Homes and roofs in Paddington
Paddington's older housing is stucco terraces and squares from the 1840s and 1850s, most now divided into flats, with mews behind them and newer blocks around the canal basin. Roofs are shallow slate behind parapets, added mansards, and flat roofs on mews and rear additions.
Roofing work most asked for in Paddington
Paddington calls are a mix of converted-house roofs shared by several flats, mews flat roofs, slate repairs behind stucco parapets, chimney stacks shared across party walls, and roof terraces on the newer blocks near the basin.
The faults we fix on Paddington roofs
Paddington leaks come from parapet gutters that nobody has cleared in years, cracked flashings where an extra storey or mansard was added, worn felt on mews roofs and shared stacks with failed pointing between the two flues.
What your free survey in Paddington checks
Our Paddington surveys cover the shared roof as a whole, not just one flat: the slopes, the parapet and valley gutters, the chimneys on both party walls, the hatch or access point and the flat roofs on rear additions. Every owner sees the same photos and the same written scope.
Weather and exposure
Paddington's streets run close to Hyde Park and the open water of Paddington Basin, and the tall terraces around Sussex Gardens and Norfolk Square catch wind across their roof lines. Leaves from the garden squares block gutters in autumn.
Streets and postcodes we cover
We cover Paddington across W2, including Sussex Gardens, Norfolk Square, the Hyde Park Estate, Paddington Green and the mews off Westbourne Terrace.
Access and planning
Converted houses mean several owners under one roof, so we set out the work in writing for every leaseholder and plan access through the top-floor flat or by scaffold.
