Roofers in Hunts Grove
Lying 8.8 miles north-north-west of Stroud, a new parish on the southern edge of Gloucester, grown from 2010 on former Colethrop Farm land.
Hunts Grove at a glance
- Distance
- 8.8 road miles north-north-west of Stroud
- Council
- Stroud District Council
- Setting
- Southern edge of Gloucester, on former farmland
- Own parish
- Since 1 April 2020
Hunts Grove's roofs, laid phase by phase on Colethrop Farm land
Hunts Grove is a civil parish on the southern edge of Gloucester. It is mostly a new-build development on former Colethrop Farm land, plus the older Four Mile Elm area, and takes its name from a small historic woodland on the site. Stroud District Council granted planning permission in 2008, a planning inspector confirmed it in 2009 after Gloucester City Council objected, building began in 2010, and it is expected to continue into the 2030s.
The scale has grown in stages. A school announcement in 2014 cited 1,750 new homes, and an extension of about 700 homes is in Stroud District Council's Local Plan. The phases have been built by Crest Nicholson, David Wilson Homes, Bellway Homes, Bovis Homes and Linden Homes. Hunts Grove Primary Academy opened in September 2019, and the area became a parish in its own right on 1 April 2020, having previously been split between Hardwicke and Haresfield parishes.
For a roofer, the interest is how different this is from the hill towns around Stroud. There are no stone slate roofs to read and no conservation area to consult: Hunts Grove does not appear on Stroud District Council's list. The questions are about builders, phases and the first years of a roof. We survey what is there, photograph it and keep the report in a form you can pass to a builder or warranty provider. If something is already leaking, our roof repairs page explains how we make it safe first.
Terrace of stone cottages with dormer windows and stone tile roofs 
Hillside terraces of stone houses with slate roofs and chimneys
Chapter 01
Five builders, many phases: reading the roof by its builder
On an estate built in stages, the first question about a roof is who built it and when.
Chapter 01In this chapter
When a site is built over many years by several firms, the roofs that result are less uniform than the street scene suggests. Crest Nicholson, David Wilson Homes, Bellway Homes, Bovis Homes and Linden Homes have each built phases here, and each firm uses its own house types, its own roof details and its own suppliers. Two houses a hundred metres apart can have different tiles, different ridge systems and different ways of finishing the verge. The first useful fact about your roof is therefore the name of the builder and the year the house was finished.
That matters for the fixings. BS 5534 was revised in 2014, and since then mortar alone has not been relied on to hold ridge, hip and verge tiles. Building at Hunts Grove started in 2010, so roofs finished before the revision may have been bedded differently from those after it. We do not guess which applies to yours. The survey looks at the ridge and verge from a ladder or by drone, and tells you what is holding the tiles. Dry-fix systems are tested to BS 8612, and our ridge, verge and dry-fix page explains the options if a ridge needs attention.
After the fixings, the junctions come next. A modern estate house typically has a simple roof with a few abutments, where the roof meets a wall at a higher level, plus valleys on larger house types. Each abutment relies on a flashing, and each valley on a liner or a lead trough. Those are the places we trace first when a leak appears, because water enters at a junction far more readily than through a flat run of covering.
If you are not sure which phase you live in, the original sales particulars or the handover pack usually name the builder and house type. Send them with your enquiry. We can then set what the survey finds against what was specified, and the written quote covers the work required. If the specification is not to hand, the report simply records what is on the roof, and you can ask the builder to confirm it.
Estates like this one put neighbours of a similar age on every side. When one house in a row has a ridge fixing problem, it is worth asking whether the next one has it too, and we can arrange a joint visit to save on access.
On an estate built in stages, the builder's name is the first clue.
- 1,750new homes cited in a 2014 school announcement
- 700homes in the extension in Stroud District Council's Local Plan
- 2010year building began, expected to continue into the 2030s
Chapter 02
A young roof: builder's warranty, snagging and the first leak
On a new-build, who pays for a repair depends on what the builder or warranty provider still owes you.
Chapter 02In this chapter
Most roofs in Hunts Grove are young, which changes the sequence of a repair. On an older house, we survey, price and repair. On a house that may still be inside a builder's defects period or under a new-home warranty, the first call is to the builder or the warranty provider, because a repair done by someone else can complicate a claim. Check your paperwork for the cover that applies and the steps it asks you to take. Only the wording of your own documents settles what is allowed, so read it before anyone goes up.
