MBS Roofing Work South France
Who we are
French roofing expertise at the service of property owners in South France — since 2007. Minervois, Haute-Vallée de l’Aude, Corbières.
Whether you have lived here for years, own a second home, or are in the process of buying a property in the area, your roof deserves the same level of explanation and support.
Since 2007, MBS Roofing Work South France has been working on roofs across the Minervois, the Haute-Vallée de l’Aude, and the Corbières. What never changes: going up before pricing, saying what was found, and proposing the lightest repair that genuinely solves the problem.
The commitment
French craftsmanship, explained
To offer you professional French roofing expertise, with the quality of communication and support you are entitled to expect. That is MBS Roofing Work South France’s commitment, and it comes down to one idea: nobody should have to trust what they do not understand.
In practice that means naming things. “Solin”, “closoir”, “écran de sous-toiture” are not jargon meant to impress: they are the words that will appear on your quotation, and knowing what they mean changes what you can do with it.
For expats
French expertise, English communication
The Haute-Vallée and the Minervois are home to a great many English-speaking owners — living here full time, keeping a second home, or in the middle of buying one. Handing your roof to a tradesman whose language you do not speak adds a worry to a decision that is already difficult.
MBS Roofing Work South France works in English, with nobody in between. This site is bilingual from end to end, and the English version is not a translation: it is written for somebody who will have to read a quotation in French, with the vocabulary explained as it comes up.
The method
We go up before we price
A roof cannot be judged from the ground, and certainly not from a photograph. From below you can see what is broken; you cannot see tiles that have slipped two centimetres, the state of the boarding, or what is happening under the lap.
That is exactly what separates a real quotation from an estimate made through binoculars — and it is why a re-roof and a simple repair, which have no relation to each other in cost, can only be told apart from up there.
- Look first, price afterwards.
- Say what was found — including what is perfectly sound.
- Propose the lightest repair that genuinely solves the problem.
Rules of evidence
What you will not find on this site
No turnover figures, no job counts, no five-star reviews, no certification badges. Not out of modesty — out of method.
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No photograph that is not a real job
Every photograph on this site comes from an MBS Roofing Work South France job, taken on the roof while the work was going on. No stock photography anywhere, not even as a section background — and it shows: a stock roof is always perfect, never opened up.
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No unproven before-and-after
You will find two, and you can check them yourself: the church tower, the hill, the shutters, right down to the lichen on the verge tiles appear in both frames. Two canal-tiled roofs always look alike, and resemblance is not proof.
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No village claimed without certainty
No caption on this site claims to place a job: they describe what you can see, never where it was. Guessing a village from a church tower would be a claim we could not stand behind — and that is exactly the kind of approximation that should put you on your guard, here or anywhere else.
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No promised response time
You will not find a stated response time anywhere here, nor a promise of permanent availability. A craftsman working alone cannot seriously guarantee either, and writing it anyway would be the first approximation in a long series.
Services
What we actually do on a roof
Six kinds of work, each with a page of its own: what it covers, how it goes, and what gets looked at once someone is up there.
What people expect of an “about” page
- What people assume A serious firm displays its certifications.
- What actually happens It displays the ones it holds, and nothing else. A badge shown without being held is verifiable in two minutes on a public register, and it destroys the rest of the page.
- What people assume The more figures, the more credible.
- What actually happens The opposite, the moment one of them is false. The only figure on this site you can check yourself is the number of reviews on the Google listing — which is precisely why it is there.
How to check a roofer, in ten minutes
- The company registration number Free to look up on a public register. It gives the date of creation, the declared activity and the address of the establishment.
- The insurance certificate Ask for it, and read it: insurer, activities covered, period of validity. A serious tradesman provides it without being pressed.
- The reviews, in detail Not the score, the texts. One review describing a specific job is worth a hundred five-star ratings with no comment.
- The quote itself Does it separate stripping, relaying and replacement? Does it say what happens if the deck is damaged? It is the best test there is.
- What the site does not display No job count, no rounded years, no certification logo. Their absence is deliberate, and it is stated on the page — which is itself a way of judging a firm.
What we undertake to do, and nothing beyond
- Go up before pricing A diagnosis is not made from the garden. What decides a re-roof is under the tiles.
- Show what was found In photographs if you do not go up. What you cannot see, you should at least be able to look at.
- Write a readable quote What comes off, what goes back on, what is replaced — and what is not included.
- Explain the words A quote you cannot read is a quote you should not sign. This site’s glossary explains thirty-four of them.
- Say so when it is no Too far, wrong trade, wrong season: saying so straight away saves everybody time.
- Answer in the language you wrote in French or English, by phone or in writing. Around one review in five on the Google listing is written in English — that is not a marketing position, it is who the clients are.
Let’s talk about your roof
Describe what you can see, or what you have in mind. In English or in French — it genuinely makes no difference.