What we cover in Khandallah.
Aerial Assess provides roof inspections and assessments across all of Khandallah, from the lower streets near the village shops up through the upper Khandallah ridges and out towards Johnsonville. We come out, look at the visible and accessible roof areas, and send you a plain-language written assessment letter. Where a roof is too steep, too shaded by trees, or too high to reach safely, we use drone access to capture the detail.
Khandallah's housing stock is older, larger and more architect-designed than most Wellington suburbs. Solid 1920s-50s bungalows on substantial sections, mid-century modernist homes with complex roof geometry, and modern builds with mixed roofing systems. The unifying factor is the trees. Khandallah is one of Wellington's most wooded suburbs and most roofs we inspect have trees overhanging some part of them.
We've worked the full range of Wellington roofs: tile, long-run metal, decramastic, skillion membrane and the older systems. That background earns its keep in Khandallah: the suburb is full of architect-designed homes with skillion roofs, membrane sections, and complex transitions between systems. Identifying correctly what's on the roof, and recognising the failure mode specific to each, is what separates a useful inspection from a generalist guess.
What we typically find on Khandallah roofs
- Heavy moss and lichen coverage on shaded north-of-tree-cover slopes, often the dominant finding on Khandallah tile roofs.
- Leaf and debris loading in gutters and valleys, especially under deciduous tree cover.
- Aged ridge cap pointing on older tile roofs, often still original.
- Wear on decramastic roofs from the 70s-90s era homes, particularly stone-chip loss.
- Complex flashing details on architect-designed homes (multiple pitches, skillion sections, parapets) where workmanship and condition vary significantly between details.
- Branch contact damage on roof surfaces, ridges, and flashings, particularly after big southerlies.
- Membrane condition on the flat-roof skillions common to mid-century modernist Khandallah homes.
Why so many Khandallah roofs go uninspected: Khandallah homes are typically on steep sections, often with two-storey downhill exposure, complex roof geometry, and heavy tree cover that blocks ladder and scaffold access. Many Khandallah building reports note that "the roof was not accessed" or recommend "a qualified roofer be engaged" for that reason. Drone inspection is built for exactly this situation.