Property Restoration Services London Ltd are roofers in Kensington W8, working on the lead parapet and valley roofs of the grand stucco terraces around Kensington Square and the Phillimore Estate, and the communal flat roofs on the area's red-brick mansion blocks near Kensington Court. We are based on Chiswick High Road and cover W8 alongside the rest of West London. Most Kensington enquiries are seen within two working days, with emergency callout available for storm damage and active leaks.
Property Restoration Services London Ltd is a roofing company based on Chiswick High Road covering Kensington W8, including Kensington Square, the Phillimore Estate, Edwardes Square and the mansion blocks around Kensington Court. The team carries out lead parapet and valley gutter repairs on the area's stucco Italianate terraces, communal flat roof renewal on mansion blocks, natural slate repair, chimney repointing, and emergency callout. Standard repairs are assessed on site within two working days, and same day inspection is available for storm damage and active leaks. All roofing work carries a ten year insurance-backed guarantee, and the company holds public liability cover of 2 million pounds, rising to 5 million pounds for commercial and block work. Quotes follow a free, no obligation on site inspection. Call 020 3633 8101 to book.
Kensington's W8 housing stock divides broadly into two roof types, both of which need specialist handling. The grand white stucco Italianate terraces around Kensington Square, Edwardes Square and the Phillimore Estate (Phillimore Gardens, Stafford Terrace and Campden Hill Road) present a flat facade to the street with the actual roof, usually a lead flat roof and box gutter, hidden behind a decorative parapet. The Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area, first designated by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1970, covers much of this stock, and the council's consent is often needed for anything visible from the street.
Kensington also has a dense concentration of red-brick Victorian mansion blocks, particularly around Kensington Court and De Vere Gardens, built as purpose-built flats from the 1880s onwards with large communal asphalt or felt flat roofs. These blocks are managed by freeholders and residents' management companies, and cyclical flat roof renewal is a recurring, budgeted item for many of them rather than an unexpected repair.
Kensington Church Street and the streets towards Holland Park bring in a run of smaller terraces and mews properties with more conventional pitched slate roofs, though even here many original garages and mews buildings have been converted with flat-roofed upper storeys.
From lead parapet roofs on the stucco terraces to communal flat roof renewal on mansion blocks, we cover the full range of roofing work typical of W8. Every job starts with an on site assessment before any quote is given.
Repair and re-lining of the lead flat roofs and box gutters hidden behind the decorative parapets of Kensington's stucco terraces.
Repair of slipped and cracked slate on the pitched roofs around Holland Street, Peel Street and Kensington Church Street.
Asphalt, felt and single-ply flat roof renewal for the mansion blocks around Kensington Court and De Vere Gardens, and GRP or EPDM for mews and rear extensions.
Repointing, flaunching and flashing renewal on the chimney stacks of Kensington's stucco terraces and mansion blocks.
Same day callout for storm damage and slipped slates across W8, with temporary weatherproofing to a parapet or slope until a full repair can be scheduled.
Parapet outlets, hopper heads and rainwater goods on Kensington's stucco terraces, plus gutter renewal on the mansion blocks.
Kensington's stucco terraces around Edwardes Square and the Phillimore Estate hide their roofs behind ornate parapets in exactly the way Notting Hill's do further north, with a lead flat roof, box gutters and small valleys around chimney breasts doing the actual weatherproofing. The lead fatigues at laps and upstands over decades, and the parapet coping can crack and let water track down inside the party wall, showing as a stain well inside the building rather than anywhere near the fault.
A few streets away, Kensington's red-brick mansion blocks present a completely different job: large, flat, communally-owned asphalt or felt roofs serving dozens of flats, where a single failed detail can affect many leaseholders at once, and where the work is usually planned and budgeted well in advance through a managing agent rather than reacted to as an emergency. We handle both types of job, and identify early on which kind of scoping and consultation process a given Kensington property actually needs.
Kensington's stucco terraces, mansion blocks and mews properties each need a different roof covering. These are the systems we install and repair most often across W8, and the property types they suit.
Not sure which applies to your roof? We confirm the right system for your property during the free inspection, taking into account the existing structure and whether the property sits within the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area.
