Know where your roof finishes
On a continuous terrace the covering can look like one roof. Chimneys and changes in slate colour are not always reliable boundaries. Be clear which slope and stack the repair concerns.
Slate and old fixing methods
Older terraces may show generations of repairs using hooks, copper tabs and replacement slates. Judge condition by security and overlap, not by whether every piece looks identical.
Shared drainage details
Gutters may run past more than one property. A blockage or bad fall next door can sometimes affect your section. Watch the water during rain before assuming the fault stops at the party line.
Wigan's older housing stock
Council conservation material records many Victorian terraces in Wigan built in red or orange brick with slate roofs. Those details remain common enough locally that traditional slate and chimney repairs are not unusual jobs.
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