Get a Quote
Send the details and you get an indicative range by email. If it works for you, we survey and give you a fixed written price.
Getting a figure out of us takes two steps, and the first costs nothing and takes a couple of minutes.
Step one: an indicative range
Tell us the roof type, roughly what you want and where you are. A photograph of the roof from outside and of the ceiling from inside is worth more than any description. If you are replacing a roof window, a photograph of the data plate on the unit is the single most useful thing you can send.
You get a range by email, usually the same day.
Step two: the survey and the fixed price
If the range works, we come and measure. The survey looks at the roof build up, the opening, the structure around it, the fall, the access and where anything sits in the ceiling below.
You then get a fixed written price, itemised, that does not move afterwards.
What we need from you
- Roof type: flat, pitched, or you are not sure and a photograph will tell us.
- What you are trying to achieve, in your own words. “The kitchen is dark” is a perfectly good brief.
- Whether anything is currently leaking, because that changes the order we do things in.
- Your postcode, so we can tell you honestly whether you are inside the area.
How our quotations work
Two stages, and the first one is free and quick.
An indicative range, by email. Send a photograph and a short description and you will get a realistic range back, usually the same working day. It is not a fixed price and we will not pretend it is, but it is honest enough to tell you whether the project is viable before you spend an afternoon on appointments.
A fixed written price, after survey. Somebody comes out, measures, checks the structure, the covering and the access, and goes through the options with you. The written quotation follows by email. It is fixed and it does not move unless you change the job or something we specifically warned you about is found.
What the quotation will say
Eight lines, itemised, because a single number is not comparable with anything.
- The unit: manufacturer, model, size code and glazing specification.
- The flashing kit, and which profile it is for your covering.
- The insulation collar, as a named line rather than an assumption.
- Access: tower or scaffold, and who provides it.
- Making good, to what standard, and whether decoration is included.
- Disposal of what comes out.
- Building Control, where the work is notifiable, and who notifies.
- A stated contingency for decayed timber, with an indication of what it would cost.
That last one matters. An honest quotation names the thing that might be found rather than pretending it cannot happen and then producing an invoice for it later.
What we need from you
Photographs, as above. Roughly where you want the daylight and what the room is used for. Whether the property is listed or in a conservation area, if you know. And any deadline you are working to, because lead times on made to measure units and waits for consent are the two things most likely to affect a programme.
Comparing quotations
We would rather you got two or three. Where ours is higher, the itemised breakdown will usually show you why, and if it does not, ask us. Where somebody is a long way below everyone else, ask them the eight questions above. Cheap quotations usually save money in the flashing kit, the insulation collar and the making good, none of which you can see when the job is finished.
No pressure, no follow up campaign
You will get the quotation and one polite check that it arrived. If you want to think about it for six months, that is fine and we will not chase you. If you decide against the work entirely, that is also fine, and the survey was free either way.
How long a quotation stays valid
Thirty days as standard, and the reason is straightforward: unit prices and lead times move, and we would rather re-price honestly than hold a number we cannot supply. Where a quotation has lapsed, tell us and we will confirm whether anything has changed, which frequently it has not.
Where the work is waiting on a planning or listed building consent, we hold the price for the duration of the application rather than expecting you to re-quote after a wait you did not cause.
Deposits and payment
A deposit is taken when a made to measure or non stock unit is ordered, because it is manufactured to your dimensions and cannot be returned. Stock items and straightforward replacements are generally payable on completion.
We do not ask for large payments up front on work that has not started, and we do not ask for cash.
If something changes
The price is fixed and it does not move unless the job changes or something we specifically warned you about is found. Where we find decayed timber on strip out, we stop, show you, and tell you what it means before doing anything else. The quotation names a contingency for exactly that reason, so the possibility is stated in advance rather than presented as an invoice afterwards.
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Ready to bring the daylight in?
Tell us about your project and we’ll send a clear, fixed written quote, no pressure, no surprises.
- Fixed written price before any work starts
- No pressure, no obligation, no sales calls
- Flexible survey times that suit you
- A reply within one working day