Every job is priced after a free, no obligation on site inspection, but the general guide below gives Kensington homeowners and leaseholders a starting point for budgeting before that visit.
| Job Type | Typical Cost Range |
|---|---|
| Minor repair (slipped slate, single ridge tile) | £150 - £350 |
| Emergency temporary weatherproofing | From £200 |
| Lead flat roof or parapet gutter re-line (per section, scaffold extra) | £650 - £1,800+ |
| Flat roof or chimney repair | £400 - £1,500+ |
| Full pitched roof replacement | Approx. £260 - £290 per m², plus scaffolding |
These figures are a general guide only. Leadwork behind Kensington's stucco parapets and large mansion block flat roofs can fall outside a standard range once access, area and the extent of the damage are assessed. Call 020 3633 8101 for a written quote after inspection, with no call out charge for the visit.
Please note: the prices shown in the table above are general guide prices. Actual prices may vary and depend on a site inspection of your roof. For a quick quote, click the Get a Quote button below.
The process is the same whether the job is a single slipped slate or a full mansion block flat roof renewal, so you know what to expect before we arrive.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form with your postcode and a description of the issue.
We inspect the roof, including any flat roof hidden behind a parapet, and provide a clear quote before any work begins.
Our roofer completes the agreed work, matching slate, lead or membrane to the existing roof where the job is a repair.
You receive a written summary of the work completed along with any maintenance advice, such as when a box gutter is next due for clearance.
Sprayed polyurethane foam applied to the underside of the rafters is now a common reason a sale falls through on a Kensington property or a lender declines a mortgage. Since 2023 many surveyors and lenders treat sprayed foam as a defect, because it hides the roof timbers from inspection and can trap moisture against the battens and rafters.
We remove open-cell and closed-cell spray foam from pitched roofs across Kensington and W8 by hand, strip back any affected felt and battens, and leave the roof space clear for a RICS surveyor to inspect. Where the slate covering is sound it stays in place. Where the foam has bonded to the underside of the covering and pulls it apart on removal, we quote to re-roof at the same time so it is one project rather than two.
Kensington has one of the highest concentrations of purpose-built mansion blocks in West London, particularly around Kensington Court and De Vere Gardens, most with large communal asphalt or felt flat roofs. We work with managing agents, residents' management companies and freeholders on flat roof renewal, parapet gutter work and cyclical maintenance. We provide a written scope and costings suitable for a Section 20 leaseholder consultation, and can attend a directors' or residents' meeting to talk through the options and timing.
The photographs below show completed roofing work by our team on the property types found across Kensington and W8: lead flat roofs, parapet gutters, mansion block roofs and chimney stacks.
As roofers in Kensington W8, we work from Chiswick High Road as part of our wider roofing company covering West London. We are equally used to the lead parapet roofs on Kensington's stucco terraces and the large communal flat roofs on its mansion blocks, so we do not treat either as unfamiliar. You can read more about the team on our about us page.
Our roofers are directly employed, not subcontracted, so the team that quotes your Kensington job is the team that carries it out. We check whether a property sits within the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area before quoting, so there are no surprises about consent once work has started.
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Across our West London roofing work we are rated 5.0 out of 5 from 71 Google reviews. Read the verified reviews on our Google Business Profile ›
Kensington is a newer coverage area for us and we are building our review base in W8. The feedback customers leave most often is that the quote matched the final invoice, the flat roof or mansion block roof was checked along its full extent rather than patched at the stain, and the roof and the street were left clean at the end of the job.
We cover every part of Kensington and the wider W8 postcode. Our roofers work directly for Property Restoration Services, we are not a franchise or a booking platform passing your job to a third party roofer.
Property Restoration Services London Ltd covers Kensington, Kensington Square and the Phillimore Estate within W8, along with South Kensington and Notting Hill nearby. We aim to carry out an on site assessment within two working days for standard repairs, and offer emergency callout for storm damage and active leaks. Every W8 postcode is covered, including Kensington Court's mansion blocks and the terraces off Kensington Church Street. Because so many Kensington terraces hide their roof entirely behind a stucco parapet, we check the full flat roof and both outlets rather than only the section reported as leaking. Quotes are provided after inspection, with no call out charge for the initial visit anywhere within our W8 coverage area.
Alongside Kensington we cover the following nearby areas.
Content last reviewed: September 2026.
The questions below cover what Kensington customers ask us most often.
We aim to carry out an on site assessment within two working days for standard repairs across Kensington and the rest of W8. For storm damage or an active leak we offer emergency callout and try to attend the same day. Our base is on Chiswick High Road, a short journey from W8. Once we have inspected the roof we confirm a schedule for any follow up work, so you know when the job will be completed.
