Areas we cover

We work across the London Borough of Lewisham and the immediately adjoining parts of South East London. Deliberately a small patch — it means we know the housing stock and can get to you.

We have not built a separate page for every street name. What follows is genuinely how the borough varies, because the housing differs from one part of Lewisham to another and that changes what tends to go wrong on the roof.

The borough, and what it is built from

Brockley, Crofton Park and Ladywell (SE4, SE13)

Some of the borough's most intact Victorian housing, including the Brockley conservation area. Tall three-storey terraces and semis with slate roofs and prominent stacks, many of them shared on party walls. Conservation area status can affect what you may do to a stack's appearance, so it is worth checking before work is specified.

Catford, Bellingham and Downham (SE6)

A wider mix. Late-Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Catford itself, and substantial interwar and post-war estate housing further south around Bellingham and Downham — typically lower two-storey properties with clay tile roofs and shorter, squatter stacks. Different era, different failure pattern: less sulphate-driven leaning, more flaunching and flashing work.

Hither Green, Lee and Grove Park (SE12, SE13)

Predominantly Edwardian and interwar terraces and semis, with a high proportion of bay-fronted properties. Rear back-additions with flat roofs are near-universal, and the junction between the main roof and the back addition is a very frequent leak point.

Forest Hill, Honor Oak and Sydenham (SE23, SE26)

Hilly, and that matters — properties on the higher ground are noticeably more exposed to wind and driving rain, and their stacks weather faster. A mix of large Victorian villas, terraces and later infill.

Deptford and New Cross (SE8, SE14)

Dense, varied and much rebuilt. Georgian and early Victorian survivals alongside post-war estates and recent development. Access is often the defining constraint here: narrow frontages, limited space for scaffolding and busier streets.

Blackheath and Lewisham SE13

Around Blackheath, period property and conservation area coverage mean appearance and materials matter as much as function — mortar colour and joint profile on a stack are visible from the heath. Central Lewisham mixes older terraces with substantial modern development.

Areas with their own page

Two parts of the borough differ enough from the rest — in building stock, in planning constraints, or in what typically goes wrong — that there is something genuinely useful to say about them. The rest are listed below and covered just as thoroughly; they simply do not need a separate page to explain them.

Everywhere else we cover

If you are just outside the borough boundary — parts of Greenwich, Southwark or Bromley that sit close to it — do ask. We would rather tell you honestly whether you are within sensible reach than take on work we cannot service properly.