Roof Restoration & Repairs Keilor East

Keilor East was subdivided as the City View Estate in 1955, and the houses followed about ten years later. Our Keilor East jobs since 2021: 4 full roof restorations and 2 roof repairs, as at September 2026.

An earlier plan came first: Walter Burley Griffin's Milleara Estate went on sale in 1927 across what is now Keilor East and Avondale Heights. Today the streets run from 1960s weatherboard and brick veneer homes to much bigger houses from the 1970s and 80s.

The suburb sits on high ground overlooking Essendon, and since 1994 the railway line has split it between Brimbank and Moonee Valley councils. Being up high means more wind on the roof, which is hard on old ridge pointing and loose tiles.

On 1960s to 80s homes up on the rise, here's what tends to go wrong:

• Ridge pointing cracked and loose after decades of wind

• Concrete tiles faded and porous, with moss where the sun doesn't reach

• Tiles slipped or lifted after strong gusts

• Rusted valley irons and gutters on older homes

• Leaks around chimneys and where extensions join the house

• Decramastic roofs on some 60s and 70s homes losing their stone chips

Full restorations account for most of my Keilor East work, because on roofs this old everything tends to need doing together. If a repair is enough, that's what I'll quote.

Bigger 1970s and 80s homes tend to have long, complicated rooflines: hips, valleys and a lot of ridge line. More ridges means more pointing to fail, and more valleys means more places for leaves to collect.

A restoration on a roof like that takes a little longer and costs more than on a simple roof, but the steps are the same: clean, re-bed and re-point, repair, prime and coat. The result is a roof that looks new and is sealed for years.

See the full roof restoration page for the whole process, or my 2026 cost guide for pricing.