What we cover in Karori.
Aerial Assess provides roof inspections and assessments across all of Karori, from the lower suburb around the village shops up through the hill streets to the bush edges. We come out, look at the visible and accessible roof areas, use the drone for anything too steep or too high to reach safely, and send you a plain-language written assessment letter.
Karori is one of the most varied roofing suburbs in Wellington. On any given week, we'll inspect a villa-era home with original concrete or terracotta tile, a 1970s bungalow with decramastic pressed-metal tile, a more recent build with long-run Coloursteel, and a renovation with a small butynol or WeldTech section over a rear extension or dormer. We're set up for all of them.
We've worked across the full range of Wellington roofs: tile, long-run metal, decramastic and membrane. That background matters in Karori specifically: the suburb has one of Wellington's widest roof-type mixes (tile, metal, decramastic, plus the odd butynol or TPO section on rear extensions and dormers), and identifying what's actually on a roof is half the work.
What we typically find on Karori roofs
- Tile pointing failure on ridges and hips, especially on the older concrete and terracotta tile roofs. Loose or cracked pointing is the single most common Karori finding.
- Lifted or slipped tiles from decades of Wellington wind cycling. Often individual tile repairs rather than whole-roof concerns.
- Moss and lichen growth, particularly on south-facing roof slopes that get less sun.
- Aged underlay on villa-era roofs, visible at eaves and sometimes from inside the roof space.
- Flashing deterioration around dormers, chimneys, and roof penetrations on older homes.
- Stone-chip loss on weather-facing surfaces of decramastic roofs from the 70s-90s era.
- Membrane condition on the small flat-roof sections common on rear extensions, decks, and dormer roofs.
The Karori building report problem: Karori has a high proportion of tile roofs and homes on steep hill sections. Both make it hard for building inspectors to safely access the roof. If your Karori building report says "the roof was not accessed" or "a licensed roofer should be contacted", you're in the situation we exist to solve.