A significant number of Fitzroy’s homes sit within heritage overlays, and even where a property isn’t individually listed, the surrounding streetscape often carries expectations around how a roof should look from the street. That matters when it comes to repairs and replacement, because the right fix isn’t always the most modern or cost-effective one in isolation; it’s the one that respects the roofline, pitch, and profile the property was originally built with. We also regularly find that older Fitzroy roofs have been penetrated multiple times over the years for chimneys that were later removed, skylights added during renovations, or services run through the roof space, and each of these penetrations is a potential point of failure if it wasn’t properly flashed and sealed at the time. Diagnosing a leak in a Fitzroy terrace often means working through this layered history rather than just checking the obvious spots.