welsh slate

My partner and I recently purchased our first home in South Wales. It's a 1930s build with a welsh slate roof. I don't know how old the roof is but it could potentially be as old as the house. The survey flagged up that the underfelt and battens needed replacing and we had several quotes to do...

I'm currently getting quotes to get our house re-roofed. It's semi-detached and currently all old welsh slate. The neighbour had his redone a few years back in reclaimed welsh slate. Our side now needs doing. I'm happy enough with fibre cement slate and the quotes are considerably cheaper...