When a tile slips, a flat roof starts letting water in or a gutter overflows down the wall, you want a roofer in Croydon who answers, turns up when he says he will, and tells you the price before he gets up the ladder. That is how Hills Maintenance & Repairs has worked for more than 30 years.
Rick started the firm after watching too many contractors cut corners on jobs they would never have stood for in their own homes. Every roofing job we take on across Croydon and South East London gets done to the standard he would want over his own head, whether it is a single slipped tile or a flat roof that has finally given up.
A local roofer Croydon homeowners trust
We are based in Croydon and cover the whole of Croydon, from Addiscombe and Thornton Heath to South Croydon, Purley and Selsdon, plus the wider stretch of South East London, Kent and Surrey. You deal with a named local tradesman who knows the streets, not a stranger sent from miles away. He turns up himself, sees the job through, and clears up after himself.
You tell us what is wrong, we get up there and look at it properly, and you get a clear written quote before we start. There are no "while we're at it" extras waiting for you on the invoice.
Roofing jobs we take on
Most weeks that means the repairs that keep a roof watertight and a house dry:
- Slipped, cracked and missing roof tiles and slates
- Flat roof repairs, from a patch to a full recover
- Tracing roof leaks back to the source and stopping them
- Ridge tiles, valleys, lead flashing and chimney joints
- Blocked, leaking or sagging gutters cleared and repaired
- Rotten soffits and fascias replaced in low-maintenance UPVC
Roof leaks and storm damage that can't wait
A roof leak doesn't keep office hours, and the longer it runs the more it costs to put right. Rick would rather you call early, while it is still a damp patch on the ceiling, than wait until it has soaked the plaster and turned into a damp and mould problem too. Call us straight away if:
- Water is coming through a ceiling, wall or around a chimney
- Wind has lifted tiles, felt or a section of flat roof
- A gutter has come away or is pouring down the wall in heavy rain
Gutters, soffits and fascias
It is rarely the gutters people call about first, but a blocked or sagging gutter pushes water back against the wall and down behind the fascia, and that is where damp and rot start. We clear, repair and replace gutters, and swap tired or rotten timber soffits and fascias for UPVC that wipes clean and does not need painting every few years. Done together with the roof, the whole edge of the roofline is left sound.
What a roofer costs in Croydon
A roofer in Croydon prices most work by the job, not by the hour, and the right figure depends on what is actually wrong, how much of the roof it touches, and how easy it is to get at safely. A few slipped tiles is one thing, a flat roof recover is another. That is why we don't quote blind down the phone.
You tell us what is happening, we get up and look at it properly, and you get a clear written price before any work starts, free and with no obligation. There's no call-out fee, no cash-only pressure, and no "while we're at it" extras waiting on the invoice.
How to spot a dodgy roofer
Roofing is the trade with more than its share of cowboys, partly because the work is out of sight once it's done. Before you let anyone up your ladder, check that they:
- Give you a price in writing before the work, not a vague figure after
- Are a named, local person you can ring back, not an anonymous number
- Are fully insured, with work done safely off proper access
- Don't knock on your door uninvited claiming they've "spotted" a problem
- Don't lean on you for cash up front or invent a call-out charge
Roofing as part of a bigger job
A roof leak rarely stops at the roof. By the time you've noticed it, there's often a stained ceiling or blown plaster underneath, and damp in the wall behind. We do the lot in-house, so the leak is fixed at the roof and the damp dealt with and the ceiling plastered and made good by the same firm. One firm, one price, no one to chase.
A roofer you can actually talk to
Fully insured, with 30 plus years on the tools behind every job, and a real person to ring afterwards if anything is not right. Need a roofer in Croydon? Tell us what is wrong using the form, by phone or on WhatsApp, and Rick will come back with a free, no-obligation quote, usually the same day.