine mix of Victorian terraces and purpose-built or converted flats, many with flat roofs on extensions and rear additions rather than a single pitched roof.

Further out, toward Selsdon, Coulsdon, and Purley, the housing opens up into more standard suburban semis and detached homes, closer in character to what you'd find in Bromley or further into Surrey.

My name's John Quilligan. Roofing has been in my family for three generations. My team and I work across both sides of this split: the flat roof and conversion work that dominates near the town centre, and the pitched roof repairs and replacements more common in the outer suburbs.

Every job starts with a proper inspection, often with a drone where the cause isn't obvious from the ground, before we tell you what it actually needs.

Croydon's town centre has a genuinely unusual mix for South London. Alongside Victorian terraces, there's a real amount of housing stock made up of converted properties and purpose-built flats, often with a flat roof over a rear extension or a communal roof shared across several units.

Flat roofs in multi-occupancy buildings need a different approach to a single-family home. Access can mean coordinating with several leaseholders or a managing agent rather than one homeowner, and a leak on a shared roof can be harder to trace to a single cause because it may affect more than one flat below it. We check the whole roof structure, not just the area directly above the reported damage, since water on a flat roof can travel sideways before it shows up as a stain.

Further out, toward Selsdon, Coulsdon, and Purley, the roofs look more like what you'd find in Bromley or the edges of Surrey: standard pitched roofs on semis and detached houses, with the usual valley, chimney, and flashing issues that come with age. The difference here is less about the roof type and more about access. Larger gardens and driveways in these outer areas often make scaffolding and equipment access more straightforward than on a dense Victorian terrace street nearer the centre.

Prices vary with access, roof type, and property use, which is exactly why we inspect before quoting rather than guess over the phone.

Minor repairs typically run £150 to £400. A full pitched roof replacement typically runs £7,000 to £12,000 for tile, or £10,000 to £16,000 for natural slate. Flat roof work on conversions and extensions near the town centre typically runs £2,800 to £7,000 depending on the system used, with EPDM rubber and GRP fibreglass lasting considerably longer than felt.

Properties with shared or communal roofs, where more than one flat is affected, are usually quoted individually once we've seen the full scope and confirmed who's responsible for what. The only way to get an exact figure is a free inspection.

Do you work on flats and converted properties, not just houses? Yes. A large part of Croydon's housing stock near the centre is flats and conversions with flat or shared roofs, and we regularly work on both. We'll ask early on who's responsible for the roof, since this can be a managing agent or freeholder rather than an individual leaseholder.

Do you cover Selsdon, Coulsdon, and Purley as well as central Croydon? Yes, the whole borough. The roofs and the jobs look different depending on where you are, but we cover all of it.

If my roof is shared with a neighbouring flat, how does the quote work? We inspect the full affected area first and confirm the scope with you before quoting, since shared roofs sometimes involve more than one party in the cost. We'll explain this clearly rather than leave it vague.

How quickly can you get someone out in Croydon? Same day in most cases, seven days a week.

Do you charge for the inspection? No. No call-out fee, ever, regardless of what the inspection finds.