Communal roof expertise for managing agents, freeholders and RTM companies across Portsmouth. Section 20 consultation support, reserve-fund condition surveys, and flat and pitched communal roof works — with the specifications, itemised estimates and documentation the process demands.
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📞 Call Now: 0239 307 1334Block management roofing in Portsmouth covers communal roofs for managing agents, freeholders and RTM companies — flat and pitched. We support the Section 20 consultation process with specifications and itemised estimates, provide reserve-fund condition surveys with 5 and 10-year forecasts, and handle scaffold licences and resident communication. Call 0239 307 1334.
A communal roof is a different job from a domestic one — not technically, but procedurally. The work has to be specified, consulted on, funded from service charges or reserves, and documented to a standard that satisfies leaseholders and, if challenged, a First-tier Tribunal. Managing agents, freeholders, Right to Manage companies and residents' associations across Portsmouth need a roofer who understands that process, not just the roof. We provide the specifications, itemised estimates, condition surveys and communication support that make communal roof works defensible and smooth — alongside the coastal-grade workmanship the roofs themselves need.
Where communal roof works will cost any single leaseholder more than £250, the freeholder or manager must consult leaseholders under Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 before the work proceeds. Skipping or botching the consultation can cap recoverable costs at £250 per leaseholder — an expensive mistake on a re-roof. We support the process at each stage:
We provide a clear description and specification of the proposed works so the notice of intention accurately describes what is planned and why.
We provide a fully itemised, specification-based estimate suitable for the statutory estimates stage, so leaseholders can see exactly what is proposed and compare fairly.
Once consultation is complete and the work is instructed, we carry it out to specification and provide the documentation — invoices, guarantees, sign-off — for the service-charge account and any leaseholder queries.
We are not solicitors and don't give legal advice on the consultation itself — but we give your managing agent or solicitor the technical specifications and itemised estimates the statutory process needs.
Portsmouth has a large and varied block stock. Southsea alone carries streets of converted Victorian and Edwardian houses split into flats, each with a pitched communal roof and shared party-wall chimney stacks, alongside purpose-built low-rise blocks. The seafront and city-centre developments run to flat-roofed and mixed-roof blocks where a single failure affects every flat below. Across the post-war estates, low-rise flat blocks carry the same concrete-tile and felt stock as the houses around them, ageing at the same rate. Each type needs a different specification — pitched slate and lead conservation work on the converted houses, coastal-grade flat systems on the purpose-built blocks — and a manager needs a roofer who can tell them apart and budget accordingly.
The most valuable thing we do for a freeholder or RTM company is not the emergency call-out — it is the planned condition survey that stops the emergency happening. We survey communal roofs and provide 5 and 10-year cost forecasts, so reserve-fund contributions can be planned and major works budgeted before they become urgent leaks and rushed Section 20s. A roof that is re-covered on a planned programme, consulted on properly and funded from a healthy reserve, costs a block far less — in money and in leaseholder disputes — than one that fails without warning.
| Service | Typical basis | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Communal roof condition survey | Per block, from £300 | With 5/10-year forecast |
| Section 20 specification & estimate | Provided with quote | Itemised for estimates stage |
| Communal flat roof re-cover | Per m², quoted per block | Single-ply / GRP, coastal-grade |
| Pitched communal roof works | Quoted per specification | Slate/lead conservation where needed |
| Scaffold licence & resident liaison | Arranged & itemised | Via Portsmouth City Council |
Purchase orders and 30-day account terms available for managing agents. VAT invoicing for service-charge accounts. Staged payments on major works.
Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires consultation with leaseholders before qualifying works where any one leaseholder would contribute more than £250, or the cost of recoverable works is capped.
Source: Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 s.20 / TPI guidance
We'll survey the communal roof, provide a condition report with cost forecasts, and give you Section 20-ready specifications and estimates.
Call 0239 307 1334Communal works mean scaffold over shared entrances and gardens, and residents who need to know what is happening. We arrange scaffold licences through Portsmouth City Council, plan access to keep entrances and parking usable, and support the managing agent with clear programme information for residents. On occupied blocks that communication is half the job — a well-run scaffold that residents understand generates no complaints; a surprise one generates dozens.
For the flat-roof systems used on most Portsmouth blocks, see flat roofing. To assess a communal roof before planning works, see roof inspections. For commercial premises rather than residential blocks, see commercial roofing.
Yes — we work with managing agents, freeholders, RTM companies and residents' associations across Portsmouth. We provide specifications, itemised estimates and documentation that support the block management and Section 20 process.
Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires leaseholders to be consulted on qualifying works that cost any one leaseholder more than £250. We provide the specifications and itemised estimates that the notice of intention and estimates stages require.
Yes — we carry out condition surveys with 5 and 10-year cost forecasts so freeholders and RTM companies can plan reserve-fund contributions and budget for major roof works before they become urgent.
Yes. Portsmouth's blocks range from purpose-built flat-roofed developments to converted Victorian houses with pitched communal roofs. We survey and specify for both, using coastal-grade systems throughout.
We arrange scaffold licences, plan access to minimise disruption to residents, and support the managing agent with resident communication so everyone knows the programme and what to expect.
Yes — we provide fully itemised, specification-based estimates suitable for the estimates stage of the Section 20 process, so leaseholders can see exactly what is proposed and what it costs.
The whole city and surrounding coast — the flat and converted-flat stock of Southsea, the seafront, the city centre and the surrounding towns. Call 0239 307 1334 to discuss a block.
Managing agents, freeholders and RTM companies welcome. No call-out fee.
0239 307 1334