What we cover in Mount Victoria.
Aerial Assess provides roof inspections and assessments across all of Mount Victoria, from the lower streets near Courtenay Place up to the homes against the Town Belt. 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 fragile or too high to reach safely, we use drone access to photograph it in detail.
Mount Victoria is one of the most heritage-heavy suburbs in Wellington. A lot of the housing stock dates from the 1880s to the 1920s, and the roofs reflect that: complex multi-pitch designs, dormers, multiple chimneys, decorative ridge tiles, and original lead, zinc or galvanised flashings. Some have been carefully maintained for decades; others carry layers of patch repairs no one ever wrote down, and both are common.
We've handled the full spread of Wellington roofs, from heritage tile and slate to long-run metal, lead and zinc flashings, and membrane. That background matters in Mt Vic specifically: heritage homes have a mix of original systems and decades of patch repairs from different eras, and identifying what's actually on a roof, and recognising the failure mode specific to each system, is often half the work.
What we typically find on Mount Victoria roofs
- Aged ridge cap pointing on the original tile roofs, particularly where mortar work hasn't been redone since the home was built.
- Lead and zinc flashing fatigue around the multiple chimneys typical of Mt Vic villas. A lot of the original lead work is well past its useful life.
- Slipped or cracked tiles on terracotta and concrete tile roofs after wind events.
- Decorative ridge tile damage, especially on character homes with ornamental cresting or ridge details.
- Valley flashing wear on multi-pitch roofs where two slopes meet, sometimes the most leak-prone detail on a Mt Vic villa.
- Aged underlay on roofs that haven't been re-roofed, visible from inside the roof space.
- Repair patchwork from multiple eras (a 1970s patch over an original detail, a 2000s repair on top of that) that doesn't always behave the way you'd expect.
Why Mt Vic building reports stop at the roofline: Mt Vic homes typically have steep pitches, multiple roof planes, fragile original tile, and ground-level views that don't see most of the roof. It's no surprise so many Mt Vic building reports say "the roof was not accessed" or "engagement of a qualified roofer is recommended". A close-up roof assessment is exactly what fills that gap.