We cover every street in Kensington and the full W8 postcode area, from Kensington Square and the Phillimore Estate to Edwardes Square, Kensington Court and Kensington Church Street. We also cover the neighbouring areas of South Kensington in SW7 and Notting Hill in W11, so a job near a postcode boundary is not a problem. Our roofers are based on Chiswick High Road and travel out to W8 for every job, we do not subcontract Kensington work to a third party roofer working under our name.
As a general guide, minor repairs such as a slipped slate or single ridge tile typically run £150 to £350, emergency temporary weatherproofing from £200, a lead flat roof or parapet gutter re-line £650 to £1,800 or more per section before scaffolding, and flat roof or chimney repairs £400 to £1,500 or more. A full pitched roof replacement is around £260 to £290 per square metre plus scaffolding. See our cost guide table above. Your exact price is confirmed after an on site assessment, and can be higher for larger mansion block flat roofs where area significantly increases the figure.
We carry out a free, no obligation inspection before providing a quote, which for a Kensington terrace means getting up onto the flat roof behind the stucco parapet, and for a mansion block means walking the full membrane. Once you accept the quote we schedule the work and confirm a date. There is no call out charge for the initial inspection visit anywhere within W8.
Once you accept a quote we agree a date and confirm what access is needed, whether that is a roof ladder, a tower or a scaffold. Our roofer carries out the agreed work, matching slate, lead or membrane to the existing roof where the job is a repair rather than a full replacement. Once the work is finished you receive a written summary of what was done, along with any maintenance advice.
On the stucco terraces around Edwardes Square and the Phillimore Estate, the most common issues are split lead laps behind parapets and cracked parapet copings letting water into the party wall. On the mansion blocks around Kensington Court, the recurring job is communal asphalt or felt roofing that has crazed and blistered at the end of its life. We also see slipped Welsh slate from nail fatigue around Holland Street and Peel Street, and cracked chimney flaunching on tall shared stacks.
Yes, this is one of the jobs we do most in Kensington. The lead or felt flat roof sits behind the stucco parapet, invisible from the street, and drains through box gutters and small valleys around chimney breasts. When the lead splits at a lap or upstand, or the parapet coping cracks, water tracks down inside the wall and shows as a stain a floor or two below the fault. We check the whole roof area and both outlets, not just the section below the visible stain.
Yes. Kensington has a high concentration of purpose-built red-brick mansion blocks, particularly around Kensington Court and De Vere Gardens, most with large communal asphalt or felt flat roofs. We carry out phased renewal, condition surveys and budget costings for reserve-fund planning, and provide a written scope suitable for a managing agent or Section 20 leaseholder consultation.
Yes. The Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area, first designated by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1970, covers Edwardes Square, Pembroke Square, Abingdon and Scarsdale Villas and much of the surrounding stucco terrace stock. A like for like slate or lead repair is normally permitted development, but re-covering a roof in a different material, adding rooflights, or altering a parapet visible from the street can need consent. We identify anything that may need permission during the inspection and point you to RBKC's conservation area guidance before work is booked.
Yes. We hand-strip open-cell and closed-cell spray foam from pitched roofs across Kensington and W8, clear the roof space so a RICS surveyor can inspect the timbers, and provide a written record for a lender or buyer. If the foam has bonded to the underside of the slate and the covering cannot be saved, we quote to re-roof at the same time so it is handled as one project.
Yes. Kensington's high proportion of purpose-built mansion blocks and converted terraces means we regularly work with managing agents, residents' management companies and freeholders. We provide a written scope and costings suitable for a Section 20 leaseholder consultation, carry out condition surveys and budget costings for reserve-fund planning, and can attend a directors' or residents' meeting to talk through the options.
Most like for like repairs do not require planning permission. Work that changes the roofline, adds rooflights to a front-facing slope, or is visible from the street within the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area is more likely to need consent, and on a flat or maisonette you will usually also need the freeholder's permission regardless of planning. We flag anything that may need consent during the inspection so you can check with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea before proceeding.
Isolated slate repairs can sometimes be done from a roof ladder or a tower. Parapet flat roof work and larger mansion block flat roof work usually needs a scaffold for safe access. We confirm the access method during the inspection, plan a scaffold to minimise how long it is up, and check parking and any permit requirements with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in advance so the job can start on the date agreed.
Yes. We carry out roof condition inspections for buyers ahead of a purchase, covering the flat roof and parapet condition, slate condition, flashings and any signs of water ingress, with a written report provided afterward. This is a useful check both for a terraced house, where the roof is hidden from the street, and for a mansion block flat, where the condition of the communal roof affects future service charges.