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We are called out to Rowlands Castle regularly from our base in Havant, and the village has a very particular character: Victorian and Edwardian brick cottages around the green and the war memorial, railway-era terraces built when the line came through, and further out a good number of large detached homes on generous plots with clay tile or natural slate roofs. Many of these properties are older than anything in a typical Havant estate, and several fall within or near the conservation area, which changes what materials and repair methods are acceptable before we even get a ladder out.

The forest is the defining feature of the village and also the biggest single cause of roof trouble. Stansted Forest and Havant Thicket surround much of Rowlands Castle, so roofs here sit under a canopy for a large part of the year rather than in open sun and wind. Leaf litter and pine needles wash into valleys and gutters every autumn, damp shade keeps north-facing slopes wet for weeks at a time, and moss establishes itself on clay tile far faster here than on an exposed roof in Havant or Southbourne. Left long enough, that moss lifts tiles at the edges and holds water against the covering rather than letting it run off.

Being on the edge of the Downs also means exposed weather when it does arrive — this is higher, more open ground than the harbour towns to the south, and westerly and south-westerly weather coming across the Downs hits roofs here with real force. Older chimneys are common on the period cottages, many with soft lime mortar that has never been repointed, and they are usually the first thing to fail in a proper blow. We see cracked chimney flashing and displaced ridge tiles on these properties more often than almost any other single fault.

Access is also a genuine consideration in Rowlands Castle in a way it rarely is on a terraced Havant street. A number of properties sit down long rural driveways off Redhill Road, Woodlands Lane and the lanes towards Finchdean, some unmade or narrow enough that a scaffold wagon needs warning in advance. We plan for that when we quote, and where a roof is steep, high, or the access makes conventional inspection impractical, we survey it by drone from £250 rather than risk anyone on a ladder they should not be on.

Minutes from Havant, not hours

Our base is a short drive away, so inspections and emergency attendance happen quickly rather than being scheduled around a long journey from further afield.

Owner-led across varied housing stock

Tommy-Davey Stevens and Jordan Jay Stevens work across Hampshire and West Sussex themselves, including plenty of period and rural property. A team of six, with an owner on the job from quote to completion.

Evidence before opinion

Every inspection ends with a photographic report, including the parts of the roof hidden by tree canopy that you would otherwise never see for yourself.

Fixed written prices

Materials and labour itemised separately, in writing, before anything starts — useful when a conservation-area repair needs specific materials that cost more than a standard equivalent.

Insured and guaranteed

£1,000,000 public liability insurance, plus a workmanship guarantee confirmed in writing with your quote, varying by job type.

Reviewed by real customers

Our Google reviews come from local customers describing tidy sites and straightforward pricing, including Sarah Woolley, Kaila Clark, Darcie Wall, Ashley Bellinger and Justin Kercher.

A stained ceiling in a Rowlands Castle cottage is rarely as simple as it looks. It could be a lime mortar joint that has finally opened up on the chimney, moss holding water against a north-facing slope that never sees direct sun, a valley blocked by pine needles, or nail sickness letting individual slates slip. Each has a different repair, a different cost, and in a conservation-area property, different rules about what materials are acceptable.

That is why we inspect free of charge and back it up with photographs. If your roof genuinely needs nothing more than a gutter clear and a bit of moss removal, we will say so plainly. If it needs a period-appropriate re-roof, you will see the evidence for that too — including the parts hidden under tree cover that a ground-level look would never reveal.

S&S Roofing & Building Limited

13 Braishfield Rd, Havant, Hampshire PO9 2HS, UK

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