PurleyMan

The roof is approx 150 sq metres (admittedly from this guys measurements, so could be a bit off). The inspection was done by taking photos from ground level from outside and he did take a few of from inside the loft as well (which showed no signs of any rot). The 'sell' was that the roof was in dire straits and in order to prevent an entirely new roof being needed very soon I should buy this package which would replace any damaged tiles, repoint where needed and this 'gore-tex' style spray all over it. I was slightly suspicious, so I checked the company out and found this forum - which didn't fill me with a huge amount of confidence! As I said, I'm going to get a couple of assessments from proper roofing firms to see if he was just talking bs re: the state of the roof. It did look a bit dodgy from the photos - but I'm not an expert by any means. Will post again to let you know what some other companies say - and if they say the roof is basically OK I'd advise to steer clear of Top Roof as well as the others already mentioned here. Thanks for the advice.

Just to update you guys (this is my first post), I had a door-to-door call asking me if I wanted a free assessment of my roof. As we'd had some problems with it I said yes. Had a salesman here for 2 1/2 hours (he has just left). The company name is Top Roof - which is a trading name for Weatherex Ltd. He took pictures of the roof and said that we would need to replace it now - or we could use this protection spray and a repair of cracked tiles etc and it would have a 15 year guarantee. He said he was usually the installations manager and that he had a crew which had no work to do in the next couple of weeks and if I went for it today he would do it at cost (so that he didn't have to pay his crew for doing nothing). The 'today' price is not unreasonable for the size of the roof (?6.7k). I'm going to get a couple of roofing firms round to see if we do really have urgent problems that need addressing and will keep you informed of what happens. I live in Purley.