Roofers in Ely, CB6 and CB7

A roofer in Ely who covers the cathedral city and the Fens around it

Ely is about 35 minutes from Wisbech, close enough that our roofers give a call here the same same-day attention as one from our own doorstep. The city itself mixes a historic core near the cathedral, with older brick and slate roofs, against Fenland villages like Littleport, Soham, Haddenham, Sutton in the Isle, Witchford, Stretham, Wilburton and Prickwillow, where the housing runs more to bungalows, farmhouses and post-war semis.

What Ely and the Fens do to a roof

Fenland weather is flat, exposed and windier than it looks from the ground, and that shows up as ridge tiles working loose, guttering that overflows because it's never been cleared, and flat roofs on extensions and outbuildings that were felted years ago and are now failing at the joints. Around the historic core, older slate roofs need matching properly rather than patching with whatever's on the van, and lead flashing around chimneys tends to need attention more often than newer builds.

Free inspection, written price

• Free roof inspection worth £199, no obligation
• Photographs of exactly what we find
• A written fixed price before work starts
• Ten year written workmanship guarantee
• £1,000,000 public liability insurance

Whatever the roof, historic slate or a modern flat extension, the process starts with a proper inspection and ends with a fixed price you can read before agreeing to anything.

What a proper Fenland roof inspection involves

We get up on the roof itself rather than assessing it from the ground, checking ridge tiles, valleys, chimney flashing and any flat sections properly before anything is quoted. In a flat, exposed area like this, small issues, a lifted ridge tile, a cracked seal around a flue, get worse quickly once the wind picks up, so catching them early during a free inspection is worth more here than in a more sheltered spot.

Covering Ely and the villages around it

Littleport, Soham, Haddenham, Sutton in the Isle, Witchford, Stretham, Wilburton and Prickwillow are all worked regularly. Postcodes CB6 and CB7 are covered from Wisbech, about 35 minutes away, with same-day callout for anything urgent.

Repairs, flat roofing and chimney work

Ely jobs regularly include roof repairs on the older streets near the cathedral, flat roofing replacement on Fenland outbuildings and extensions, gutter cleaning before autumn, and chimney repointing on stacks that have been standing since well before modern mortar existed. Where a full survey is needed ahead of a sale or purchase, that's roof inspections work we do regularly too.

Why Ely customers call Swift

Because the guarantee and insurance don't change depending on postcode, and because Luke answers the phone himself rather than passing calls through a script. The reviews, 4.9 on Google, 10 out of 10 on Checkatrade, 132 in total, are from real customers across Cambridgeshire, and you can check every one before you book anything.

What happens once you book

We come out at a time that suits you and get up on the roof properly, whether it's a bungalow on the edge of the Fens or an older property near the cathedral. Anything worth showing you is photographed there and then, and the written price reflects exactly what we found. Paths and gardens are protected with sheets before work starts, and the site is left tidy at the end of each working day.

The cathedral city and the villages that feed into it

Ely itself has a genuinely historic core, with older brick and slate roofs needing careful attention, while the villages around it, Littleport, Soham and the smaller Fenland settlements further out, bring mostly bungalows and farmhouses on flat, exposed ground. Both need the same starting point: a proper inspection rather than a guess, because what looks like a small issue on an exposed Fenland roof rarely stays small for long.

Selling, buying or insuring an older Ely property

A written roof inspection with photographs is genuinely useful ahead of a house sale, a mortgage survey or an insurance renewal on older property near the cathedral, giving a buyer, seller or insurer something concrete to work from rather than a guess about the roof's condition.

Getting hold of us in Ely

Call 01945 897430 to book a free inspection. We work 8am to 6pm, seven days a week, with same-day callout for a genuine leak or storm damage.