Hi
Just had a surveyor around to value our house for a prospective purchaser. He's indicated to them that 'the roof is at the end of its useful life and should be replaced.'
Now - I do know that there has been the odd bit of water ingress, and each time we've noticed a problem it has been rectified, and I do agree that the nails originally used to keep the tiles in place are somewhat corroded, causing repeated failures.
I obviously need to grasp the nettle here and get this sorted so I have a couple of questions.
Points to note
The house is approximately 150 years old (buit circa 1865)
It's in Scotland, so there are sarking boards below the tilies, I expect some of these will be rotten, and will require replacement.
As far as I can tell through visual inspection, the trusses are fine.
Approximate surface area would be about 150 sq.m. with around 75 m of lead flashing needed for valleys/ridges etc
Questions
Other than a complete replacement, are there any other options open to me?
Do roofers normally quote a price per square mtr to re-roof, or just an overall cost? And either way - does anyone have ANY idea of what a sensible quote would be?
The reason for asking is that there's a time constraint, and it's probably not feasible to undertake the work before the purchasers want to move in, so this is in effect a price negotiation. They want to allow £30-40,000 (figure apparently quoted by surveyor) and I'm pretty sure I can get it done for less than £15,000 by any reputable roofer (if such a person exists :) )
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Tim