Roofing costs in Folkestone

A range from a website cannot stand in for a quote on your roof, and we would not offer one. Once the survey is done, the written quote gives one total covering the whole job, priced fairly for the work needed.

The rows below come from other publishers, with the unit as they print it. When you hold any of them against a quote, look at whether the quote shows VAT and scaffold as included.

These figures disagree because the houses and coverings behind them are not the same. Treat every row as its own case.

The Which? survey notes a likelihood of the upper end of its scale for anyone in London or the South East, which takes in Kent and East Sussex. It prices one house size, whereas the MyJobQuote figure is a UK-wide average. The new roof cost guide goes through them in full.

A repair is usually priced as one defined task, so each figure here covers a single job.

Read the last two rows carefully. A call-out covers attendance only, and the £1,200 or more belongs to extensive storm damage only. What shapes the price of a repair is covered in the roof repair cost guide.

Checkatrade's repair table, last updated June 2026, gives £90 to £120 per m² for concrete tiles, £110 to £160 per m² for clay tiles and £150 to £220 per m² for natural slate. Every rate is for up to a maximum of 3m², is exclusive of VAT and without access equipment, so none of them can be scaled to cover a whole roof.

Flat and low-pitched roofs are priced by area and by system. The published figures follow that.

• Which? gives £1,400 to £3,500 for felt on a typical single garage (6m x 3m), and £1,950 to £4,000 for an EPDM or PVC covering with new boards, both excluding VAT (November 2025).
• MyJobQuote's average flat roof replacement in 2026 runs between £1,500 and £6,000, and its average garage roof replacement between £750 and £3,500 (October 2026).
• For a conservatory roof, MyJobQuote's 2026 average replacement is between £3,200 and £6,000 (20 October 2026).
• Checkatrade's June 2026 rates for repairs are £120 to £170 per m² for EPDM rubber and £130 to £180 per m² for GRP fibreglass, on the same terms as the table above.

A cement-sheet garage roof raises a separate question, which the garage and asbestos roofs page covers. Its price is set after a survey.

Any scaffold standing on or over a pavement or carriageway is licensed by the highway authority. The fees below are the council's charges only. The scaffold itself is included in the written quote.

One fee covers seven days and the other 28, so do not set them side by side. East Sussex Highways has announced a rise from 1 April 2026, so check the current fee. Kent County Council also lists a £78 site inspection "if deemed necessary". Kent County Council's licensing page says the scaffolding company should apply. Whichever county the house is in, we arrange the licence with our scaffolder.

Ranges are wide because the jobs inside them are unlike. On a real house, the total moves with these.

• The size and pitch of the roof, and the number of separate slopes.
• The covering itself: concrete tile, clay tile, natural slate and flat-roof membranes each cost differently to supply and fit.
• Access, including whether scaffold is needed and where it can stand.
• Chimneys, valleys, abutments and roof windows, all of which call for leadwork and careful finishing.
• The condition of the battens and timbers once the survey reaches them.

For this reason the written quote follows the survey and is one total, never a figure put together over the phone.

The Which? figures exclude VAT. MyJobQuote does not give a VAT basis, so take its figures as printed and ask any contractor whether VAT sits inside the price offered.

The domestic reverse charge works between VAT-registered businesses in the Construction Industry Scheme. It never appears on a homeowner's bill.

Sign at home after our survey and you have 14 days to cancel, and work can begin earlier only on your written request. An urgent repair visit that you asked us to make has no cancellation right.

Unsure where you stand on a contract? The Citizens Advice consumer helpline is 0808 223 1133.