What we can offer is evidence. A survey with dated photographs of the covering, the ridge, the flashings, the gutters and the loft gives you a record to send to the builder. We report what we see, we say where water seems to enter and we leave the cause of a defect to the people responsible for it. If the builder declines the claim or the cover has ended, the same report becomes the basis of our repair quote.
Leaks on a young roof usually trace to a few causes: a slipped or cracked tile, a ridge or verge fixing that has moved, a flashing that was not dressed down properly, or a length of gutter dropping out of its brackets. We look at all of them, then climb into the loft to inspect the same area from beneath, because a stain on the boards often marks the spot more exactly than a ceiling mark does. Condensation can mimic a leak, since a cold roof void with poor ventilation puts moisture on the underside of the covering. BS 5250 sets out eaves ventilation for cold roofs, and Marley's summary gives 25 mm at eaves for pitches of 15 degrees or less and 10 mm above that.
Hunts Grove sits in Stroud District, so building control for notifiable work goes through the Gloucestershire Building Control Partnership, which Stroud District Council shares with Gloucester City Council. We explain whether your work needs notifying and look after that step where it does. Our own work carries a written 10-year workmanship guarantee, which sits alongside whatever the builder owes you and never replaces it.
Chapter 03
A parish still being built: estate roads, shared drives and scaffold
Access on a growing estate depends on the plot, the parking and the building work going on around it.
Chapter 03In this chapter
Hunts Grove is not finished. Building is expected to run into the 2030s, and an extension of about 700 homes is in the Local Plan. For a roofer that means working among other trades. Concrete lorries, delivery vans and freshly laid pavements can all change the way into your road from one month to the next, so we check the situation in the week before a job and not only at the survey. Fresh tarmac, kerbs not yet fully set and open trenches can all rule out a lorry for a day, and learning that on Monday costs far less than learning it with a delivery already on the road. If a road is closed for part of a day, we reschedule the lorry and tell you the new time before anyone is on site.
Modern estates are laid out with parking in mind, and cars on drives, in courts and at the kerb all affect where a scaffold can stand. We look at the plot, the front and rear of the house, any shared drive or alley, and whether neighbours need warning. A scaffold on a small plot may need to go over a garden fence or a path, which should be agreed first. MyBuilder puts scaffold for a typical roof at about £1,125 and Checkatrade at £700 to £1,300, as national ranges, and your written quote shows the figure for your own house.
Gutters and fascias deserve attention on estates of this age. Plastic gutters are common on new houses, and they are fixed to fascias that may be boards or a plastic cladding. An opened joint, or a bracket that has dropped, lets water run down the wall instead of to the downpipe. MyBuilder's national guide prices guttering at £30 to £70 per metre, fascia at £80 to £150 and soffit at £100 to £180, updated 21 August 2026. Our guttering, soffits and fascias page explains what a replacement involves.
The same estate is full of roofs that look alike, so a joint scaffold across two or three houses can bring each household's share down. If you and a neighbour both want work, tell us together, and we will price it as one visit with the access shared clearly. When the job is done we sweep up and carry the waste off, whatever the size of the roof.
On an estate still growing, access is checked twice.
- Guttering, per metre£30 to £70
- Fascia, per metre£80 to £150
- Soffit, per metre£100 to £180
- Scaffold, per m²£20 to £40
Map showing Hunts Grove and the Stroud service radius, with nearby towns we also cover.
Near Hunts Grove
Roof work we do here
Colethrop Farm phases and new-build ridges
My Hunts Grove house is a few years old and has a roof leak. Who should I call first?
Check your paperwork for any builder's or warranty cover, and tell the provider first so a claim is not affected by someone else repairing the roof. We can survey in the meantime, make the roof safe and give you a dated photographic report to send them.
How do I find out which builder made my Hunts Grove roof?
Phases here were built by Crest Nicholson, David Wilson Homes, Bellway Homes, Bovis Homes and Linden Homes. Your handover pack or sales particulars should name the builder and house type, and sending them with your enquiry lets us compare the survey with the specification.
Does a new-build roof in Hunts Grove have mortar or dry-fix ridge tiles?
It depends on when it was finished, since BS 5534 changed in 2014 and building here began in 2010. We check from a ladder or by drone and report what holds the ridge and verge tiles before suggesting any work.
Why does a Gloucester-edge parish use Stroud for roof paperwork?
Hunts Grove lies in Stroud District, and planning permission came from Stroud District Council in 2008, even though the estate adjoins Gloucester. Building control is the Gloucestershire Building Control Partnership, shared between Stroud and Gloucester City. We explain what applies to your work and handle notification where it is needed.